[dalnecymync]

About a year and half ago I went to the shelter and walked out with my best buddy in the world. My Guy was about 9 months old at the time, and had health issues a plenty. A few weeks before I adopted him I had my chance to Purchase one of my dream breeds with papers "Rhodesian Ridgeback". It wasn't that i wasn't ready for a dog like that, I had a change of heart, I saw all these pit-bull mixes on all sorts of listings, how either the owner had given up on or had gotten loose. I saw how the general world saw these dogs as unremarkable. Yeah they don't have a history or there are too many of them, it isn't a cute puppy, or a pedigree that i can take to a show. Yeah these dogs were thrown out or given up by there owners because they don't have the luster.

Well truth be told I didn't choose to adopt my buddy, he chose me. At the shelter i went to just go see the unwanted. My buddy connected with me as I walked by his concrete cell, something akin to what criminals would be in. This dog is not a criminal, he didn't choose to have bad owners, he didn't choose his life, he just had the misfortune to be around those who didn't care enough to care for him. When i walked near his cell he put his mouth on the screen that separated me from him, and i know your not supposed to put your fingers through the wire of the screen, but i did, and he licked them. Thats when i knew i wasn't leaving that shelter alone.

Fast forward to today to others my buddy is unremarkable, to me hes everything, he listens to me when i have a problem, cheers me up when i am down, and knows how to really shake things up. He is my buddy where on his worse day is a day he doesn't get to jump in my bed. But on his best day is a day where he isn't without me. The ridgeback i passed on had a sure shot of winding up with another, my buddy today didn't have the same shot.

In short my buddy is best part of my life, when he wasn't the best part of someone else's. He doesn't care what were doing today just that were doing it together.

[deandrecooke]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW he is fabulous!!!
You'll have a ridgeback someday, but today is pretty great if you've got that fella!

[Adimos]

Im so in tears... glad he found yoU!

[oxixernibioge]

Yep they have a way of choosing you. What a sweetheart.
Thank you for adopting him and giving him a loving home!

[LICraig]

You dog sounds wonderful and is beautiful. I know why you chose a pit mix, they make some of the best dogs in the world. Don't worry one day you will have your Ridgeback but enjoy your pit mix. Most of the time you don't pick the dog the dog picks you and in those situations you have a loyal friend for life it seems

[dalnecymync]

Having my buddy around, has changed my views on dogs and selection. I used to love the idea of getting a pure breed, but shelter dogs have more character, and have all the personality in the world if you give them a chance to be wanted. Sure you cant show them, sure they don't have the polish and shine a well bred specimen would have. But once you get past all the work it takes to settle in with an adopted pit-mix, they are your best friend and you wont know how you lived without them.

I cant remember the last time i woke up and seeing sheets still on me then under my buddy. Or a bowl of cereal that wasn't licked cleaned, by my buddy. Or at night when i would go to bed and him hiding a bone in my pillow case. Or the last time my car windows didn't have drool still on them. But you know what i wouldnt trade it for the world.

[codecouponqw]

Having my buddy around, has changed my views on dogs and selection. I used to love the idea of getting a pure breed, but shelter dogs have more character, and have all the personality in the world if you give them a chance to be wanted. Sure you cant show them, sure they don't have the polish and shine a well bred specimen would have. But once you get past all the work it takes to settle in with an adopted pit-mix, they are your best friend and you wont know how you lived without them.

I cant remember the last time i woke up and seeing sheets still on me then under my buddy. Or a bowl of cereal that wasn't licked cleaned, by my buddy. Or at night when i would go to bed and him hiding a bone in my pillow case. Or the last time my car windows didn't have drool still on them. But you know what i wouldnt trade it for the world.

Amen to that!!!!

[eEwbYjOH]

That was beautiful and has me in tears. My first dog Charlie was the same for me. Love that dog and miss him terribly. However, I love my new girl Paddy....

[Guloqkcm]

He's such a handsome boy!

[spamkillerf]

Congrats on your Buddy!! He's gorgeous. Thank you for adopting He's lucky to have you

[BipiewExifese]

What a lucky dog you have!! Such a pretty boy...such a lucky boy!!