Bud is getting snipped today, another surgical procedure for the poor guy. He is due for his second heartworm treatment at the end of this month, and assuming all goes well with the treatment, he will be shipped up to Rhode Island where we can pick him up the first week of October, the week before our Open House.

Looks like he will be there just before then, which seems fitting. I talked with Carol Johnson, a new friend from the Friends Of Homeless Animals/RI rescue group, and she says Gus is rapidly evolving into a playful, sometimes feisty and very sweet animal.

She said he was initially purchased from a puppy mill, bought by a man who didn’t want him and who left him outside in a wire mesh pen for three months. He was filthy, covered in dirt and scratches and cuts. He was also terrified of people, men in particular.

Carol has done an amazing job fostering Bud, he goes into his crate now, steals bags of jalepeno chips and loves to cuddle and play with the other foster dogs. He looks as if he likes to chase cats also, Flo will make short shrift of him if he tries anything.

I’m thinking of you today, Bud, good luck getting snipped. When you get up here, we will have lots of fun and good times, and hopefully change the narrative of your life.