Hudson was rescued by B.O.N.E.S. from a bad situation in Limington, ME. After the gentleman called 911 (and subsequently passed away), the local ACO found 20 dogs living in squalid conditions.
B.O.N.E.S. took most of them and found them new homes. Overall, Hudson was in very good shape but when he had his physical, they found a serious mast cell tumor in his nose. As much as possible was removed.
B.O.N.E.S. wanted to find a wonderful home for Hudson and we did. John is a long-haul trucker that had lost his beagle companion of 13 years. He wanted a new companion. Luckily John found Hudson (or Hudson found John). It was a wonderful match. Hudson reported in regularly, and we share his "Chronicles" on this page.
Hi everyone, John and I are sitting in the heat of Illinois, waiting to deliver in Michigan in the morning. I thought this would be a good time to share an adventure we had last month.
John had bought an old truck from a friend of his years and years ago. It sad in the woods in Gardiner ME, until John finally had a place to put it. Up until five years ago, john lived at a place where there was no room to bring a truck home. He then moved to Durham and last fall put in a driveway large enough to be able to bring the whole rig home. Well, now come all the toys. John has a friend who has a small excavator, who seems to be looking for excuses to "play" with it. Well, they came up with a plan and now the old Pete is sitting proudly in Durham.
The first project was to drag it out of the woods. The brakes were frozen, and wouldn't release, so they dragged as far as they they could and planned to return in a few weeks with the next step of the project. A few weeks later, they returned with all sorts of tools and were able to release all the brakes. Now, they were able to pull the truck up on John's trailer for the ride home.
The truck was ready to go to the crusher and John's friend, Ken, wanted to save it and restore it. That never happened, so now John is going to try. as a result, it has been stripped down and doesn't even have an engine or transmission. The 30 mile trip home went well. When they got home, they decided to give it a quick bath, while it was still on the trailer and within reach of a hose. There was a lot of moss, dirt, grime and it needed a bath badly! Even the neighbors helped out with the scrubbing. Then they unloaded the truck and pushed it back into it's new home.
Since there was no way to keep a chain hooked to the truck while it rolled down the ramps, without upsetting the excavator, Steve acted like a mother bird, and pushed John, in the cab over, out of the "nest" to see if he could fly. He did look pretty nervous, but it all went well, and nobody crashed!
We'll see how long this new project takes to be completed. I'll keep you posted.
Hudson, the semi-beagle
