OUR BUDDY

We will never know what kind of life Buddy had during the first 9 years of his life but hopefully his remaining years will be worth remembering. . .

Me and my husband, Frank, started looking for a young boxer to add to our family.  One day our attention was drawn to Buddy, a 9 year old male who was tied out most of his 9 years without adequate shelter, food or water.  We came to find out that guardian angels came to live next door to Buddy and did what they could for him.  They would watch Buddy every night being locked up inside a crate.  They finally were able to get him into rescue. Buddy has not had an easy life and has plenty of scars to show for it.  When Buddy came into rescue he came with plenty of medical problems, including testing positive for heartworm.  No matter what other medical problems arose, Buddy managed to bounce back every time.  We went to visit Buddy in January (2001) to see if he would fit into our family.  Buddy was extremely underweight.  We decided that after visiting Buddy that he deserved a second chance.  We made arrangements to pick him up in February.  His first start at his new life was to become acquainted with the two cats living in our home.  Buddy being the perfect gentlemen, accepted them quite readily.  Actually, our cat, Valentino wasn’t thrilled with having to share his humans.  Now, they can all be in the same room and we even see them sleeping on the couch together.  Buddy went through the heartworm treatment with some difficulties.  At this time, we wondered why we adopted a dog with so many problems and not the young dog that we originally wanted.  We get our answer every time we watch him play with toys like a puppy, roll in the grass and sleep on his couch with not a worry in the world.  I think he now understands how a dog is suppose to live (a spoiled one at that).  Buddy goes almost everywhere with us.   Buddy even went on his first camping trip in April (2001) and enjoyed it tremendously.  Buddy will do anything to please us.

It now seems like Buddy has been with us forever and we would not trade him for anything.  Since joining us, he has gained 15 pounds and is finally at his optimal weight for his age and is finally healthy.  Buddy would not be where he is today without many guardian angels like Dawn of Scranton Boxer Rescue and his foster mom, Michele and her family, for nursing him back to health. 

Buddy’s life is now filled with plenty of love and endless attention from our families.  It goes to show you that you are never to old to begin enjoying life.