When my husband and I were out in the car one night we saw this little dog run across a very busy street and almost get hit by a truck. He went and hid in the parking lot of an abandoned building. I ended up using baloney and beef jerky to get him to come to me because he was so afraid. He was clean and very well taken care of so we thought it would be no problem to find his owner. We posted in the paper and called all of the local vets but no one ever claimed him. We ended up naming him Ben and keeping him. Not long after that Ben got very sick and we racked up some very high vet bills. We were told that he had an auto-immune disease that was triggered by vaccinations (he was never able to be vaccinated again) and other things that could not be pinpointed and caused him to get sick every year or two. We realized later that this illness was probably the reason Ben's family had abandoned him. Sadly the medication needed to save Ben was causing damage to his liver and he had to be put down at the age of 8 last year due to liver failure. Our little Benny was one of the sweetest and most loving dogs ever and not a day goes by that we don't miss him.

Tracey Tom
Cromwell, CT