Buddy #1

Mom is trying to write some more stories but she thinks she has writers block, whatever that is. At least she is still writing about all her dogs. I should feel jealous that she has loved so many dogs but I am also happy because she rescued me too. She will be telling that story in time.


Today she is writing about Buddy #1.


I already wrote about buying an Inn and how we got a dog named Fritz, Fritz was a she and we never knew much about her background. We did learn that she loved to ride in the truck and she was a good watchdog.


A friend of ours was the dog warden for the town. That meant whenever there was a stray or a problem dog people called him.


One day he called us and asked if we could take in a stray dog. Without knowing why, we said yes. He arrived with a skinny, mostly golden lab male. He had a rope burn around his neck and he was very frightened.

Fritz seemed to calm him down. Maybe she could communicate with him and told him he would be safe with us.


He filled out with some good cooking. After all this was a restaurant. There were always a few scraps as well as dog food.


Buddy settled in with us and he and Fritz became friends. He never got over his fear of loud noises or fire. He was even afraid when I lit a cigarette. Yeah, I was stupid and smoked.


Buddy liked to ride in the truck too. In fact we took a long trip with both dogs. One night all four of us slept in the back of the pickup truck in sleeping bags. We had a thunderstorm during the night and Buddy was terrified of the loud noise. He did his best to get into the sleeping bags

Today's quote is by Kate Halverson.

"If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed."