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.
We were run off the interstate by a boat!
Pretty good headline, huh. John was traveling on interstate 80 when a u-haul towing a boat drifted into our lane and crowded us a little bit...O.K. so we didn't get run off the road, literally. I guess I've been hanging around truckers just a little bit too much.
Our last trip started out with some machinery going to Wisconsin from Maine. From there we loaded 6 long crates headed for LA. we loaded the crates in Chicago during a snow storm and left during rush hour. After a couple of hours the weather was getting worse so we called it a day. The next day was clear and off we went. More snow in the Rockies and then some more in Utah. Once we got to Nevada, it was all rain.
We unloaded in L.A. and then went to load a street sweeper nearby going back to Maine. It wasn't a full load so John tried to find something to go with it. After a couple of days John couldn't find anything. He had a farm tractor in Buffalo to get which, along with the sweeper, made a good trip home. Too bad he couldn't find anything from California to Buffalo. Oh well, that's trucking.
We got to Buffalo and it was cold and snowing when we loaded. It was a tight fit and while John was telling the operator to stop, another guy was telling the operator to go ahead. There was a load crash which got everyone's attention. They pushed the tractor into the sweeper and shattered the windshield of the tractor...oops. Check out the smaller window on the photo.
We made it home without further incident and got both loads delivered safely. That evening, we had a major snow storm that left about 10 inches behind. to make matters worse, 2 inches of rain fell as well. John spent the next day with a couple friends shoveling roofs. I'm glad I wasn't out there. They looked cold, wet, and tired. You people say that us dogs look funny when wet, you should have seen them!
I guess that's about all for now. Until next time.
Hudson
