[Lilred]

I'm real glad yer dog is ok GSP..I lost Copper 2 years ago to such strange happenings. It's funny, that's the same dog that, as a pup, went in the shed, tore down every fishin pole I had offa the wall (which there was 8) and somehow er another, got bout half of those pole's hooks in her lips. I reckon she was playin with the baits....but she laid there and never flinched while i cut each hook out as gently as I could..shoot..I flinched more than she did lol.
She was a brave dog...runned her tail off, and loved to hunt as much as I did. Smart as a tack she was..she was always a lil weird tho. Never ever would go to anybody but me..not even my son. When she ran...she bawled so excited-like..that when I shot..some folks was thinkin I shot her LOL..I miss her very much.

One day, I came home from werk, and she wouldnt get up...just laid there all sickly. I grabbed her neck hide and pulled...she was dehydrated. (When the skin don't come back down..they're dehydrated) So, I took her in the house and started an IV. That seemed to help over the next hour..and the vet's office was closed. I was hopin to keep her ok until the next morning. She never puked, she never gave me nary a stool to look at...she just laid there. 2 hours later...she seemed to get worse, and I took her to a animal hospital in Richmond. They said her kidneys were failing, they aint know why, and there was nothing they could do.
They gave me some pills to ease the pain for her..I aint have the heart to leave her there. I took her home, and kept her in the house and did what I coud to keep her comfortable. I buried her the next morning. I guess she had some kind of cancer er somethin...I dunno.
Sometimes..that's just the way the Good Lord werks..but before she died, she had a litter of beautiful pups..I kept 1 male..and boy is he just like her. At least part of her is still w/ me...