Two years ago, 58-year-old Pete Buchmann lost his best friend, the loving and devoted Rottweiler-boxer mix, Buster. “He was my buddy,” Buchmann said. “My friend, he was my family, really. It was hard.” Buchmann and Buster made news in 2014 when at age 54 Buchmann found himself homeless with no way to care for Buster, who was then 9 years old. He eventually entrusted the dog to Faithful Friends Animal Society on Germay Drive near Elsmere. Then, every day, rain or shine, Buchmann walked five miles to the shelter to visit Buster and volunteer at the shelter. Their plight generated massive support after The News Journal ran a story about them in November 2014. Readers helped Buchmann find a job, a vehicle, an apartment and even cash to get resettled. Buster lived for roughly two years after that, before developing terminal cancer. Today, Buchmann is no longer homeless — and despite Buster’s death, no longer alone. Filling the hole Buster left in his life is a foster dog from Faithful Friends: a Staffordshire terrier mix named Matteo. Buchmann is giving back to the shelter by caring for a dog no one wanted to adopt. The back story Buchmann grew up in Long Island and moved to Delaware… Read full this story
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