Meet Gracie's Spotlight Dog for October 2011

Our close friends Erin and Michael from Derry New Hampshire contacted us to share their new addition to their family. His name is Buddy and he is very handsome!

"Buddy is an adorable shepherd/retriever/husky mix.  He is about 75 lbs and sweet as can be.  He loves to play and cuddle (yes, on your lap...all 75 lbs).  Even though he is a big boy, he is a BIG baby.  He is a very loving boy, who doesn't like to leave your side.

Here's some history on Buddy that I got from the woman that rescued him:
 
She took Buddy's mom and her sister, both were pregnant, from a very high kill shelter in the south. They gave birth a week apart. His aunty had 11 babies and his mom had 9! Both girls came to us so underweight that the vets said they had another 3 weeks before delivery! wrong! Aunty gave birth the night she arrived and her sister gave birth 1 week later!  Buddy was born on May 18th 2010.  He was adopted by a family when he was 8 weeks old, but at 1 year and 4 months, they could no longer care for him due to scheduling conflicts.  

Buddy's Breed Mix:

We can only go off what mom and her sister were and what we see in the pups because daddy was a traveling salesman! Unfortunately spay and neuter is non-existent in the south so these girls were impregnated by the same male dog....we suspect that to be the case anyways. 

Both mom and her sister had labby personalities. Mom was the golden color with the white stripe, while her sister was chocolate lab brown with caramel markings. Similar to a doberman. They both had long bodies and weighed about 70 lbs filled out.

 

Gisella, his aunty, she had 11 pups.....3 had husky markings...no blue eyes though. So between mom and her sister I pulled out lab, shepherd, husky, and pointer because his mommy had the white stripe and white paws.

 

Between both litters we predominantly saw the shepherd markings, long hair, lab looks, with some husky and shepherd thrown in there. Every baby in their litters was very different! No two looked the same. It just goes to show how many potential breeds run in their history. Moms are both mutts and I'm sure daddy was too. Made for some adorable babies though!"  ~Erin

Gracie had a chance to meet Buddy this past weekend and she loves him!

We want to thank Buddy for becoming part of Gracie's Bark Blog Family. Every month Gracie will spotlight a dog.

Please email your entry (short story) with a photo to [email protected] and tell her about your favorite pal! Additional pictures and video welcome, space permitting.