[quote="Kloset BBQR":3amt7e3a]Thanks guys for the comments. Looking forward to many more smokes this winter, something I couldn't do in the past. Puff, you should have seen Buddy run off with that bone. He wouldn't even eat it on the deck, probably thought someone would take it from him.
Buddy is indeed a lucky dog. I think I mentioned it once before how Buddy was in a battle with cancer. He was given just a few weeks to live back in October when he was found to have inoperable lung cancer. The Vet gave him little to no chance for survival. I decided to seek an opinion from a Veternary Oncologist who confirmed the original vets opinion and said that there was less than a 30% chance he would even respond to chemotherapy. Well we rolled the dice and decided to treat him anyway and after researching the internet for days I found some pills that supposedly would boost Buddy's immune system and help him fight the cancer. This was relatively new therapy and the pills were 100% natural, no prescription required. I thought I was probably wasting my money but ordered some. They said they were 100% guaranteed or your money back, so what did I have to lose? Well to make a long story short, Buddy has responded exceptionally well to his chemotherapy and pills (he takes 9 of them a day). All the tumors in his lungs but one are completly gone and the remaining one has shrunk by over 75% (as of his last visit). Buddy will be getting his last chemotherapy next Tuesday. The reason I'm mentioning this is that sometimes miracles do happen. I know that there are some people on this board whose family members are battling cancer and I wanted to share this story with them. All I can say is never give up hope and its amazing what can be accomplished with a little faith and prayer and good medicine. Sorry for going off on a unrelated story but it's our little Christmas miracle this year and I wanted to share it.