Sometimes a battle is not won. On October 15, the Ohio SPCA lost Buddy, our poster dog, to Osteosarcoma. Despite his fight and our efforts to extend his life, the cancer won after six short months.

While playing in the yard, the femur in a hind leg snapped. X-rays showed that the bone had been weakened by cancer and that the cancer had spread to the lungs and ribs. Letting Buddy go was heartbreaking.

Buddy was rescued just 20 minutes before he would have been shoved into a gas chamber. We had to fight to get this dog released to us. His rescue set the course for our efforts to clean up inhumane dog pounds in Ohio. Although he is gone, he will never be forgotten. He is greatly missed on the farm sanctuary.

We want to thank again those who donated to Buddy’s treatment. He was full of life to the end. We swear he was the fastest dog ever on three legs!