In Memory of our first retrievers

Greenwood Raven's Tootsie Roll

Tootsie

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Tootsie was a phenomenal hunting retriever, she was always energetic, protective, yet gentle with children.  We miss her dearly; we are sure she is happily hunting pheasants and bunnies somewhere over the rainbow bridge.

Toot's Brown Timberdoodler

Dude

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Dude was a big, gentle sweetie.  He had a talent for waterfowl hunting and we would rarely lose a duck when Dude was with us.  This photo was taken on Dude's last hunting trip out to Iowa.  He was 13 years old in this photo, and had hunted for about an hour.  His eyesight was failing, his hearing was poor, but his sense of smell was as great as ever as Dude found, flushed, and retrieved 2 birds during that short hunt.  He was all heart, and we miss having ol' Dude following us all over the house, and sleeping next to our bed.