Buddy/Guinness
I had just joined the "L" and saw a post from Gwen Arthur looking
for someone to foster a dog located in NYC. I responded to her and
was given the info on Buddy and asked to contact the owner. Little
did I know what I was getting myself into with this crazy young guy.
Buddy's owner had rescued him from a kill shelter in Brooklyn but
was finding him impossible to deal with. Buddy had gotten into a bad
fight at the doggie daycare center where he was staying for the
weekend so his owner decided that he needed to turn him over to WIN.
I picked Buddy up on a Saturday in July and found him to be an
unneutered male about a year old with tons of wound hair. He was
very thin and really really active. He honed in on Reilly
immediately and chased him all over my apartment. He screamed when
put in the crate and didn't appear to like other dogs so walking
three became difficult in a dog friendly apartment building. The
first thing I did was to have him neutered in the hopes that it
would stop the incessant humping (it worked) but didn't slow him
down.
After a month of working with him, Gwen started sending me names
of prospective homes. I drove Buddy up to Hartford to meet an older
couple who had lost their Wheaten mix. I didn't like the way they
interacted with him and he seemed very nervous so back he came to
further terrorize Reilly.
A couple of weeks later, Gwen told me about a couple without
children living in Sewell, NJ. I started speaking with Derek and
Mary, told them all about Buddy and they were really interested in
meeting him. They were coming up to Northern NJ for a wedding two
weeks later so I told them to stop by and visit this guy. They
passed all of my tests with flying colors. Derek and Mary got down
on the floor with all 3 dogs immediately, didn't get upset when they
were jumped on and had a wonderful way about them. Less than an hour
later, Buddy jumped in the back of their car for the ride to his new
home after a visit to meet the "grandparents".
Buddy was renamed Guinness. It turns out that he had a hormonal
imbalance so after working with some specialists, Guinness was put
on a special diet and some medications. He now is a strapping, very
dog-friendly young guy with a beautiful coat. Derek and Mary have
created a website featuring Guinness. Please be sure to check it out
and thank you Derek and Mary for loving him as much as you do!
Guinness' Page
Holly Craig
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