BUDDY BOY CAME TO US IN 1996 AT THE ESTIMATED AGE OF 2 1/2; HIS OWNER DIED AND BUDDY WAS LEFT TO FEND FOR HIMSELF, UNTIL HE CAME HOME WITH ME. BUDDY WAS AN ESCAPE ARTIST. HIS FIRST DAY HE SOMEHOW GOT THE NEW FENCE TO MOVE AND WE SEARCH FOR 8 HOURS. I KNEW I HEARD HIS VOICE AND WHERE WAS HE? IN A FENCED IN YARD WITH 2 FEMALE ROTTS. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME. BUDDY BOY ALONG WITH LAKOTA (PASSED ON) LOVED TO GET TO THE GARDEN AND EAT TOMATOES.
THEY SHOWED THE OTHERS HOW TO STEAL TOMATOES FROM OUTSIDE THE GARDEN FENCE. HE WAS A GOOD BOY WHO LIVED A GOOD, LONG AND
HEALTHY LIFE WITH US.
WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO ME, HE HAD BEEN SHOT FULL OF PELLETS FROM A GUN AND HE WAS SO SKINNY. BUDDY LIVED WITH 5 OTHER RESCUES AND ONE NIGHT HE MADE A WIMPER AND I KNEW. I CALLED THE VET AND SHE SAW THAT HE WAS STARTING TO GO DOWNHILL, SO DR. MCDIVIT AND I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO SET HIM FREE. BUDDY BOY IS NOW WITH SAMMI, DUTCHESS, BRANDI, BUDDY GIRL, BEAR, JAKIE, LITTLE FRISKERS, BAXTER, BUFFY, SYDNEY, OTIS, MILO, BAMBI, LAKOTA, AND THEY ARE ALL WITH MY MOM. BUDDY HAD 14 YEARS OF A GOOD LIFE OUT OF 16. HE WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. I CAN JUST SEE HIM WITH THE OTHERS EATING TOMATOES.
WITH ALL OUR HEART AND LOVE,
| BUDDY BOY |
| 2, July 2010 |
| DEBERA SMITH |