My sympathy, WC. When you shared with us the incident about the phone line while you were digging a grave for your departed best friend- I recall, in I believe the first issue of Gun Dog, a piece by Ben Hur Lampman-an Oregon gentleman- entitled: "Where To Bury A Dog"-- and his tacit answer to the question his title posed was-- "In the heart of his Master"-- I hope you are able to find another hunting companion from the same bloodline-- and if that happens, the pain you feel now will be assuaged somehow over time.
Rudyard Kipling also treated this sad event in a shooting man's life in his poem: "The Power of The Dog"-- I have recalled it every time I had to bury my best 4-legged companion afield-all through the many years now behind me. RWTF
