Dog world lost a good pair RIP David and ol Lucy girl

[williamsld]

Man we lost a one of the kind man that they really broke the mold with
My hunting and dog yard partner that was more like a brother David Howard passed away 8/24/24 due to a heart attack at 50 years old out of state working
I’d talked to David the evening before told him I was gonna go turn loose and he got excited wanting me to tell him all about it when I got back in little did I know that was my last chance to talk to him, and boy did we turn loose. Never caught a hog but Lucy put on a SHOW ran that hog giving it all she had put over 30 miles on her collar (about 10 just hunting hard before she jumped him out of bed) in 95 degrees and then I lost her the moment her collar hit the river had to give up and go home to meet a buddy for her truck antenna and found out almost the moment I walked through the door at the house his son had called me right after they got the news…I proceeded to go back to the woods to find the dog I got from my dear friend who was taken away too soon spent all day and half the night looking and went back first thing in the morning with no luck put a boat in and we found her down river a ways already gone best we can guess is she it the water too hot and went into shock never came back up until she went to go bay hogs with David, Lucy died doing exactly what David wanted when he put her sire and dam together
World lost one heck of a dog man trapper, all around great hunter amazing father friend and man of God
It’s been a ruff week but y’all keep the Howard family in your prayers

David, Henry(his dad passed a yr ago this was his dads last hog) Lucy is up top, saucy is in my right hand (Lucy’s dam) and jr her litter mate in my left
David and Hank (Lucy’s sire)
David and his dad

Lucy girl


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[t-dog]

By looks and sounds of it, he lived life and valued the important things and people. I’m sure sorry for yours and his family’s loss. Tuff loss with the dog too. I’m betting both of them are rooting for y’all to catch every hog around.


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[williamsld]

By looks and sounds of it, he lived life and valued the important things and people. I’m sure sorry for yours and his family’s loss. Tuff loss with the dog too. I’m betting both of them are rooting for y’all to catch every hog around.


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Yessir he lived life to the fullest even started a successful trapping business this year on top of a construction company his son was running so he honestly got to hunt/fish most every day

Oh he’s definitely rooting for us to be successful in the woods, I had the honor of being left all his dogs, they’re the same blood as everything else I own, but the man that owned this line we both hunted (for the past 20+ years for me, David had been back in the game about 6/7 years after a 15 year break) some of the dogs behind these dogs went back to David’s grandfathers dogs so it’s a little bit more meaningful for him to have left them to me


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[WayOutWest]

Man, that's a gut punch. My condolences to all involved.

[williamsld]

Man, that's a gut punch. My condolences to all involved.

Thank you sir!


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[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

Sorry for yalls loss man,,  sounds like a heck of a feller.  The good ones always go too soon,, and that goes for people too..  We will keep yall in our prayers ..