Meet my Buddy

January 19, 2010

What has soft brown eyes, is soft as velvet on the outside, warm as an oven, has a wiggly tail that moves faster than the Energizer Bunny, and has sweet kisses?

That’s my Buddy, a Nor Cal Boxer Rescue success story. How did this love match happen? A series of events, some extremely sad and in the end, the sweetness of a new found love:

We lost our beloved 11-year-old boxer at Christmas time. Our other 4-year-old boxer, Winnie, could not be consoled and was depressed, missing her Tigger.

After a couple of weeks, my husband was web searching the photos of dogs that had temporary homes with Nor Cal Boxer Rescue. Could my heart wrap around one of the 2 dozen rescue dogs posted on their site while I was still hurting over the loss of Tiggy? The pictures and the stories of these lovely dogs told us we could.

We filled out the adoption application, were screened, and accepted into the adoption program.

Lou and I had selected a couple of our favorite boxers but the true test would be the compatibility between our Winnie and the rescue boxer. We scheduled our first visit with Howie, a beautiful white male boxer. We could tell immediately the chemistry just wasn’t right - Two alpha pets in one house wasn’t going to work.

We scheduled a visit with another potential adoptee, Buddy. They sniffed each other from head to toe, so far so good. Next we took them on a test walk together, no problems. Winnie established herself in the more dominant alpha role and the younger Buddy was completely content with the arrangement. Bingo! A match! We were taking Buddy home to become the newest member of our household and boy, is he ever a sweet heart!

Our family is now complete and our dogs are inseparable. Our house is filled with cuddles and laughter as we watch the comical antics of our two dogs together. Life is good.


The NorCal Boxer Rescue’s mission statement:

NorCal Boxer Rescue http://www.ncbr.org/ provides a temporary sanctuary for boxers in need throughout Texas and California. Boxers come to NCBR from shelters, as strays, and from owners who need to give up their dogs due to changing life circumstances such as relocation, financial hardship, divorce, illness, or even death.
NCBR provides these animals with veterinary care (often in the hundreds and sometimes into the thousands of dollars), spay/neuter, vaccinations, high quality food, a temporary foster home (not a kennel), lots of love, and placement into a carefully screened home forever.January 19, 2010


Buddy and Winnie: Our first day at home



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