Old Hog Dogs

Two of my buddies got my yonder gyp when she was about 10 or 11 to train young dogs. She was 8 1/2 or 9 before the average dog could keep up with her on track. A few months after they got her, she got on a bad runner. The way I understand it, she ran him for 2 or 3 hours and finished him with a ruptured Achilles tendon. They had to amputate that leg. When they brought her home, she was running and playing like a puppy so they decided to see if she still wanted to hunt. They turned her out alone at 9:30pm and at 9:52pm she was bayed. When they got up to the bay she was baying pretty loose. The bulldog didn't see the hog soon enough and it broke. 700 yards later she was put up again. They fought and tried to get in to her but it was worse than thick. They had to work the next morning so they finally decided to go get a couple hours of sleep come back before work when they could see. When they got back to her that morning, she was still hitting every lick.