Jack Monroe has a good friend in Buddy. At 8 and a half years old that's a really good thing.

"He's Jack's dog," said his mom Kim. Jack saved half of the money needed to pay the fees associated with bringing Buddy home. Buddy was a rescue dog. "He was a $400 rescue dog," said Kim who noted that they saved him from a 'Puppy Mill'.

So now Buddy sleeps next to Jack's bed, in his kennel.

They think he is 2 or 3 years old and he is a Papillon and Chihuahua mix. Buddy "Likes to play with his piggy" as a favorite toy said Jack and "He wakes me up in the morning when he has to go poddy,"

As a rescue dog, Buddy was a little shy at first but has since come out of his shell and is really blossoming.

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