Buddy is my sister-in-law’s doggy. She’s on her honeymoon (in Argentina, the lucky!) so we’re watching him. This means we are temporarily a four-dog household. Talk about hectic! Every time one of the neighborhood dogs bark,the dogs all high-tail it for the backyard so they can bark back. It’s crazy.
Buddy is extremely cute. Patty got him from a pet store as a super sick little puppy. I guess she and my husband weren’t sure he would even make it, but after a lot of TLC and medical care, he did. I think the fever left some lasting effects, though. Buddy gets scared of feathers, smudges on the wall, blades of grass.. No, I’m totally serious. He barked at a feather once for 15 minutes, at which point I had to confiscate it. He would bark at the feather, which would move because of his breath, so he would jump back, scared. And then he’d bark at it. Which would make the feather move. Repeat!
Buddy with Gretchey bokeh:
I have a theory that Buddy is a dog version of a little person. Check it:
He has a full-size head, torso, tail, and feet.. but short little bowed legs! His head is as big as our Sebastian’s, but he only weighs 17 lbs while Sebastian weighs almost 30! His appearance makes him totally endearing.. Little kids love him especially.
He made a perfect little elf for our Christmas cards in 2008:
Buddy and our dog, Gretchey, are best friends. They are like peas and carrots, as Patty (and Forrest!) says.
Sometimes Gretchey gets to stay over at his house, and whenever he leaves he cries and howls for an hour or so.
Other times we let the other dogs stay over with him so he won’t cry. Last week it was Maggie’s turn. This is one of my favorite pictures of Maggie and Buddy that I took last year:
Buddy isn’t entirely trustworthy when it comes to our cats or his bladder, but he is just the sweetest little thing so it’s hard to blame him.
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