Dog Abandoned for 5 Months in Dirt Field Finally Gets to Rest

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/after-5-months-in-dirt-field-delicious-rescue-unfolds-for-dog.html


by Laura Simpson October 7, 2014 5:30 pm




Editor’s note: This post is a Care2 favorite. It was originally published on January 31, 2013. Enjoy!

Written by Annette Puskarich of California

This is the story of Buddy. I learned about him while visiting family in Bakersfield earlier this month when my sister, an animal advocate, showed me a video story that a local television news station had produced about a white dog that had been abandoned in an agricultural field in Bakersfield. The video was dated November 2012. She told me that the dog was still out in that field. I couldn’t believe that I was being shown a video that was two months old and the dog had not been rescued yet.

Buddy had been sitting in the middle of the field, day after day, like he was waiting for someone to come back for him. People said they had seen him in the field as early as August 2012. No one ever came back for him.



When the local television station did their story on Buddy, several people tried to catch him by doing crazy things like trying to throw a net over him and chasing him in all-terrain vehicles, which terrorized him. People left food and water for Buddy in the field for months.

When I heard about Buddy, I told my sister I would try and rescue him. I had watched many Hope For Paws animal rescue videos. I decided to use some of the strategies I had seen in their videos. I came armed with hamburgers. It took me 7 ½ hours over the course of 2 days to catch Buddy.

FULL story at link.

[JimDandy]

1. Would be awful if he was staying

in the field because the body of his owner is buried there.

[alittlelark]

7. ..............

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. k&r

[PeoViejo]

3. If only Humans could be so loyal n/t

[whereisjustice]

4. great story, here are up to date pics

https://www.facebook.com/BuddysFriends?fref=ts

[lucca18]

5. Beautiful Buddy!

What a sweet dog. Thank you for sharing his story.

[herding cats]

6. You post some of the most uplifting things here.

This is one of them. Simply a beautiful example of humanity.

Thank you!

[Omaha Steve]

11. Here is a link to one from today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025643230

[oldandhappy]

8. Looks good after 5 months camping.

Thank you to all of you involved in rescuing Buddy. He looks to be a wonderful dog. Hope he has a forever home.

[AtomicKitten]

9. He would have waited forever.

Waiting for the only people connected to the only home he has ever known. Dogs are that devoted, even to the very people that abandon them so heartlessly, breaking the promise of a forever home.

Cheers, Buddy. I hope whoever is lucky enough to adopt you spoils you rotten.

[roguevalley]

10. I got a dachshund from the pound a week ago that had no

name. Just dumped. GRR!

[AtomicKitten]

12. Well better there than dumped anywhere else.

That way he/she found you ...

Seven had been returned to the SPCA TWICE before I adopted her. Lots of weird behavioral issues that we have systematically conquered one by one. Seven is 12 now and is still a work in progress.

[arikara]

13. My folks took one who had been adopted 7 times before

he was a wonderful dog. Loving and loyal. His only fault was that he loved to run and wouldn't come when called. Sometimes if he took off he would be gone for hours before they could get him back. He eventually outgrew that though and it helped that they had property on the side of a mountain so they didn't have to worry about him running in traffic.