Funny how things go. Our chocolate bitch hasa litter of 3 pups that Scout sired, and I was planning on all of them being sold by the time I got home from my business trip this weekend. Lo and behold, one female was unsold. She looks just like her grandma, who was my wife's dog, and acts just like Scout himself. I juct can't seem to part with her, though I have too many labs as it is (four). It's gonna take a long time to get her trained as well as Scout was though. I guess my plans of running some hunt tests this spring is definitely out the window now.

I do have to try to find solace in that he didn't suffer. The severity of the impact had to have killed him immediately. My sons and wife had him bureid before I got home Saturday night to save me the grief of seeing his broken body. It's just tough to deal with the huge blood stains on the highway...maybe it will rain here soon.