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Badger
11/25/08
Badger
& bone 11/19/08
Badger
& the only toy he can get supervised - A Black Kong, almost 10 yrs
later and he still chews it daily.
2006
Snoozin'...
2004
In
Show Shape - 17 months old...
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Our
Raspoosh... yes even his crazy ass has a nickname lol.
LOSING OUR BUD MEANS BADGER, WHO WAS BUD'S MORTAL ENEMY SINCE HE WAS A PUPPY, HAS NOW GRADUATED TO THE POSITION HE'S ALWAYS WANTED... OUR 24/7 HOUSE DOG... NO MORE HEADACHES, THE HOUSE FEELS SO WEIRD, TO LET BADGE RUN LOOSE EVERYWHERE WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE SURE "IT'S SAFE"... NO MORE SHUTTING BUD BEHIND 3 DOORS OR "BE CAREFUL'S" ..... I WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THE HEADACHES FOR 9 MORE YEARS IF IT MEANT BUD AND KEENA WOULD BE WITH ME..... BUT THEY ARE NOT, THEY ARE GONE, MY ANGELS NOW, SO IT'S BADGER'S TURN. HIS TURN TO ENJOY HIMSELF WITH NO RESTRICTIONS "IN THE HOUSE ONLY"... GOD KNOWS THIS BULLDOG DESERVES IT. TOO BAD HE CAN'T EXPLORE THE WOODS LIKE BUD DID, BUT HE DOES GO FOR RUNS IN THE ENCLOSED DOG YARD AND MANY WALKS ON LEASHES THROUGH THE WOODS AS HE ALWAYS HAS. BADGER IS NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR "OLD MAN" SINCE HE'S STILL THE SAME AS HE WAS WHEN HE WAS 2 YEARS OLD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GRAYS HAIRS ON HIS CHIN HE HAS NOT CHANGED........ BUT THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND HE IS A SENIOR, HE IS 10YRS OLD AND HE SURE IS ENJOYING HIS SENIOR YEARS ........ CHILLIN' ON THE COUCH OR SLEEPING WITH MOM IN THE BED NOW AND YES THE OCCASIONAL CAR RIDES ALSO. WE HAVE HIS SEMEN FROZEN, CONTACT US IN 20 YEARS, WE MAY SELL ONE LOL... ADBA
CHAMPION/GRAND CHAMPION AS A PUPPY
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Another Gift From God 
Who
knew we'd lose him exactly a month after this photo was taken of him so
happy.........
Bud
Enjoying his homemade "Turkey Meatloaf Cakes" with Ricotta Cheese topping
his last 3 Birthdays...
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Rest In Peace to our son... our 4 legged son Heart of Gold, Spirit of a True Warrior I will Always Love you & I Miss you like crazy! Bud, we lost him after a short battle with a super aggressive jaw tumor, bone cancer. He had surgery to remove it Sept 28th, a week later it started growing back. In the weeks before he passed he went through a lot, the tumor got so big at the end his tongue did not fit in his mouth and through all of it he had the spirit of what only A TRUE BULLDOG can have. Truly the most magnificent breed in the world. There is so much we can learn from animals who live in the now and don't fear the future. He had cancer surgery for another tumor 18 months before, every second since then was a blessing, but it doesn't make it any easier as we were not expecting this tumor in his jaw to come out. Bud was my house dog, my 24/7 house dog. He slept a total of 4 nights outside in his entire life and that was because we had no choice but to leave in him in a magnum kennel outside. The rest of his life, since he was an 8-9 week old baby he slept in our room... on our bed with our Keena, they were best buds and are now together again. It's so hard to say good-bye to a part of you who's been with you a third of your life. He was literally my best pal the past 2 years, we became so close, a bond that is hard to explain, but he and I knew it. I miss him, oh God how I miss him, but I was truly blessed by his presence and his love for all these years. He lived a long life, but it is never long enough. He would have hung on, but we knew it was time, we had to let him go with hid dignity and his tail still being able to wag, he took his last breath in my arms, one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I love You Bud, I will always hold you dear in my heart. You and Keena were truly the dogs of my dreams and one in a million. Run Free My Boy, Run Free My Angel now...
The
Old Man... "Ch/Ace Two Face Bud"
His
Younger Years @ 3½ years old...
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A Tribute to My Boy
Photos of Bud's Last Days...
Tumor and all, he enjoyed every second...
We took him to the Springs 13 times in 3½ weeks and these
Memories I will treasure forever. Besides running in the woods his favorite
thing in life was going to these springs.
2 Days before we said Goodbye 11/8/08
11-3-08 - Just one week before we said goodbye to our boy.
Splashing and biting the water is what he liked.......
11-2-08
10-27-08
Bud and his young "girlfriend", our crazy Lab, he was tugging on her
Kong Toy giant, bleeding, mouth tumor and all... These Bulldogs are
so resilient, he showed so much strength, courage, spirit and will to live.
At 12 years old, any other breed would have been laying in a corner
dying... not Bud, he was a Bulldog and will forever be one in my heart...
This is a dog who never liked toys, yet this day, he played fetch for
an hour...
we were amazed, stunned to say the least, but leave it to a bulldog
is all I say.
11-6-08
10-16-08
The Day Before we said good-bye to him, we let him say good-bye to his
favorite Spot at the Springs
This is what would be his last sunset, his last day at the river.
"A Beautiful Sunset for a Beautiful Soul"
11-9-08
Same day 11/9/08
11/10/08
The Day we said Goodbye to our dear boy, we dropped him off at the
Funeral/Cremation Place and we went to the same spot you see him walking
in the photo above. We went with our Lab who was Buddy's best bud the last
year of his life, she made him young, she was there also when we said goodbye
to him. We went back to the same spot and released 12 balloons for him,
in his honor, one for every year of his life. He always hated or loved
them, he would always pop them & go berserk for them when he saw one
so we said........Here you go Buddy.... hope you see them....... and pop
away.....
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The Last Photo of him on our bed the morning we said GoodBye
11/10/08
To Some people all this may seem silly, to those
I say... you've never had a bond like this with your dog, especially dogs
that have shared a third of your life with you. It's a friendship like
no other.
There's one saying I have always loved:
The more I know People, The
more I LOVE MY DOGS!
The purest form of true unconditional love!
Along with countless and years and years of memories, This is what we
have left of him!
He sits on top of Keena, as he did in real life.
Through the Years.......
A Tribute For:
2 bulldogs, Best Friends, Now together
again!
Bud and Keena in 1997 ... the start of it all between these two....
Bud and Keena at 4 months old (with taped ears)
Bud and Keena.... June 14, 1998
Bud almost 2 yrs old, Keena almost a year old
June 1998
AADR Show, Bud got 1st Place, Best Male and Second Place the nest day
He got 2 Second Places in Weight Pull
Keena got 1st Place and 2nd Place in the 6-9 Month old Puppy Class
September 1998
We didn't name her Krazy Keena for nothing... she was nutty, intense,
hyper and the ALPHA bitch and Bud let her get away with it all... this
is what would happen when she would come in heat... He would try then she
would grab him and growl while humping her, we have videos of this, it
was pretty funny and Bud such the good boy....
Sleeping in one of the many Hotels we stayed at Bud and Keena 1999
Bud and Keena.... 2002
Bud and Keena in 2003 - Sitting on her.... wow Bud's face looks so young,
such a difference to when he passed...
Getting old SUCKS THE BIG ONE
Keena and Bud May 2003
WOW... Bud aged so much since this photo, funny how when you see them
everyday you don't notice. Physically he was fine though if it wasn't for
the damn mouth tumor he'd still be with us.
Bud and Keena 2004 in the back of the Ford
New Years 2005
Peanut Butter Tongues..... 11/18/05 Bud 9 yrs old - Keena 8 yrs
old
December 2005
One of the last photos of them together 2006
It' Just a Dog(s)
From time to time people
tell me, "Lighten up, it's just a dog," or, "That's a lot of money for
just a dog."
They don't understand the
distance traveled, the time spent or the costs involved for "just a dog."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a dog."
Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a dog," but I did not once feel slighted.
Some of my saddest moments
in my life have been brought about by "just a dog," (Losing Keena)
and, in those days of darkness,
the gentle touch of "just a dog" (like Bud when I lost Keena)
gave me comfort and reason
to try to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just
a dog," then you will probably understand phases like
"just a friend," "just a
sunrise," or "just a promise."
"Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience that makes me a better person.
Because of "just a dog" I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.
So for me, and folks like
me, it's not "just a dog"
but an embodiment of all
the hopes and dreams of the future,
the fond memories of the
past and the pure joy of the moment.
"Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.
I hope that someday they
can understand that it's not "just a dog"
but the thing that gives
me humanity and keeps me from being "just a human."
They are "just my dogs". They are my other eyes that can see above the
clouds,
my other ears that hear
above the winds.
So the next time you hear
the phrase "just a dog."
Just smile....because they
"just don't understand."
I will never forget you
both....
I was blessed by your presence
all these years, now your spirits live in my heart.
Mom
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