Hi, my name is Buddy, and I am so lucky to be alive!  I was found when I was only a few days old, in an alley up against a dumpster.  I was taken by an angel person to the wonderful folks at the Center for Animal Rescue and Adoption.  My first human Mom Cynthia fostered me and took me to see Dr. Medler and the Veterinary Technician named Beth, to see if they could help me to be able to walk better.  Maybe you can see on the video or the pictures of me that my spine is not straight at all — it seems to make an abrupt turn where its supposed to be straight.  Everyone is amazed that my spinal cord is still intact and that I can walk at all.   I guess that happened because I was so young that my bones were soft and they could just bend instead of break.  So I had a rough start in life, but I really got lucky after that!  After Beth met me and started to do the rehabilatation exercises on me, she fell in love with me (of course, who doesn’t?)  and adopted me!!!!   So I get rehab exercises and massage every day, and I am growing nicely in my own way.  My big ole heart is finding some room in my chest, not quite where everyone else’s is, I guess, but it works for me.  I can’t play or run but for a few minutes, because my lungs don’t have the room they need to expand normally, but I play for a few minutes, then I rest, then I can play some more.  It really is a good life!  Thanks everybody for loving me so much and not just tossing me in to that dumpster!