Buster, Buster-Part Three

With Lil'Bit recovered. She and Buster were
inseperable. It was as if they were soul mates.
One day while in the yard with all 3 dogs, a big
yellow dog came into our yard. I mean HUGE. Now
our dogs are small. Sebastian the largest and he
only weighs 12 pounds, Buster about 6 and Lil' Bit 3.
This big yellow dog began chasing after Lil' Bit.
She was terrified....Buster immediately went into
action...Rescue mode. I must save her.
Buster began running after and barking at this massive
creature. He drew the attention away from Lil' Bit
and onto himself. Through the yard he ran with big yellow
dog closely behind. Annie and I are outside screaming
at big yellow and screaming at Lil' Bit to come to Annie.
Come she did not....Still terrified she ran into the road.
Into the road as a car was coming....Buster and us watching.
Buster again sprang into action, running out into the road
directly in front of the oncoming car. He ran directly into
Lil' Bit knocking her out of the way of the on coming car.
He endangered himself to save his soulmate. The car missed
Buster by inches as sweat was pouring out of me. I by now was also
terrified. But, no it was not over....
Big yellow was there....Waiting again to chase our
angels. Lil' Bit was safely in Annie's arms. Big yellow now being
chased by Buster, letting him know to get the hell out of his yard
and away from his precious Lil' Bit. Buster finally ran towards me.
I patted my legs and up he came into my arms.
All were safe. Buster in my arms, Lil' Bit in Annie's arms and
Sebastian inside watching from the front door.
As for big yellow.....we haven't seen him since. I do not
know where he came from or where he went....Just grateful he
was no longer around.

Buster, Buster-Part Two

Buster with Baby Lil' Bit



Wonderful times were everywhere with Buster.
I made a sound with my mouth like a little click
and Buster came running from where ever he might
be in the house at that time. If I patted my thigh
he ran and jumped into my arms. That little six pound
bundle of joy could jump up to my waist from running or
a dead stand still.....It was truly amazing to watch.

At night he snuggled himself under the covers until
he got hot then found himself a spot between Annie and I.
By morning he was always under my right arm snuggled
to my chest. It did not matter to him that I could not
move my arm when I awoke from the fixed position it had
been in for hours. He just wanted to snuggle. Buster
loved love and he loved us just as we loved him.

About a year after we got Buster, Annie decided we needed
a female yorkie. She wanted to do this for me as I had done
with Buster for her. The search for the perfect female yorkie
was on. We bought the news paper daily to search.
Multiple calls were made. Most to no avail. Then one day there
she was, in the paper. This female sounded perfect. Toy female
yorkie, 6 weeks old. Parents on premises and registered. We called
this lady and set up a time to meet her, to meet the female yorkie.

An hours drive to Cleveland, Tennessee to this lady's house in the
country. She brought out several yorkies of different litters,
different sizes, different personalities. One female stood out, a
runt. This tiny little pup ever so softly gave us kisses. Our hearts
melted. Once again we were in love.

We paid the lady, exchanged information for the registration
papers and were on our way home to show Buster his new friend.
Our new friend. Our new joy.
What shall we name her. Many, many names came to mind. We settled
on Lil' Pearl (Pearl, my Mothers middle name) and called her
Lil' Bit.
Buster and Lil' Bit were inseparable. Immediate friends. He took
her under his wing and showed her the ropes of doggie life.
Sebastian loved her as well, ever watching the other two play.
The yorkies were full of play, occasionally Sebastian would
join the fun.
Shortly after getting Lil' Bit we took a trip to Michigan
to visit Annie's Mom. 3 kids and 3 dogs in tow for a 12
hour drive. The kids listened to music or slept. All 3 dogs
loved to ride. Lil' Bit before we left started having
diarrhea. To begin with it was minor, nothing serious.
Once we got to Michigan it became more frequent, then she
began to cough and vomit. Now this little one was tiny.
She would fit into our shirt pocket, she did not have enough
body fat to sustain all the loss of fluids.
Every time she coughed, had diarrhea or vomited Buster,
Annie and I were right there. We were lying in bed one
night after being there 3 days listening to the little
one cough and decided the next morning we were heading
home....Home to our vet. Annie's Mom seemed upset that
we changed our plans and were leaving early to take a
dog to the vet. Not just a dog, our dog, our baby.

Lil' Bit had kennel cough....Nearly died. I called the
breeder lady and told her of Lil' Bits illness. She offered
a refund of our money. We don't want your damn money, we want
our little one healthy. We don't want her to die. She is now
a part of our family. Words were exchanged at how she was
breeding dogs and her lack of care for the dogs. It's not
about money lady, it's about love.

Dehydrated and barely able to walk, we cared for her,
medicated and force fed her for several weeks. Slowly she began
to get better and again became our energetic bundle of joy. Busters
energetic bundle of joy. His playmate, his friend.

Buster, Buster-Part One

Buster, that's the name of my dog. He was not really mine,
I bought him for Annie in the fall of 1999. Buster is a yorkie.
We found him in the newspaper in Soddy Daisy Tennessee.
It was about an hours drive to go see him.
We were in these peoples house. First thing we saw
was a play pen in the kitchen. Puppy sounds were
coming from this play pen. Wonderful puppy sounds.

First look we saw this puppy, small adorable, cute
as a bugs ear. There were several puppies in this pen.
This one was crawling up the side of the play pen, as
if to say take me, I love you. Take me home with you,
let me be your puppy.
Instantly we were in love with this puppy. We picked him
up snuggled him and got immediate puppy kisses. This is
the one. Do you want to hold the others? No need, we
want this one.

Annie and I took this tiny little yorkie home. From the
first moment he loved to ride. I snuggled him in a blanket
for the ride home. He settled right in. On the way home we
began looking at bill boards trying to name Annie's new
puppy. On a bill board was Buster. That became his name.

Annie had another dog Sebastian who at that time was 10 years
old. Sebastian took immediately to Buster and vice versa.
Buster was a true joy to be around. Potty trained very easily.
He slept with Annie and I. He followed our every step.

Buster was the most loving dog I had ever had. He understood
english. He understood most everything we said. You didn't
even have to speak words and he knew what was about to happen.
When Buster heard the keyboard drawer close that was an
indication that something was about to happen. My Moms
are doing something or going somewhere. I wonder if I can go too?
If one of us were in the bathroom he was right there.
When he heard the toilet paper he knew Mom was done....Can
we go play now?
Every day he would sit on a chair or on the back of the couch
about 15 minutes before the bus came home waiting on the kids
to get home from school. If Annie was a work all I had to say
was Momma Annie is coming home and he would go and sit by the
door awaiting her arrival to give kisses. Buster loved everyone
and everyone loved him. He was kind, gentle and very sensitive.
He sensed when something was wrong or someone sick or hurt.
Immediately Buster was right there beside them.

Annie and I were out one day running errands, Buster with his
head out the window enjoying the afternoon air. We stopped at
dairy queen for an ice cream cone. Buster got the first lick
of Annie's ice cream. There was a grin on that dogs face from
ear to ear. Moments like that with Annie and Buster were
priceless. I shared my ice cream with Buster as well.
Hey, after all it the same as kisses.........

Yeah, Headache Free

One of Annie's blog friends said to tell me hello
because I never update my blog. Hello, Nancy...I am
blogging.
Annie is headache free this morning. Medication given
last week preventive for headaches is working.
Thrilled, thrilled, thrilled I am. We had asked her
latest physician for preventive medication multiple
times with no success. He is the same one who was
always backing out the door as he entered. Not once
did he ever touch Annie, listen to her lungs or heart.
Once he touched me with a q-tip....When Annie took me in
with tears with hemorrhoids....He touched my butt
with a q-tip. He did give me a great medication to
reduce swelling. For that I am thankful but, really over
him as our doc.
Ok, back to Annie. She worked all weekend. Yesterday
had a huge ankle and leg from edema. It's better today.
She did have mild headaches over the weekend controllable
with excedrin migraine. Her dizziness is directly related
to her headaches. She has more color in her cheeks....The med
to increase her iron is working.
We came home Sunday night from work to a hot house. AC not working
correctly. I turned it off, let it sit then back on and nothing.
It did not come back on. Not even a read out on the thermostat.
Opened all the windows, turned on all ceiling fans.
Monday am I vacuumed out the water from the over flow pan
and turned AC back on. It worked and was cooling.
For 2 hours it worked.....Damn it. Annie called me as I
was on my way to work....It quit. She called AC repair.
They were scheduled to come on Thursday for maintance,
now they will come this afternoon for repair.
Pump not working....$205 later we have AC again.
Now the maintance will be cancelled as we used the money
yesterday that was to be used for $119 maintance fee.
Sometimes you just can't fit it all in to your budget....
damn it.
Hilary had a really bad afternoon yesterday. When I left
work last night I stopped to buy groceries. She came to the
car to help put them away and dropped a can on her foot,
actually on her toes. Left foot 2nd toe bloody, toe nail
will come off. Excruiating pain, she was in tears.
She has only been back in school 3 days and now is out
today with her foot....It looks horrible as I am sure
it feels the same. Sadly there is little that can be done.
I put some lidocaine topical on it to ease the pain
briefly and gave her a pain pill. Another pill this am.
She loves school and hates to miss a day.

I replied this morning to Annie's blog...Straight life 5.
It's about JPB....SOB that he is.
One day, one day, your time ass hole will come. There will
be a smile across my face on that day. Rarely in my life have
I used the word hate and meant it....but, I hate that damn man.
He is living a miserable pathetic little life.
You reap what you sow!!
You reap what you sow........