That might have been a moose bone, they get those :) However, I am able to reach down and take fresh bones (or anything else) away from all my dogs, they've been taught who's bigger and meaner... LOL Even tho he could crush my arm with no troubles, he never would. He's a big sweetie. My lab is 85 or so, but she is 1/2 husky and the mom of all these pups. I had two yellows before, both have passed on of old age.

Here is a pic of my 9 year old female chessie, Delta. She has had two cuciate repair surgeries (one on each knee), so she is kinda semi retired....even though she has a fit when I try and hunt the other dog without her!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...avacation3.jpg

These are photos of Bear; he is a 5 year old chessie that is a semi rescue. He was lanquishing in a kennel when I got him; previous owner got him as a pup, sent him to a trainer where they did some basic work with him. The owner wasn't pleased with his progress, so left him there. I took him and we've been working on getting him into hunting. I think the lightbulb finally went on this past fall....too bad we got froze out early.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6.../BearPic-3.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...hunting023.jpg

See if I can get this thing to work? This is our new Service dog and so far the only thing he tracks is his food dish lol

Hope you don't mind if I add my wingnuts to the fray. :)

This is mom (Catria) an undersized Irish Wolfhound, 7yrs old now. She's trained to track wounded bear.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/IMG_2456.jpg


And this is the kid (Chevy), Catria's largest pup who is half wolf and stands 33in at the withers. He's 4yrs, a big goof and just scares the crap outa the bears, and everybody/thing that comes around. lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/IMG_2460.jpg

They both run an average of 8miles/day and in the summer we add 2 daily swims.

This is my little girl Dakota. We mainly hunt pheasants and sharptails.:)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5462/1000819d.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3503/img0683xv.jpg