I WAS WANTING A NEW DOG FOR MY COMPANY THAT I HAD STARTED. I HAD STARTED A BOUNTY HUNTING COMPANY AND WANTED A GOOD DOG WITH ME. HE HAD TO ME FRIENDLY BUT WHEN NEEDED TO BE PROTECTIVE. I HAD LOOKED EVERY WHERE FOR ONE. THIS ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY FAMILY AND DECIDE TO STOP AT ARE LOCAL LIVE STALK SALE BARN TO SEE WHAT LIVESTOCK WAS SALING FOR. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE DOORS WITH MY FAMILY I HEARD WAY BACK IN THE CORNER A YELPING SOUND. WHEN I GOT TO THE BOX I SEEN A WHITE FEMALE DOG IN THERE WANTING SOME LOVE. I PICKED HER UP AND AT ONCE I NEW THAT IT WAS NOT MY DOG. I LOOKED INSIDE THE BOX AND THERE WAS HER BROTHER. I PICKED HIM UP AND INSTANTLY HE TOOK TO ME AND WENT TO SLEEP ON MY SHOULDER. I HAD FOUND MY DOG. WE DROVE AROUND AND I DECIDED TO CALL MY DOG ‘BOUNTY HUNTER HOUGHTALING’. SO ONCE WE GOT HOME WITH HIS DOG FOOD AND NEW STUFF I HAD BOUGHT HIM WE GOT HIM USE TO THE AREA. HE SLEPT WITH ME AT NIGHT SO THAT I WOULD KNOW WHEN TO TAKE HIM OUTDOORS.
AS HE GREW THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WILL NEVER FOR GET. THERE WAS TIMES HE WOULD FIGHT THE WATER COMING OUT OF THE RUBBER HOSE, SLIDE ON THE BLUE TARP WHEN IT HAD WATER ON IT, DIG FOR MOLES WHEN HE FELT THEM UNDER THE GROUND. HE LOVE TO PLAY IN THE HOUSE AND CHASE HIS TOYS AROUND. HE ALWAYS GOT NEW TOYS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS AND A CUP CAKE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. WELL I CLOSED MY BOUNTY HUNTING COMPANY AND STARTED MY REPOSSESSION COMPANY AND HE WAS RIGHT THERE TO HELP ME ROAD IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND GUARD IT FOR ME. IN 2006 WE SOLD THE OLD PLACE THAT HE GREW UP ON AND MOVED INTO TOWN.
THAT WAS IN JULY OF 2006 AND ‘HUNTER’ WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. HE WOULD JUST LIKE TAKE LIFE DAY BY DAY AND SOON HE GOT BAD. HE STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND COULD NOT WALK ANY MORE. HIS BACK HIPS GOT BAD. WE WOULD GO FOR A WALK EVERY DAY SO THAT HE WOULD STAY HEALTHY. WE DID THIS FOR ALMOST A MONTH. WHEN WE GOT DONE I WOULD BRING HIM IN THE HOUSE AND LAY HIM ON HIS PILLOW SO HE COULD WATCH TV AND RELAX.
ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 16, 2006 I WAS OUT DOING A REPOSSESSION AND CAME BY THE HOUSE TO SEE ‘HUNTER’ AND MOM INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY AT ABOUT 3 AM JUST BEFORE I GOT THERE. I WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. WAS HE SAD CAUSE WE LEFT HIS OLD HOME AND HE MISSED IT, WAS IT HIS AGE, WAS HE LONELY, I DO NOT KNOW. I DO KNOW THAT HE KNEW HE WAS LOVED AND WAS WANTED IN THIS FAMILY. HE WAS A GOOD DOG AND RARELY EVER GOT IN TROUBLE EXCEPT WHEN HE SNEAKED OFF TO SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND ACROSS THE FIELD FROM ARE OLD HOUSE. HE BROUGHT ME HAPPINESS AND JOY AND I REALLY MISS HIM. UPON HIS DEATH HE WAS PUT IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK A WAS GIVEN HIS LAST RIDE TO THE OLD HOME STEAD AND PUT TO REST NEXT TO HIS FRIEND ‘EWOK’. HE WAS PUT TO REST WITH HIS FAVORITE BED PILLOW, HIS NEW TOYS, HIS COLLAR THAT I LAYED NEST TO HIM, MY NAME PLATE, AND HIS FAVORITE BLAKE THAT HE WAS COVERED UP WITH.
UPON SEALING THE HOUSE WE MADE A AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW OWNERS THAT IS BUILDING A NEW BUSINESS THERE AND BLACKTOPPING THE PLACE THAT THEY WILL PLACE A MARKER FOR BOTH DOGS WHEN THEY ARE DONE. EACH MAJOR HOLIDAY I TAKE OVER FLOWERS AND DECORATION TO BOTH OF THEM. I MISS MY PARTNER AND THINK OF HIM ALL THE TIME. HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED AND WILL NEVER BE REPLACED WITH A GOOD DOG LIKE HIM. YES HE WAS SPOILED.
YOU WILL NEVER BE FOR GOTTEN,
| BOUNTY HUNTER HOUGHTALING |
| TROY HOUGHTALING SR |