My then-boyfriend and I were four wheeling in the mountains when we heard what seemed to be a dog barking and yelping. He stopped the truck to listen. That's when we noticed a dog tied up to a tree with thin wrapping ribbons. No collar just the ribbon tied around his neck and then to the tree. He was barking frantically at us. There was also a plastic container of water next to him. He definitely looked abandoned and he definitely wanted to be rescued. However, as my boyfriend got closer to him he started to back away and growl. That's when my boyfriend noticed the ribbon around the dog's neck was breaking into his skin. My boyfriend was now determined to free the dog.
So, I'm in the truck watching this dance of my boyfriend trying so desperately to get close enough to break the ribbon off of the tree while also trying not to get too badly bitten by this now untrusting, growling, slightly snapping dog. THAT IS WHEN I KNEW he was the person I would be in love with forever. Well, the dog finally settled down enough for my boyfriend to get close enough to grab the ribbon and snap it off the tree. As soon as the dog realized he was free, he made a B-line towards our truck. I opened the door, he jumped right in and was a happy camper. Needless to say "Buster" found a new home with my boyfriend. We got married a year later. I was 19 and he was 20 and everyone said that we were too young and that it would never last. Well, 34 years have passed and we have proven the critics wrong. Sometimes you just know.
Vivian
