At the bottom of the page, a message for Bud.

The finish line is in sight for Bud.

Today, he left Dr. Jonathan Bradshaw at the South Arkansas Animal Clinic, he was spayed and just had his final heartworm shot. In 30 days, he will be tested for the heartworm bacteria, if the test is negative, he can come home to us.

Carol Johnson of FOHA and Dr. Bradshaw are miracle workers, they take sick and  abandoned and unadoptable dogs and just flip them over, they work hard to make them healthy and spare no expense on their treatment.

I can’t believe the progress they made with Bud in just a couple of months. When he was taken in by FOHA he  was an emaciated and terrified wreck, traumatized by the very sight of men. That is no longer the case.

Everybody who deals with Bud loves  him, he is a sweetie.

FOHA specializes in caring for homeless heartworm dogs, they are worthy of support.

They take the toughest cases, which means they are the most important and most interesting cases to write about.

Once Dr. Bradshaw clears Bud, he will be put in a huge  FDA approved truck and he and other animals will come up from the South to be dropped off at various urban sites. One of them is Brattleboro, Vt., about 90 miles away.

Dr. Bradshaw told me today that Bud isa  very fine dog, sweet and smart and easy to be with. Sounds great. Carol says the same thing. He has formed some sort of devilish pact with a cat, she knocks bags of chips off of the counter and Bud steals them and tries to hide. When he’s caught, says Carol, he gives the “stinkeye.”

Anyway  Bud, I recorded a short message to you, perhaps Carol will play it so you can hear my voice. I hear you are a terror when you play with other dogs. Fate is waiting for you.

See you in October.

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