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Buddy's Early Christmas

I have never been especially good at waiting to give a present. Since Buddy was getting two gigantic bones for Christmas, we decided to give him one Saturday. Here are the pictures that chronicle him enjoying it for about an hour.

Buddy's Early Christmas, Part II

I could not upload all the pictures of Buddy and his present at one time, so here is him begging to bury it, looking for just the right spot, and finally finding it.

Buddy

Here is Buddy resting on the couch.

Buddy is our 5 year-old lab mixed with perhaps golden retriever. He is such a joy. He is fiercely protective of *his* home, which includes *his* yard, *his* street, and anything else he sees. One little quirk he has is that when I give him a Milk bone dog bone, he immediately wants to bury it. Here he is after coming in from burying one. (Notice the brown nose.)

Buddy

I thought I'd create a post about Buddy, our beloved dog, since he is in several pictures with Matthew. I should start by saying categorically that I am a cat person. (I'll write a post about that later.) However, Matthew wanted a dog. Being that all my animals have always had to stay close to me, I would not get one until we fenced the backyard.

Four Junes ago I had a privacy fence installed. I jokingly tell Buddy he was my $2500 dog. We then bought a doghouse for him, which he has NEVER darkened! Finally, we went to the local animal shelter and adopted him. The man there tried to talk us into adopting a large, bouncy, barky lab--Buddy's "roommate". Buddy, the ever-smart dog, sat obediently while "barky lab" bounced and barked. Of course, we wound up with Buddy instead. He has been such a joy to have. He is the best guard dog there is. I have trained him to even pull aside the curtain by the front door to look out. No one can walk on our street, much less walk a dog, without him going crazy.

Some other tidbits about Buddy: He loves Doritos and my cats.