Buddy, Buddy, Buddy

Buddy came to be a part of our life at the farm in fits and starts.  He first was a day visitor to the farm accompanying his owner, one of many transitory workers who worked for us briefly and moved on.  When Buddy’s owner was no longer needed, or was fired, he gathered his belongings and left, but left Buddy behind.  You can see from the picture, Buddy is a purebred mongrel with hints of Boxer, and he obviously is the victim of a botched home made ear job.  The ragged ears contributes to the somewhat ferocious look which belies the demeanor of an orphan looking for love where ever he can find it. In the early days, the occasional visitor would offer to...