More: Excerpt from A Tribute to Bud - Found in a shelter, Bud passed away in 2020 at the age of 17 ½. We walked two miles the day before keeping to his schedule rain or shine. Our pre-dawn mornings began with a gentle shake “Let’s go Dad it’s time to go exploring!”. For the next sixteen years we explored the Lowcountry of SC filled with quail fields, streams and horse paths. It is here that Bud instructed me on how to listen. Be patient. Receive and give unconditional love. His LED collar leading the way…hearing more than seeing the crash of two turkeys from their tree top roosts… An hours old fawn hesitantly touch noses with Bud … hearing the cacophony of woodland birds waking up all at once…His incredible eyes and facial expressions trying to teach me that day’s lesson...