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Another Good One is Gone
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:59 pm
My professional dog training journey began in 1999. Over the years I put my hands on hundreds of dogs but only remember the really good ones.
As the years fade, I grow older and so do the dogs I have let touch my soul. With every year that passes the calls and texts get more infrequent of my former students passing. In a way it’s a good thing but it only means I am getting closer to my end.
Today my old buddy Tuff made his way across the rainbow bridge.
13 years is a good run at being digging out that retired bird in the fourth.
RIP Angolas Eight Second Ride
As the years fade, I grow older and so do the dogs I have let touch my soul. With every year that passes the calls and texts get more infrequent of my former students passing. In a way it’s a good thing but it only means I am getting closer to my end.
Today my old buddy Tuff made his way across the rainbow bridge.
13 years is a good run at being digging out that retired bird in the fourth.
RIP Angolas Eight Second Ride
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Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:10 pm to KemoSabe65
The only good memories are those that touch deep. We have had a couple of those. There was good days back then
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:14 pm to KemoSabe65
RIP to your buddy. All dogs go to heaven!
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:25 pm to KemoSabe65
A good dog is priceless and the older I get I appreciate them even more.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:25 pm to KemoSabe65
I lost the greatest dog of my many, many decades of owning dogs this year. 16 year old Black Mouth Cur named Jesse. I watched him run down a doe and bay her while I was racing after him yelling trying to stop him. He stopped because he had her and he wasn't even touching her. I think he was just showing me because when she jumped over him he let her go and came up to me.
One night when my kids were little one of my daughters was having an overnight with a bunch of other little girls and they're in their PJ's and there's one that hasn't come yet but is on her way. Jesse is loving the attention. I had ordered Johnny's Pizza and the doorbell rang and they all screamed in unison thinking it was the final kid showing up and they ran to the door ahead of me with Jesse going with them. They flung open the door and it's a big ole black dude with pizza and they're in their PJ's and like little girls will do, they screamed and ran.
Jesse was not up on the subtleties of little girl behaviors.
His hackles went up all the way to his tail like a Rhodesian Ridgeback and the scariest sound came out of him and he launched at that dude with bad intentions. I caught him mid jump by the collar because I was reaching for him about the time this started luckily.
That poor guy looked like he just shite his pants. I gave him a big tip and apologized.
Got all kinds of stories of that dog.
That's how the good one's become immortal.
One night when my kids were little one of my daughters was having an overnight with a bunch of other little girls and they're in their PJ's and there's one that hasn't come yet but is on her way. Jesse is loving the attention. I had ordered Johnny's Pizza and the doorbell rang and they all screamed in unison thinking it was the final kid showing up and they ran to the door ahead of me with Jesse going with them. They flung open the door and it's a big ole black dude with pizza and they're in their PJ's and like little girls will do, they screamed and ran.
Jesse was not up on the subtleties of little girl behaviors.
His hackles went up all the way to his tail like a Rhodesian Ridgeback and the scariest sound came out of him and he launched at that dude with bad intentions. I caught him mid jump by the collar because I was reaching for him about the time this started luckily.
That poor guy looked like he just shite his pants. I gave him a big tip and apologized.
Got all kinds of stories of that dog.
That's how the good one's become immortal.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:46 pm to KemoSabe65
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Dogs, lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion.
This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 7:47 pm
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