budnikiversary, part vi

i sell stuff on craigslist…

…but i never get stuff there. except once:

six years ago yesterday i met a guy in the heb parking lot in kyle, texas, and picked up the lil’ dude on the left, which has grown into the (not so) lil’ dude on the right. he had been weened way too early and was extremely malnourished, weighing in at barely seven pounds at six weeks old. the guy i got him from was being deployed again and his wife couldn’t take care of their kids AND a puppy, although given this little guy’s size i would argue neither of them could take care of him worth a shit…

…but i could.

within the first week he’d doubled up to fifteen pounds, and six years later is clocking in at around eighty-five or so. i’ve never had a dog more loyal or genuinely more cool (or more dramatic, but you gotta live with him to really get the feel of that). love ya, budnik! hope by the time this posts your stomach’s feeling better!