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My catahoula, Blue,was about to turn seven in a couple of months... I just buried him today.

My wife took him to the vet this morning while we were out hunting... she called me crying telling me the news. His heart was barely beating and his kidneys were gone... nothing they could do.

I've never bragged on any of my dogs... but he was a great one. Can't tell you how many hogs he's found over the years... all over the state in every type of country and style of hunting possible.

I raised and trained him from an eight week old puppy... he will be greatly missed. Don't know if i'll ever find another one like him.

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i don't have the words, but we'll really miss you Blue :'( R.I.P.

Sorry to here the bad news. I've heard good stories about ole blue. You'll re-live some great memories that ole blue left you with,,for years to come !!! REST-IN-PEACE  BLUE

dang man...i'm sorry to hear about that...i wen to sam houston NF today and as i was coming through willis i thought of you, didn't call cause i thought you would be in the woods with dogs...i'm real sorry to hear about blue...he was great dog...

Mike,
I hate to hear that.
Hope something else steps up.

Thats a great photo,  Sorry to hear about your dog.  give the wife a hug from the Flatbroke family.  My wife takes it real hard when we lose a dog. 

I also take it really hard when one of my dogs get hurt or die....They are a big part of my life...some are just like kids....Sorry for ur loss..R I P Blue...

Dang Mike. I'm sure sorry to hear ole Blue is gone. The biggest hog I ever got to touch was because of Blue. He was a great hog dog. R.I.P. Blue. We'll miss you.

Yep that boy Mr. Nose was the best dog I ever seen.  I loved him and he wasn't even mine.  We are sure gonna miss em. 

I be given you a big man hug rite now!!!

sorry about your loss .

Thanks everyone... he'll be missed. Them young dogs have some big shoes to fill.

Lawrence I think you said it best on that one bro, "I loved him and he wasn't even mine", I never fed the dog once and I dang sure didn't raise him from a pup but I can tell you that I loved that dog like it was my own.  I can't tell you have many hogs have been cought in the short time I was able to hunt with him soley because he wouldn't quite or would take a trail a little farther.  Dogs like that make you thankful that you got to hunt with um much less own him.  I have yet to come up with the words that would help, I lost a good hunting buddy today.  I know we'll keep catching hogs and I don't think too many will go by without thinking about him.  R I P buddy.

Matt

Mike,
I got 2 pups I'm starting with at about the same age.  I can only hope to have what you and Blue had.  Sorry for your loss.  RIP, Blue.

Mark

sorry to hear about your loss mike RIP BLUE

Sorry to hear that.

man that sux im so sorry to hear about blue he looked like a 1 of a kind
dog just frome the dvd and vids on here

RIP blue

No words that any of us can say to help.  Sorry for your loss!!  Give'em hell of Blue.

RJB

R. I. P.     Blue. 

Mike, sorry to hear about Blue.  Seen lots of videos and pictures with him in it.  RIP Blue

yeah justin, i'm real thankful that we have so many pictures and a lot of video of blue working. at least we get to watch those :)

Thanks guys.

Hate to hear that mike, had he been sick? I was wondering why you didn't have him the other night.

Yeah Jason, he hasn't been himself on the last few hunts I had him on. The last few days is when he started getting worse.

Sorry to hear that Mike.  I remember back when he was just a wee little guy.  Was he one that needed to get nutted a few years back?  If so did it have anything to do with it?

Naw Kevin, I had to get him cut after he got swine brucellosis. All that cleared up after a couple of months of antiboitics. That's been 3 or 4 years ago... doesn't seem like it's been that long.

sorry to hear about Blue, Mike....just got home and i didnt want to find out something like this....i was looking forward to hunting with him when i make the big move back there.  from all the stories and pics i loved the ole dog and haven't even been around him,.  but one thing for sure wherever you hunt around your area you can bet he is a talking to them young dogs trying to feel his shoes...REAL SORRY FRIEND,,,,,,,RIP BLUE........JW (PIGSTKR)

Thanks JW, whenever you get here I'll tell you a bunch stories about ol' Blue while we're out in the woods.

Sorry to hear about that, Mike.  I'm sure you have some great memories in the woods because of him.

You can't help but get attached to those good dogs that have been around for a while.

Mike,

     I don't have the words to express my feelings about Blue, other than to say he is one that will be missed,and remembered for a lifetime. Like others have stated, he wasn't even my dog, but he was special to me.

Chris

I think I'm still in disbelief. Blue wasn't our dog, but we loved him like he was "ours". You couldn't help but love and respect him, and I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to spend the time I had with him in the woods. I think he has taught us all a lesson that goes far beyond just hunting hogs. Blue taught us about teamwork. He will be missed.
M

Damn Mike that realy sucks. I am so sorry you lost him. I hope you find comfort in knowing
how respected Blue dog is through the Hog Dog community. He will live on in the memories of hunts that 
many folks were fortunate enough catch hogs behind that spotted dog of yours.

Thanks y'all. I guess I didn't realize that everyone thought so highly of him.

I don't know what else to say but thank you for all the kind words.

damn yeah mike so sorry man, and like everyone else we had lots of respect for him and still do i haven t been out too many times but those few times i will always remember that nose to the ground and finding those hogs, and true those shoes will be hard to fill



                  WE WILL MISS YOU BLUE               LOVE YA BOY        RIP


             

Dang Mike, I'm really sorry to hear about Blue.  I was fortunate enough to have gotten to see him work and he was definately a master of his craft.  He will be missed.

RIP Blue

  Mike
 im real sorry to hear about Blue.  the few times i had the privilege to hunt with him i gained alot of respect for that dog.
he will be remembered as a GREAT DOG in the hog hunting world.

                                                          craig

RIP BLUE words just dont say enough.....