Yet another sappy dog story

Not Rex. It’s Buck. And a woman with cancer. Wait – the ending is really happy. Sigh. Wandered off. Well, it’s the weekend – no one’s really gonna read this anyway.

So this is short. (HA! I heard you snort over that.)

Buck's best friend, Tina (Image: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle)

• Beloved preschool teacher. She was magic with kids: used the Dog Whisperer techniques to herd each year’s pack of preschool kids through the school year. Adored by all.
• Gets cancer.
• Beats cancer (Tina has such spirit.)
• Back to the kids and the future
• Surprise email sent to all her friends – many are former parents of students who have stayed in touch
• Cancer is back – bad this time.
• FIghting hard.

• Buck, her dog is frantically trying to protect her from a danger he cannot understand or threaten away with growls – but he tries

• The sicker she gets – the more fiercely protective he becomes of her and her family.

• The cancer will win this time – no real hope.
• Confused Buck fights the invisible
• During a walk with his weak owner, a well-wisher, an older woman, comes over to chat.
• Buck goes in to extreme protective mode. Pulls owner down. Knocks elderly woman down and grabs her arm
• The elderly woman – and everyone says it’s just a little scratch – very little blood
• But a neighbor seeing the ruckus – and concerned for the weak cancer patient calls paramedics
• Because there is blood – even though a tiny bit – it is reported as a dog attack
• Buck is now classified as a “dangerous dog” by animal control and is micro chipped with that information

• If he ends up in a shelter, he will instantly be killed: “biter”

• No rescue group or shelter will be able to take him
• Owner is now making final plans. Family concerns are settled as much as they can be, but…

• What about Buck? She is frantic to protect his future – and find him a home

• A home: must be able to deal with emotional, confused dog with behavior issues…a basket case.
• So an email goes out ( Read this article  for the complete story up to here: “Woman Needs Home for Dog”)
• WAIT! It’s going to be OK
• Lots of people offering homes – over 300! But which would be best for Buck?

Buck and Tina (Image: James Nielsen. Houston Chronicle)

• HAPPY ENDING!

• Like Goldilocks, Buck will be getting the perfect place.
• (And it’s not the one with goats…yeah, Buck didn’t want goats for siblings)
• Who did she pick?
• Someone absolutely perfect
• They need each other. (Boogie would approve)
• So READ HERE to find out: “Update: A New Home for Buck”

OK, So it wasn’t short.

But it is a happy story  and I try to keep my promises.

Just like Tina did for Buck.

Now carry on.

(Now back to regular scheduled non-dog blogging….)

Always a sucker for a sad doggy,

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

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