The 1 year anniversary of the death of a very fine German Shorthair Pointer came and went in October. In this picture it captured him before the infirmities of old age ravaged his body. As I would tell people as my mistakes as an owner became more and more obvious, he was one hell of a lot more dog then I was owner.  I’d really like to warn other owners not to do what I did. Tramp liked to play Frisbee. So we played Frisbee. Lots of Frisbee. No vet had ever warned me: work them too hard and they will blow out their knee.

GSHP are stiff necked. They are working dogs. They will work themselves to death if you don’t show some judgement. He looked at Frisbee as his ‘job’. He was very good at it. It was up to me to have limited it. He blew his knee. Very painful, very long rehab. That and an idiot vet in Huxley who let me mask the pain symptoms for years with pills. It eventually caught up with him. It just kills me when I see lazy owners riding on a bicycle with their dog on a leash running beside them. They’re coasting and the dog is working himself to death to please them.

Tell you what fat ass, let’s see you get off the bike and run that fast for 30 seconds. You’re asking your dog to do it for 30 minutes. It should be against the law.