Life without a good hunting dog would be a life without much enjoyment.
I remember the many autumns in the field hunting quail, pheasant, prairie chickens, and grouse with excellent pointers and setters.
The sound of a pack of beagles as they chase a rabbit in the creek bottom. Every hunter should have the experience of hunting with these dogs.
There is nothing like hunting coons with a bawlmouth coondog. These dogs make sounds that you would swear does not come from the mouth of a dog, but rather it has to be a ghost.
Duck and goose hunting with a well trained Chessie or Lab makes life worth while.
I have hunted with squirrel dogs that were worth their weight in gold. They have an ability that cannot be overappreciated.
And herding dogs. I hate the little buggers! Let the Muslims have the herding dogs.
When Mao was in power, dogs were considered decadent and not befitting the proletariat but now they are becoming popular as pets again instead of simply as a food source.
To me, it seems the better we treat our animal companions, the more advanced the society has become.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
