I've got a decent story on my four legged friend.
About 7 years ago I was taking the old Yoter (88 Toyota pickup) for a little trail ride in the woods, enjoying some smoke and some brew. A friend of mine was riding with me and all of the sudden said, "Did you see that?" I hadn't seen anything. There was a pile of freshly cut brush just in front of us to the right of the trail. He said he saw something small and black run into the pile of limbs and leaves. We stopped and got out......realize, we are in the middle of nowhere in a holler/used to be county road/creek, in the hills of Kentucky.........not close to civilization.
As we walked over to the brush pile a small little furry black dog poked his nose out, then back in. We waited for a minute and the curiosity finally brought him out. He looked to be 5-6 weeks old or so. My buddy picked up the little pup and asked me what we should do with him, he seemed like a pretty friendly puppy for being in the middle of the woods by himself. There were no houses within miles of where we were and we wondered if someone had drove out and dropped him off. After some debate, we decided to put the puppy back down and drive on down the path to where it met an old dried up creek.......we'd hang out for a while.....then on the way back we'd take the dog with us if he was still there......find him a good owner......or so was our plan.
We drove maybe a mile before we reached our destination and stopped........not just normal driving......very slow 4 wheel drive up/down/all around driving. As we were enjoying the nice day and partaking in some cold beverages we heard something coming down the trail. As we turned our heads, here came that little furry black pup running as fast as he could in our direction.........stumbling every four or five steps.....still learning how to use his little legs. He ran right around to the front of the truck and plopped down panting heavily.
So, we had no choice.............
.......to make an already long story a bit shorter, I ended up keeping the dog and he ended up not being so little. He looks like a mix between an Akita and a Black Lab. He has a heavier/thicker coat than a lab, w/ a curled tail (sometimes he holds it up, sometimes not), thicker/muscular neck and head. But his face kinda looks like a lab. He has extremely webbed feet, as do both of those breeds. Who knows what he is or where he came from but he's a good dog (except for digging holes), and makes a heck of a guard dog! Maybe he's part wolf?
Meet Bud: (He loves the snow!)
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