Loss of a friend

[Duckman]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. We saw this coming and have a young dog to fill the void. He is now two and doing well. I'm sure all good dogs go to heaven and we will see them again sometime.
Here is a picture of our young guy, Cisco, taken last fall on the duck opener.
-plc-

There are no good words for this loss, my friend George Lander expressed my sentiments about the Lord reuniting us with our beloved dogs in the next Life, and I believe that- God is just Dog spelled backwards anyways

Best sentiment I have yet read was in the First issue of Gun Dog- maybe 1988- "Where to bury a Dog" by Ben Hur Lampman- I have a copy of that ode, as well as a poem by Kipling, with the FDSB or AKC papers in a special folder with their tags- Lady, Mollie, Dixie, Duke, Montana, Murphy and my Lab Khartoum is sleeping by my chair as I computer-type this.

Also, a fine gun is a fine gun, you don't need to apologize here for having an L.C. Smith- at present I have just a few more of them than I do Parkers, but not a 16 gauge-- Looks like ducks in the foto with the Elsie, not sure- I use 12 bores out of long standing habits I guess- but if they fit your shooting style, they are all good- 12-16 and 20 bores!

[TARNATION !!!]

Peter: A truly tough day. So many of us here can empathize, having laid to rest some great dogs. But we are dog people and know that day will come and we take on others until that is no longer an option. As we know, that day will come for all of us. Thinking of that day, I like to read and re-read The Road to Tinkhamtown. I also like Where to Bury a Dog and the Rainbow Bridge.
All the best to you and yours
Jack

Francis: What is the Kipling poem??