dbaker17
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Originally posted by Grant Noeske
I had it happen on a cast I guided and judged one night back around 2003. Four dogs were treed on a treeline and us cast members were about 75 yards away in an open cornfield. About three minutes into the tree, all dogs shut up. Three opened up back out on track, but the Bluetick male dog with first tree (very nice young dog who was likely going to win and was owned/handled by Max Gibson of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area) wasn't barking. The thought that it could be hung up wasn't mentioned, but I finally said, "Something's not right. They were treed right and that dog should have opened somewhere by now." We couldn't figure why they would have left that tree. So, we walked into the tree and it was hung by its collar on a broken off stick about four inches long, roughly the diameter of an index finger, pointing upward at about a 45 degree from the trunk of the tree, as if it was designed and placed on this planet for the sole purpose of hanging a dog by its collar. The dog's hind feet were only about eight inches off the ground. I pulled it down and tried to revive it by holding its mouth shut and breathing air in through its nose (my hand cupped around its nose), but it was too late. It was just one of those freak deals that you don't think much about until you see it in person. The last thing I did before we left that tree was break that stick off at the base.
Thanks for sharing. It's one of the worst things we've ever had to go through. One of those things you'll never understand unless it happens to you or you're there to witness it. We also tried to give Jetta CPR but it was too late. All of this seems so unreal. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. We too felt that little stick she was hanging from was put there for this exact reason. I just hope God has a plan and this was part of it. A friend comforted me by saying "Heaven must have had a coon problem and needed the best of the best." And that is what she was to me, the best dog I've ever had. She was my favorite in more ways than one. That dog was almost perfect.
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CH 'PR' GOLD RUSH EXPO aka "Tank"
2015 PA State Youth Overall BS Winner
2016 PA State Youth Champion Male Winner
CH 'PR' CHERRY CREEK XBOX aka "Mo"
2016 Treeing Walker Days Overall BS Winner
2016 Autumn Oaks Senior Male Class Winner
2017 SETWD Champion Male Winner
In Loving Memory of
'PR' BLACK KNIGHT'S BALU JETTA
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