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Mike Van Dusen
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Location: Northwest Indiana
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A coondog is gone.

I got home from work today and found my friend,and best COONDOG I HAVE EVER OWNED, had passed on.

Slim Lawyer or "SLIM" was 11yrs old, he was and is my measuring stick.I bought him from Steve Conger and Mike McComber when he was a pup, and he didn`t know anything about treeing a coon.But he made a very well balanced coon treeing machine!I have seen him show a many a dog which way Mr.Coon went,and he would have the meat when he stopped and treed,I knew this day was coming, but I guess your never ready for it....

Rest in peace old friend.......

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sorry to hear that...not much a person can do to help ya out, but just the same, sorry...

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10-03-2009 12:01 AM

Kevin McCormick
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Sorry to hear that Mike, he was a real good looking dog. These good old house bred hounds are getting fewer all the time.

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Knox
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Mike...............

Sorry to hear about your hound, I know you really liked him.
Did you ever get any pups from him or have him collected ?

Take care.......................Tim

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TwinCreekKennel
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Registered: Jul 2007
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I'm deeply sorry for your loss, I know how rough it is I just recently lost mine and I couldn't ask for a better ole man!

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BIGCASTLEDAWGS
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So Sorry for Your Loss

Thoughts and prayers to ease the pain of your loss... He will Always live on in your heart.... Hope you carry those memories with you on every trip to the woods.

Sincerely sorry, Heather and Bob William

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elvis
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sorry to hear about the old dog Mike.
Im sure he was a goodun to die in your kennel.

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Sorry for your loss.

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Mike Van Dusen
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Thanks everyone for your sympathy,I really appreciate it.

The bond between a hunter and their hounds is something not everyone understands.I have always gotten close to my dogs,I like raising them and watching them develope, and some are "special".....That is what Slim was.....

I remember 1 hunt with Slim,it was kill season and me and my friend Bill O`Banion turned Slim loose in a favorite spot.After about 20 minutes of sitting on the tail gate without hearing anything, we checked the tracker and found out he was over by the next road.We drove around and we could hear him treein` every breath!I went in to him and he was standing in a creek with his front feet up on a tree that had fallen into another tree on the bank of the creek.You could see the wet foot prints of the coon on the side of the fallen tree.I searched the tree and found the coon!We couldn`t believe what we saw,the prettiest Albino coon I have ever seen!This is a picture of the coon,it hangs on the wall of my family room and I will always have the memories of all the hunts and fun of hunting Slim.

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10-04-2009 04:09 AM

wildbill
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Re: A coondog is gone.

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Van Dusen
I got home from work today and found my friend,and best COONDOG I HAVE EVER OWNED, had passed on.

Slim Lawyer or "SLIM" was 11yrs old, he was and is my measuring stick.I bought him from Steve Conger and Mike McComber when he was a pup, and he didn`t know anything about treeing a coon.But he made a very well balanced coon treeing machine!I have seen him show a many a dog which way Mr.Coon went,and he would have the meat when he stopped and treed,I knew this day was coming, but I guess your never ready for it....

Rest in peace old friend.......

sorry to hear about slim,
old joe passed at 14 and his half sister here is 12 now ,
after they reach 10 they are living on borrowed time and all we can do is enjoy them while we can,,hope you got a replacement..
i found me one, 4months old now, hope he is half the dog as what we have lost..check his ped..
----------GRNT House's Tom Tom
--------GRNT House's Clint
----------NTCH Kentucky Judy
------NTCH Douglas Caesar
----------GRNT GRCH Hern's Red Eagle Dick
--------House's R.E. Bonnie
----------Gearing's Treeing Sue
----PKC CH UKC NTCH House's Rebel (SIRE)
----------GRNT House's Lawyer
--------GRNT House's Cane
----------Double Tough Sue II
------Erickson's Ice Tea
----------GRNT Wabash River Jar
--------NTCH Gilbreath's Pee Wee
----------Blackston's Sandy

----------GRNT GRCH House's Lipper
--------CH GRNT Guess' Hardwood Maniac
----------GRNT Taylor's Hardwood Dixie
------NTCH Medley's Hardwood Swamp
----------GRNT House's Tom Again
--------GRNT Guess' Hardwood Tiny
----------GRNT Taylor's Hardwood Dixie
------Busby Spring Swamp (DAM) 1st Place WIN in UKC
----------GRNT House's Clint
--------GRNT House's Rock Mtn Prowler
----------House's Fly
------NTCH Overturfs Tree Talkin Bobbysue
----------GRCH GRNT Reedy River Lippers Lockup
--------House's Nicol
----------CH Hutto's Tl House's Linda

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quote:
Originally posted by Mike Van Dusen

Pretty cool momento...I treed an albino a few years back...thanks to a goof up between me and my huntin buddy, the coon bailed and we lost him...never could tree him again...

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