Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 30, 1993 TAG: 9304300152
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Ron Brown
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The mixed shepherd was shot with a pistol this month as he guarded the fences around Fritz Wreckers on Orange Avenue Northeast.
The teen-ager, whose name was not released because of his age, faces charges of discharging a firearm in a public place and shooting a companion animal.
The shot went through Buddy's left shoulder and crashed into a rib before it could hit a vital organ of the cheeseburger-loving dog.
Thursday, Buddy took his final dose of antibiotics to combat the effects of the gunshot wound.
Clay Fitzgerald, who owns Fritz Wreckers, said Buddy is a changed dog.
"He's got a bit of an attitude now," he said. "Especially, if he sees a teen-ager in a baseball cap. He's got a different sound to his bark. He was a pretty mellow ol' boy before this."
Fitzgerald said Buddy now is reluctant to patrol the fences, a job he once relished.
"He acts like he doesn't want to go out there," Fitzgerald said.
by CNB