Hard day up in the mountains..

[FUJI 17,288]

Had a tough day out in the mountains yesterday,weather was kind if nothing else & that's a bonus for sure! I'm sure age has a hell of a lot to do with how difficult I'm finding walking in & amongst the high tops these day's..I'm not going to lie it's becoming nigh on f###ing impossible for me to enjoy a days mooching about up there .. anyways,it turned out not too bad in the end,what I have realised & i have to admit I had a tear in my eye is that Boots is all but finished now,he has recently seen his 9th birthday & like a good friend of mine told me yesterday if a dog at 9 year's old is totally sound & possesses it's speed from its youth it's not been worked hard enough nor seen enough especially for daytime work & I think he's right in saying that..I don't ever want to embarrass or sicken the dog,he deserves to go out as a champ & that's what I'll do with him so his solo day's out hunting the mountains will be very few from here on if at all,I had his pups Bear & Rose with me yesterday too as I knew in my heart the old dog could do with a helping hand nowadays,Bear having suffered a broken neck will never be what I hoped & think he would of been so basically my one & only runner is the runt of the litter I kept back Rose,she's a handy little thing,far from flawless but she's the best we have so it's pretty much over to her now..Boots is currently here with me 36 hours after returning from his hunting trip still hardly able to stand up without help from me,his back is knackered,it's been getting gradually worse for 3 year's now,he's on tablets etc for it but still I know first hand having a bad back myself no number of tablets help when the pain is bad,he pretty much lives either in the Portamag or on the sofa so I guess he's as good as he could ever be..it's been a great journey with him,our chapter together is fast coming to an end but we still have one or two trips planned before we call it a day for good..time flies when your having fun as they say it's been one helluva fast ride..

 

[Budgiesmuggler 195]

Seems hes had a good life, that's the important bit and best bit about it! Hope he he'll settle with retirement easily and enjoys it. Atb

Edited November 18, 2021 by Budgiesmuggler

[white van man 3,310]

I bet if the both of you had to do it all again you wouldn’t change a thing. Looks like he has had a good life and done you proud. Wise words from your friend. I once carried my dog into the vets and someone commented on the extent of his injury and called me irresponsible. Vet turned to them and said “this dog does what he’s bred to do and has a great life doing it…..what’s irresponsible is having an overweight Labrador like yours that’s never walked off the lead . 

 

[FUJI 17,288]

3 minutes ago, white van man said:

I bet if the both of you had to do it all again you wouldn’t change a thing. Looks like he has had a good life and done you proud. Wise words from your friend. I once carried my dog into the vets and someone commented on the extent of his injury and called me irresponsible. Vet turned to them and said “this dog does what he’s bred to do and has a great life doing it…..what’s irresponsible is having an overweight Labrador like yours that’s never walked off the lead . 

 

You know the craic matey .. loved the vet's comment I bet the owner of the Labrador could of crawled under a rock after hearing that haha 

[white van man 3,310]

She’s never mixed her words. I can’t fault her. 
 

keep the write ups coming

[Bearfoot 1,477]

Atvb .

 

Edited November 22, 2021 by Bearfoot

[FUJI 17,288]

1 minute ago, Bearfoot said:

No up to climbing 6 foot railway fences at 4am then andy good right up pics that old mag box did you proud my blue dog hit a chain going across a heather moor and I mean a chain for holding boats fck noes what its there for I swore he broke his back my old mate helpted me out way some photo therapy my new box saved me a fortune at vets I may go in it myself. 

 

Aye,still the same old Magbox bud,been a real un ..how's you keeping these days fella?

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Good pics Fuji, shame they have to get old

[forest of dean redneck 11,597]

Blimey 9 years old I can remember you putting pics up when he was a sapling .

[Bearfoot 1,477]

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Edited November 22, 2021 by Bearfoot

[FUJI 17,288]

2 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Blimey 9 years old I can remember you putting pics up when he was a sapling .

Aye he was 9 on the 1st October bud.. year's have flown by they really have ..this is his normal these day's 

[FUJI 17,288]

7 minutes ago, Bearfoot said:

Eye grand andy  never thought I could do 200mile a week on a push bike that's lockdoon for you just plodding away mate some fishing stalking few good scottish holidays to many jaap snipers fr me on here .

I'll be up thy way next week with the mongrel if you fancy a wander oot ..just be a relaxing not too energetic hike 'hopefully' ..glad your keeping ok fella,might look out for you in the next Tour of Britain then eh

[Bearfoot 1,477]

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Edited November 22, 2021 by Bearfoot

[Black neck 15,938]

24 minutes ago, Bearfoot said:

You no your old when.you see rogba players cycling past you my we mate did edinburgh to london in 4 days  hes got austrio   athrutuse and crones deasese her donated over 10k to charity no what's funny when you do a 70 mile and you see all the feilds you used drive to busy next week way family commitments il send you number bro lifes to short bro we tie up defo

U ever bin on a penny farthing bear 

Sorts men from the boys them contraptions 

[FUJI 17,288]

Weeks shy of 9 year's ago & then with his son Bear..it's been some journey