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Title: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 21, 2010, 06:34:56 pm Folks I write to you with a broken heart today, Clay is gone. :'( My wife and I went to the movies today and after the movie I checked my phone which I left in the truck and saw I had a 911 msg from one of my hunting buddies and several missed calls from others, I knew something was wrong. I called Phillip who keeps Clay in his kennel and he said to me "Paul I dont know how to tell you this but Clay is dead". My heart just sank, as if it were a close friend or family member. Phillip said Clay came out to eat last night at feeding about 9:30 as we were going to leave early this morning to hunt with Rowdy but we got 4 or 5 inches of snow early this morning so we ended up not going. Phillip said he went out to feed about noon and Clay was laying unconcious on top of his food bowl. He grabbed him up and thru him in the truck and started calling friends and Vets. He said Clay was still breathing when he met with the Vet but by the time they got him inside and on the table his heart wasnt beating. He was dead.
Clay was the single biggest reason I enjoy hog doggin as much as I do. I have hunted with numerous guys that have dogged hogs much longer than myself that have told me Clay was without a doubt the Best Hog Dog they had ever hunted with. He is certainly the best I have ever hunted with. He was the dog that if we were having a hard time finding a hog we would go back home and get him, go back and get it done. Clay was only 6 years old and had been owned by two others before me. In counting hogs that Clay had been a part of, we figure that # is about 1000. Nearly 500 just since I have owned him. This is a tribute to his heart and drive to finish a hog track. I will miss Clay and I will never forget him. I will dig a hole with a shovel tomorrow and will lay him to rest somewhere in the woods where I will be able to go and visit him, I might just lay a hog head in with him. I only pray that Scott's Salty dog is full of Clay puppies so that Clay's Legacy may live on. RIP Clay Thanks for the Joy you brought to many of us. (http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r123/raider54_photos/Clayslastphoto.jpg) Clay is on the right. This picture was taken out at Michael Woodall's (TXHoghunter) a couple of weeks ago Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Texas_Cur on March 21, 2010, 06:38:06 pm I will miss hearing the stories about Clay.
Sorry for your loss bud Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Mike on March 21, 2010, 06:39:31 pm Sorry for your loss... it's hard to lose a good one.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: BarrNinja on March 21, 2010, 06:44:36 pm Sorry for your loss bud.
R.I.P Clay Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Pudge on March 21, 2010, 06:46:56 pm Sure am sorry for your loss. It's awful hard losing a good one.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: chainrated on March 21, 2010, 06:47:30 pm Sorry about your dog raider..
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: muleman on March 21, 2010, 07:39:05 pm Man, Paul that blows! I know how much Clay meant to you, and im sorry for your loss. I have made many hunts behind Clay and have seen him find a bunch of hogs. He was a good one, and will live some big shoes to fill.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Circle C on March 21, 2010, 07:40:50 pm sorry to hear about clay, I enjoyed reading about his hunts.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 21, 2010, 07:46:29 pm Guys thanks for your kind words, I have been setting around pulling up old videos of clay and re-living so many joyful days and nights many of us have had behind this fine dog. As Muleman "D" has said already we have some big shoes to fill in our kennel.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Rockin-P-Ranch on March 21, 2010, 07:51:56 pm raider54 so sorry to here about your lose. Dogs like that are hard to come by. Hope you get lucky with a litter.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: BoarBuster67 on March 21, 2010, 07:53:37 pm real sorry for your loss
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: redneckrambo96 on March 21, 2010, 07:57:09 pm im sorry for your loss man
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: matt_aggie04 on March 21, 2010, 08:10:07 pm I sure hate to hear that, I am sorry for your loss.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: grizz07903 on March 21, 2010, 08:37:05 pm Sorry to hear that paul hopefully u will have some pups out of him
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: cward on March 21, 2010, 08:41:30 pm RIP Sorry to hear that!!
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: daisydog on March 21, 2010, 09:05:03 pm sorry paul. i have more time with clay in the woods than anybody and he was great.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: hogzilla24 on March 21, 2010, 09:10:57 pm sorry to hear that paul. im glad i got to hunt with him once.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: DoGgONit on March 21, 2010, 09:15:17 pm so sorry to hear of yalls loss . never got the privilege to hunt behind him but enjoyed all of the stories !!
keep your heads up ....everything happens for a reason ! Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: bayhorse on March 21, 2010, 09:21:39 pm R.I.P CLAY
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Scott on March 21, 2010, 09:26:23 pm Hate to hear it...
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 21, 2010, 09:27:23 pm Guys, I sure appreciate all the kind words. It is hard to see hunting without him, my crew of hunting buddies have several good dogs that bay alot of hogs but Clay was our anchor.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: hoghunterdfw on March 21, 2010, 10:04:30 pm man I know how much you loved that dog. its a shame to hear he is gone. it sounds like you may have at least gotten some pups out of the old man before he passed so hopefully his blood will live on and help find some more hogs for you in the future.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 21, 2010, 11:08:05 pm man I know how much you loved that dog. its a shame to hear he is gone. it sounds like you may have at least gotten some pups out of the old man before he passed so hopefully his blood will live on and help find some more hogs for you in the future. Thanks Vinney, I sure am hopeing so, I believe we will take here for an ultrasound to see so I wont have to wait to be sure Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Cutter Bay Kennels on March 22, 2010, 06:56:44 am Very sorry to hear that he is gone. You're in my thoughts my friend.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: hookem54 on March 22, 2010, 09:53:13 am hey raider sorry for your loss i have been through that many times this year myself and it never gets easier, do you have a pic of ole clay i have read stories on him countless times just want to put a face to the name thanks, again sorry for your loss
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: t.wilbanks on March 22, 2010, 10:10:36 am Paul, man i hate to hear that about ol Clay. I knew from the couple times i talked to you and Phillip that he ment alot to yall. Losing a dog like that will make a grown man cry like alittle girl. Was the vet able to tell what happened to him?
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: NechesBobcat on March 22, 2010, 11:09:51 am Sorry to hear about clay. I've got 2 that could never be replaced. They're both about 5 years old now. I'll probly want to give up hunting all together when they're gone. I think a dog is one of the best companions a man can have. I don't think it's fair that their lives are so short.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Cull Buck on March 22, 2010, 01:44:41 pm Sorry to hear about your dog. Why do the good ones always seem to go to soon.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 22, 2010, 11:51:39 pm Paul, man i hate to hear that about ol Clay. I knew from the couple times i talked to you and Phillip that he ment alot to yall. Losing a dog like that will make a grown man cry like alittle girl. Was the vet able to tell what happened to him? He thought maybe he had a stroke or a pulmonairy embolism Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 22, 2010, 11:56:35 pm hey raider sorry for your loss i have been through that many times this year myself and it never gets easier, do you have a pic of ole clay i have read stories on him countless times just want to put a face to the name thanks, again sorry for your loss (http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r123/raider54_photos/Clayslastphoto.jpg)Here is one of the last photos ever taken of him he is the big red dog on the right. Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: DangerZone on March 23, 2010, 08:08:19 am sorry for your loss .... we lost our senior male catahoula about a year ago he was also a beloved member of our family ,to see us you would of though we lost one of our boy's,he was the best hunting partiner i ever had..
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: ppc dogos on March 23, 2010, 10:54:50 am Loosing a great dog of age is hard, but loosing a great dog way to early is just not right..sorry for your loss,
RIP Clay Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: SouthsFinestFla on March 23, 2010, 12:08:44 pm Sorry for you loss , cant even imagine what that would feel like ....
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: Bo on March 23, 2010, 06:07:55 pm sorry to hear that RIP clay
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: raider54 on March 23, 2010, 07:15:49 pm Thanks again guys, I will tell you there is a very heavy sadness, not only in our house but even with our hunting friends that spent as much time with Clay as I did.
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: ESTEBAN_B on March 23, 2010, 07:30:45 pm sorry for your loss!!
Title: Re: Clay Bayed his last Hog (RIP Clay) Post by: dognhogs84 on March 23, 2010, 08:08:24 pm hey guys i hunted with clay and jearmy a mini times, i'm sorry about the loss i no how good he was...
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