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.
Hudson here, what a weekend! John loaded some freight going to Phoenix and then up to the San Fransisco bay area. I liked the desert southwest...lots of different smells! still hot but it's "a dry heat". I'll bite the next person who tells me that. One of the deliveries in California was a motorcycle to a friend of John's. They have a beagle named Cash and he and I had a great time playing together. They left us home while they went out to eat and we had so much fun that we were fast asleep when everyone returned. That night, John and I went north to load and then came back to the Bay area to visit his relatives. I was imprisoned while they did a little yard work. You know I tried to squeeze and dig my way out but after a while I gave up and just tried looking pitiful.
One of John's cousins came over and asked if we wanted to go in the "vette". John said yes and I said NO!!! Little did I know the "vette" was a car and not the place so near and dear to my heart. They kept talking about all the women checking them out in the car. That's stupid, the women were checking me out, after all, I am a Beagle! We visited with his two other cousins, one of whom have a golden retriever. I learned this weekend that I like playing with balls, especially tennis balls. I can chew off all the fuzz.
I have to admit that as much fun as I had, it was nice to get back in the truck and back to my routine. I am looking forward to our next visit out there to see everyone again. Right now we are in St Louis waiting to load a fire engine in the morning that is going up to Bangor Maine. Next week is a short trip out to Ohio to get a piece of machinery and bring it back to Rhode Island. The toughest part is trying to find a load out to Ohio. If we can get that all done during the week we hope to stop in at the world famous B.O.N.E.S. Beagle Bash.
Wish us luck!
Hudson.
