Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
Gunner hambone was born in August 2012 passed away August 2019. He was a parvo puppy whom survived through it and became the best ol hound dogg I ever did know! He passed away today from kidneys failing due to the parvo damage to organs and it was hard to usher him through to his final resting place. His father I first met when my cousin brought him home to my pops and his half and half brindle colored pitbull and black labrador features and were amazing with the skills and he possessed and true grit amazed me . 7 years later after bear bones, whos gunners father moved to Idaho springs Colorado, and met a retired grand champion duck dog, a Chesapeake bay retriever, so I'm told, named Little Ann, who was a resident in the neighbor hood. Well i guess she found ol bear or he forced himself upon her, irresistible like, and the two made a beautiful litter of pups. My cuz calls me and says I heard your coming out to CO for visit , and I did . Well ol gunner boy was the pick of the litter and was awesome dogg.. i brought back to Nj where i live and gunner immediately gets sick within a week. The vet says the normans who owned little Anne didnt vaccinate and dumb me didn't ask.. 5k later for life support from red bank vet hospital and gunners true grit he survived it . They told me he may be thin and parvo caused irrepairable organ damage that they can't determine. Let me tell you that dogg could out run the wind , out swim the current and listened like a person. Jumped higher grasshopper and barked louder than thunder when he wanted. Would bring you the biggest log out of the woods for fetch and wouldn't quit till your arm was tired! Type of dog when he herd a bang, would bark at moon, a siren would howl for the victim , and lightning and thunder made him act like a storm! Jumping ,poping , and barking at every bolt in the sky! Never had one enemy,, in fact folks I didn't know somehow knew his name on a walk around the block and said their dogs loved coming by for visits to see him ... as he was the type to stay in his yard open and free as the greeter with no fence to await our arrival home as he protected it.I wish I could elaborate more he was so awesome..An ex employee of mine once who tried to enter the property without permission met a different Gunner who sunk his teeth in the forearm after he was known to be up to no good and shouldn't have been there at my yard. The little kids could pull his ears and lips by the food bowl and jump on him sound asleep and he'd never even growl.. He would follow me for days and every time I would lay on the ground to work on a vehicle or whatever he would come to lick my face and make sure I'm good.. maybe I'll post some Gunner stories to this thread later , as time fleets away and I think of them, whilst I sip a whiskey for my buddy. Today was a rough day laying down my best friend. If anyone can share a story about their Dog please share. I need to hear it !
