Buddy #17

Posted by Rob (Velveetaville, United States) on 29 March 2009 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

...and 10 days later, Buddy arrived.

I miss Max terribly. But something good came from his passing. He gave my wife, Mille and I, a gift that has helped us through the hard times. The gift actual started as a promise to Max. I made it to him in the last days of his life. The promise was that he would be honored by my wife and I by adopting another "at risk" dog. You see, when Max came to us he had behavioral issues that we needed to work through in order for him to become the wonderful dog and friend that he later became. He was considered an "at risk" dog which means that if his issues were not corrected that he was at risk of being put down. Fortunately we were able to correct them and he became the wonderful friend and pet that we all knew he would become.

As I wrote a year ago, Buddy came from a kill shelter originally. That is a terrible thing to think about and we are happy he was saved by the Jersey Animal Coalition (JAC), that's for sure. But that's not the the thing about Buddy that made him an "at risk" rescue. He was also terribly shy around people and we knew from the first day we saw him that it was going to be a lot of work to get him to come around. I am sure there was a lot of people that would have taken Buddy and they all would do there best with him. But we knew that it was "us" that had to take him. Somehow Max had pointed us to the JAC and I just knew he was guiding us to Buddy.

So here we are, one year later. Buddy has gone from a frightened and sickly little stray to a strong, loving, affectionate and self confident dog. What a clown he is and boy does he run the house. Buddy loves his sister Mille, Phyllis and I and we certainly love him. He has touched our hearts and helped us all heal from the loss of Max in a way we never could have imagined.

Max, thanks for guiding us to Buddy.

Cheers,

Rob

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"Every year, between six and eight million dogs and cats enter U.S. shelters; some three to four million of these animals are euthanized because there are not enough homes for them."

Note: Statistics are from the Humane Society of the United States website.

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