- Buddy was spotted being hit by a car and needs a home
I came across this blog post through Twitter today from a woman who ironically has been helping rescue Pitbulls for 20 years and actually saw one get hit by a car last week. When she stopped to help the dog, he walked right up to her and leaned on her leg.
She is now searching for a home for this sweet guy, who is currently being called Buddy. An artist offered a painting of him and any other pets owned by whoever adopts him, so I decided to help too and offer 20% off to the adopter at GoFetchGifts.com.
I used to work at my local humane society, and part of my job was to dispatch the humane officers on cases.
One day they were en route to another case when they spotted some kids throwing a little puppy around and holding him by his neck. The officer stopped the van, took the puppy out of their hands and drove off. I was there when they brought this tiny 2 month old Pitbull in, and he was such a sweet, quiet puppy that we “broke the rules” and kept him at the front desk with us for a few weeks rather than putting him in a cage.
Everyone who came in to adopt would fawn all over him, oo-ing and ahhh-ing. They would always ask what type of dog he was, and when we told them, 90% of them would stop smiling, or say “ew,” or “oh, well we don’t want a PITBULL, but we are looking….”
All rescue dogs need to be temperment tested. All breeds are capable of dog agression, people agression, and fear biting. The woman who stopped her car to save Buddy in KY knows what a sweet dog this is. I hope anyone in the area looking for a dog will at least meet Buddy.