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| Name: |
Buddy
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Age: |
Three and a half years old
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| Gender: |
Male |
Breed: |
Tervuren Shepherd |
| Home: |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
This
is Buddy. When our neighbors adopted him a little over a year ago from
the Humane Society - after being picked up off the streets - they had named
him Ernie. "Ernie" has some serious issues at that time... his beautiful fur
was like wire and he had none on his tummy. He was constantly itching and
chewing on his skin, and was not sociable at all. After a few weeks of tearing
up their house and "escaping" every time they would open their door, they
decided that they could not keep him and were going to take him back to "the
pound." Well, we had taken a shine to him on several of the occasions of his
escapes in the neighborhood and he had obviously taken a shine to our three girls
Gracie (Siberian Husky), Nellie (Golden Retriever) and Daisey (another
adoptee - a Lab/Boxer mix).
We could not bear the thought that since he had already been "in prison" for at
least two months before this adoption and, at approximately two years old, with
his "problems" his chances of ending up in a good and nurturing home were slim
at best.
We told the neighbors that we would foster him until he was in better shape
and try to find him a home on our own - we already had our three big girls and a
fourth was not something we were considering. Well, to make a long story short,
we, of course fell in love with "Ernie" and after several weeks of intensive
"love therapy" - in addition to my wife's constant nursing and rehabilitation
efforts - we decided that he was fitting seamlessly into our "pack" and
decided to rename him. Not just because Ernie didn't seem like a good name but
he needed a new name to go with his new life.
Buddy has now become such a tremendous joy in our lives that we (including
"the girls") could not imagine having him around to give us great big hugs and
giant smiles of appreciation for his new and pampered life. After all, who
wouldn't love living with three hot girls and a mom and dad that love you?
Buddy is special because he was just miserable when we adopted him and now he
appreciates his life so much he shows it through his unconditional love for
his new pack.
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