Buddy Boy Mertens (German Shepherd)

Buddy Boy Mertens, the presumptive Canine Party presidential nominee, has teamed up with Ringo Timm, (Border Collie) as his vice presidential running mate. Buddy and Ringo were the head of the pack at the Canine National Convention. All the dogs that were present howled their approval.

Buddy Boy Mertens was born on February 2, 2002, believed to be in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As a puppy, Buddy went from two broken homes. In the second home, he had a difficult time getting along with his foster brothers, a pitbull and a sheltie. Since the other two dogs lived at the residence prior to Buddy, the owner decided to place him with the Human Society.

At this time Buddy Boy was 18 months old. He was in prison. Not knowing if tomorrow would be his last day. He had watched puppies come and go. The older dogs were hard to place. Buddy at the time was not quite 11 in human years. Because of the torture he had endured from his foster brothers, (it is unknown about his previous owners) Buddy did not like other canines. As soon as another dog would get close, Buddy went into attack mode. He was kept in solitaire from the others.

On a warm August day, a family came into the Human Society to look. The mother said that she was not ready for another pet. Being the primary caregiver to their Ferret of nine years, and the last three years she was slowly dying. But the father and daughter had other plans. The two had come a few times unbeknown to her. Each time they had requested Buddy. This time all three took him for a walk around the grounds.

Buddy was not allowed to go home with his new family for a couple more weeks. According to the Human Society staff, he was not socially ready.

When was finally in his new home,it was difficult. Buddy was friendly enough with his new family. However, when they returned home from work and school, the house was a mess. Buddy manage to open cans of soda with his teeth and the sticky substance had been poured all over the kitchen floor. He had managed to jump up to the sink, where some knifes with plastic and wooden handles were placed. These knifeswere on the floor with the wood and plastic almost completely chewed off.

Discipline problems continue for about three months. Any other family would have taken him back to prison. Maybe it was the fact that this family was and still is considered 'true pet lovers'. And they knew why Buddy was acting out. Before the ferret, they had two dogs that had been trained and in obedience competitions. The day came when Buddy realized that he was no longer in foster care. He had a home. He changed his delinquent ways.

Fast forward, Buddy Boy Mertens is a loyal, obedience member of society, with no criminal record. He is a true leader. One who can lead on command. He became involved with politics this year when he had seen the internal bickering of the Democratic Party and the vision of continued Bushism of the Republican Party. Not to insult any particular party. Buddy knew the American people deserved something better. Unlike most politicians Buddy lives up to his slogan, "Presidential candidates who barks the truth and sheds no lies!" Together with his running mate, Ringo Timm they will herd this country back into something all the American people can be proud of.

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