AGAINST ALL ODDZ

SINGLE & SEARCHING

BY MATT ALBERT

Hey everyone! So, many of you know Vanessa but did you know that I was AAO’s first? Not their first ever dog… his name was Sammy back in 2015. But I was AAO’s first sanctuary dog… I was their xmas present last year! My name is Buster, and I am a 7-year-old lab/ pitty mix. Fixed, utd, and single and ready to mingle! I like men, women, and I love kids!!

After being here for a few months with them, they had thought they had found me the perfect forever home. Unfortunately and alas… they did not. I know they tried very hard but sometimes, people are just people. One thing I have learned in my 7 years on this earth is inevitably, most of them will disappoint you. But these guys here! I have to say that everyone here is just so nice to me and they have helped me become the calm, perfect, wonderful gentleman that I am now. I love belly rubs, and I do this thing where if I really like you… I paw you to pet me. You gotta see it. Unfortunately, I must say that recently I was dumped. I didn’t do anything wrong. I was loyal and loving and the perfect companion. My adopter had adopted me at a low point in his life and I helped him get back on his feet. He even thanked AAO in saying that I had given him a purpose. In fact, I gave him so much confidence that he was

able to meet the girl that he says is the one of his dreams…and I got left behind. For whatever reason, they immediately had to get an apartment together and they did not even look to find one where I could come with them. I know my sanctuary dad was pretty pissed off about the whole thing but they took me back in with open arms and he hugs and tells me every night that he will get it right this time for me. I hope so!

As I said, some of you could probably relate to my troubles. Some bad luck, some bad choices, and next thing you know… you are middle aged and you don’t have a family to call your own. I have been abandoned in vacant houses, thrown into the system, and even sentenced to die by a judge….then AAO came along. They said they were going to make it right for me, and so far, minus the one adoption that didn’t work out, they have. Just like Vanessa, they reversed my death sentence, taught me how to deal with some of my reactivity, and helped me become the man that I am now. I now walk almost perfectly on leash, love children, love long walks on the beach, love long movies on the couch, and long naps in the bed or any variation of the above. I don’t do little dogs or cats, if you know what I mean. But other than that, I am single and searching, waiting for my AAO miracle to finish and finally come true.