02/02/2019
I would like to thank everyone that has reached out to us about the loss of Trip via Facebook, calls, text and emails over the last week. Your stories and pictures of your Trip pups have really made me realize what a huge impact Trip had on so many people.
Tribute to Trip:
I waited on list for 3 years to get Trip. When he came home with us, we had 4 month old twins at home. He was great with them from day one. I started his basics in training and had just begun force fetch when we sent Trip up to my good friend Nick Bowser. He trained and molded Trip into a hunting machine. Working him on hundred of pheasant as a guide dog. He did an amazing job with Trip. As Trip grew he became my main waterfowl dog and excelled at it. Trip had an incredible nose. He found the birds that other dogs failed to find. He ran such straight lines. He was an incredible athlete, strong and powerful. He had no quit in him. He was quiet at the line and in the blind. He didn’t break and was honest in how he retrieved. Trip worked for whoever lined him up and gave that person 100%. He loved to ride shotgun in the truck and in the ranger. He made me laugh with the goofy looks he gave me with his head tilted to one side. I could write a book about the funny things he would do. One of his greatest qualities was his off switch. He would hunt as hard as any dog, but when the hunt ended, he was a calm, loving dog that just wanted to hang out with us. Trip sired a lot of litters and those pups have a lot of his same amazing qualities. His legacy lives on through them.
I feel fortunate to have had Trip in my life and a part of our family, there is a void at the house and around the kennel. I feel lucky to have spent the time I did with that amazing dog!