rip--bess-----kate --
--and kandy--
---bess,., my english setter 0f 17 1/2 ys---had to put her down--she would lean against the kitchen cabinets like the horse from from the movie cat baloo ,when she accidently placed her foot in her water dish and couldn't get it out---- i knew it was time--that was 31 yrs ago and i still miss her....
.....kate----my springer spaniel---my best hunting dog ever ,i lost her 7 months after bess to cancer.....
....i haven't hunted pheasant or partridge since---------kandy ,, our cocker spaniel--i took her physically from an abussive home , almost got arrested , the previous owner got drunk and thew her thu the aluminum front door window----
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... took her about 6 months to warm up to me , gone now some 18 yrs ,sucomed to kidney failure-----she was the wifes companion----i was her security blanket and personel belly rubber ...
... by the way---some how the previous owner fell off his front porch-----twice.....
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