ahhh Memories, was out hunting probably 8-10 kms by boat away from home one afternoon ,looking for some partridge the hound got a sent of something and was GONE ,walked around a few more hours calling his name worried about the lil bugger ,his pads ,whats he gonna eat etc,stayed as long as I could before the sun went down, got home a lil upset about the days events ,the dogs been home for hours ,ate a bowl of Speggati,and was sleeping confortably nice and warm on the couch,another time running down the bay @ WOT he got a sniff of something and jumped out of the boat ,I just couldent belive it ,there definatly very tough determined dogs mine lived a very long eventfull life ,came home with quills in his snout many times,big gashes in his head,got bit in the face by bees or hornets one day and his head swelled up I dident think he was gonna make it ,13-14 yrs he made it, eventually had to put him down he was having seizures