Meet Buddy

Buddy Reperton is his name. If some of you don't get the reference, then you"ll need to watch Christine. I will tell you that Buddy Reperton was a bully in the movie, but that dog doesn't look like a bully, well he's tough. Plus, Carol and I just started calling him Buddy because he didn't have a name and in the sense of intuition, Buddy Reperton is his formal name.

How did I come across this animal? It was about 7 a.m. and his owner was creepily standing outside my front gate saying, "knock, knock" while holding this dog. What the hell? It's 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning and this guy is just standing there, who knows how long he was there before that.

So, I had seen this dog before but he wasn't forsale, so I just didn't have a dog. But, something changed and that family didn't want the dog anymore and here we are. When I saw him before, he was pretty nonchalant and he still is, you could pick him up and carry him anywhere and he wouldn't make a sound, he'd do nothing except look at you. Now that I've been around him for a minute, he's actually a pretty lively pup....peeing, pooping, tearing things up, the usual puppy things. I've decided to put up my big rug until he's better trained, he's got a small small bladder apparently.

He had never had a bath until yesterday and had a terrible case of fleas and ticks, I mean terrible...yuck. So, we went to the VetAfric and he got a shot for worms, another shot for vitamins, and I bought some flea bath. I acutally had to give him two baths because the one didn't get rid of all the fleas and dirt. He seems to be doing really well though, there are only one or two ticks that are hiding in his ear that I may have the vet get out.

I think that Buddy's around 6 to 8 weeks old, and I'm sure that his entire life was spent fighting for food, because when we gave Buddy and Honey their dinner, soya and potat (basically beef skewers and a type of sugary potatoe), he ate the potat calmly but when the soya was put in his bowl he basically did a head dive into the bowl. Then, Honey finished her meat quickly and went to check out Buddy's bowl, he went nuts growling, barking, biting, basically fighting like he was 8 weeks old and never eaten a meal. After he eats, his stomach gets really big and gets wide. He looks like the pregnant goats I see here. This probably means that he has some sort of worm growing inside (not uncommon here), so I'll have to take him to the vet and see what needs to be done. His time with me has been pretty short, I only got him yesterday but it seems like a lot longer. His presence will obviously complicate my life much more now, I have to feed it, let it outside, and feed it...I think he'll be worth the trouble though. School will be over soon, at the end of this month we have 2 weeks off then I think the middle of May is end of my classes, which will be wonderful!

Side Note: If anyone can send a few tennis balls or dog toys this way I would much appreciate it, I'm already tired him trying to chew on the curtains, rug, my shoes, and anything else he thinks might be fun....however, I'm sure he's getting tired of me hitting his nose for that stuff, lol. Jon, send a shock collar!! His true nature is shown below, lol.

Other pics can be seen at the photo link on the left in the "dogs" folder.