Originally Posted by CKyleC
March 25, 2024 will be a day that I never forget.

12 years ago I originally wanted a yellow female lab and I went to make my pick from the litter. I made my pick but this black male just kept pulling at me. I told my wife that I really wanted to bring him home, also. Fast forward a few weeks. I get the call to come pick up my yellow lab. I told my wife that if she doesn’t come with me to make sure I only get one, the black male will be at the house, also, when she gets home. My wife did everything she could to keep me from getting that dog, except coming with me. She had to go to work.

Smoke became her favorite dog, ever.

Today at 9:23 we put him down.

By 12:45 I was tired of sitting and staring off after burying him, so I talked myself and my wife into going to sit on a green field just to do something to get our mind off Smoke. I made some loud yelps on a box and some on one of Stoney’s Fatal Attraxion glass pots. Gave it 20 minutes, got louder and more aggressive, cuts and yelps. 7 minutes later 2 two yr olds come walking in, looking for the hens. I’m thinking there’s no way this is going to work out. Sure enough, they work in to range. I tell my wife, when he stretches out his head , get the dot on it and squeeze….I’ll get the one on the right. Well, it worked out! On the day we buried our favorite dog, my wife and I doubled up on decent 2 yr olds. It was her first bird.

Like I said….March 25, 2024 will be a day I never forget…. The rock sits over Smoke’s grave….. [Linked Image]


Hate to hear that, but pretty cool ending to the day.