I think I'm gonna start back Friday or Saturday. When I touch Otis's wound... it still seems a little bit tender for him to be in the briar patches and thickets but I think he'll be ok. That flap of outer paw pad actually came off too and it exposed the inside of his foot a little bit. I was giving that time to harden over before we got out and packed mud in it or something. I've been taking the time to do some hunting myself during the down period since I probably won't get a bunch more opportunities once I start back tracking. We've been getting about 8 or 9 calls a day since last Sunday when the cold weather hit. I missed a couple good tracks that I could have put Shelby on but I was enjoying the hunting and decided to just take a little break from tracking before hitting it wide open in these last couple of weeks.

Good deal. I figured your phone had to be blowing up. Hopefully Otis paw will be good by the weekend and yall can start putting some on the tailgate.

Harold,

Have you ever given any thought to investing in some of the rugged dog boots to protect your dogs feet while out tracking? I saw some not long ago at Bass Pro in Leeds that looked really tough and rugged. They looked like they would give a lot of protection to a dogs feet.

Just a thought...

This hasn't been a big issue in the past. This is actually our first injury we've ever had. I think Otis may have actually cut it here in my yard somehow while horse playing with Shelby. He just didn't show any signs of being hurt on the track we went on and it was the next morning when he had a noticeable limp.

Waiting for a weekend update...............................

Still slow? I hope its wide open and no time to update.

Well CNC, this thread was a big letdown this year. Thanks for nothing 😀

The rut has been slow for us.....must be slow for CNC as well. One week to go.

He’s probably tracking on all those high dollar places and they don’t want their pics taken

No updates?

I hope he’s alright because this thread has lost itself

Last online 1/25...hope all is well

Very strange that CNC hasn't been on in almost 3 weeks, hope all is well.

Anyone tried to call him? I dont remember if I have his number anymore

It's on the tracking dog list in serious forum

Just called went straight to voicemail it's full. Sent him a text.

I got a text back and he's fine just got busy and hasn't had time to get on. He will be back soon though.

Good to hear.