Buddy

This has been a really crazy week for me. Heck, it's been a crazy summer! Monday was my 33rd Birthday. This was my present:

This is Buddy.

I met Buddy a few weeks ago at a local Petco purely by accident. I was headed to the shoe store nearby when I saw the sign "Adopt a Dog Today". As we've been looking for a dog for many months now, perusing Petfinder and all, I can't resist a sign like that. I went in and saw quite a few dogs there for adoption. I saw Buddy, who's name was Martie at the time, and thought to myself "he's what I'm looking for, but he's not one of the breeds Sean's been wanting." I took a card and left. A week or so later, I was in the area again and went in again, seeing that some of the other dogs had been adopted, but Buddy was still there. He was barking very loudly, and I thought "That ends it. Sean does NOT want a yippy dog." Then I saw that he had to go potty, and he was just signaling. Whew! The next day, I dragged Sean in there to show him the pups. He wanted a "manly" dog, whatever that is, but I was smitten with the Budster. We walked him around. Finally, I got an application. After filling it out at home, we brought it back the next day and were approved on the spot! Hooray! We got to take him home on Sunday, the very next day, and he's been with us ever since.

Here's his story, as far as we know:
Buddy was rescued with a lot of other dogs from the Cedar Rapids floods. He's about a year old, or close to it. He had obviously been through obedience training and potty training, so someone must have owned him previously. They found him as a stray, so his history is unknown, as is his exact breed or breed mix. Here's a link to the folks who found and saved him: Good Dog Animal Rescue. We started calling him Buddy, and it kinda stuck.

He's a very sweet little chap. We really couldn't ask for a better little pup. Please peruse my Flickr photos for more hot action shots of the lil' guy.