[Houndsong]

We had to euthanize our dear old Henry last week. It was a function of old age and intervertebral disc degeneration. He was a great coonhound and he had a pretty good life. We adopted him from ABTCR. I thought I'd share a few pics of him and some of his Basset and Plott Hound buds.

Henry on On Hurricane Isabel tree fall, circa 2004(?):

The Mutt Squad w/ Bonnie and Claude, fall 2001:

Harold and Henry, the dynamic duo:

Harold telling tall tales:

Harvey and Henry:

Harvey loved Henry too:

I'll be getting Gambler this weekend, hopefully. He'll hold the coonhound endowment then. It's a lifetime tenure. AB&TC AVAILABLE DOGS - GAMBLER

 

[gsally]

With sympathy

I'm sorry for your loss, may you find comfort in the memories you have of your hound Henry.

Beautiful pictures of happy hounds!

 

[slbj.mouse]

So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures. Gambler looks like a sad and hopeful, sweetie. I bet he'll be glad to be with you.

 

[murraysmom]

Condolences on the loss of Henry- he was so handsome! Thanks for sharing the photos- you have really nice looking dogs- I hope you'll post some photos of Gambler!

 

[Doogles mum]

So sorry for your loss. Run free little Henry. Sending ((((((hugs))))))

 

[bcc11]

Sorry for your loss. It is obvious that he was well loved.

 

[BubbaLeroy]

So sorry about Henry. He was a handsome boy, and I know you will miss him.

 

[mydawgz]

I am sorry to hear that. I just went through that on the 14th of March. I still cry myself to sleep.

 

[Yogi's Mom]

I am sorry for your loss. He was such a handsome boy. Thanks for sharing all those photos with us.
Hope you will post some photos of Gambler and let us know how things are going.

 

[Miss Snickers]

Sorry for your loss, and may you find comfort in all the fond memories you have.

 

[Houndsong]

Thanks for all your thoughts. We're pretty sure Henry exceeded his life expectancy but it's always hard to say goodbye no matter that it's the right thing to do. He was a pretty stoic and low maintenance dog and 10 of him would have been no trouble. And even though he was so dark and looked like Darth Vader he was a very friendly dog, no surprises. He would have made a lousy watchdog though, but I'm glad of that.

I certainly will get some pictures up of Gambler. I hear he's very submissive, so we'll be working on his confidence.

I'll also get up some video of Harvey the Basset taking it to his boxer/terrier/pit bull buddy Roscoe.