Buffy Dog was reportedly given up to the animal shelter by a Catholic priest because she barked too much, embarassing the parish. She never barked excessively when she was with me, so that can't be right. The real reason has to be that she was asking to be transferred into my care. I got her after moving back to finish college in Green Bay and she went with me to Madison, Rib Mountain, and Madison. She enjoyed long walks up Rib Mountain and through rural Fitchburg. Buffy converted my mother to liking dogs and she became a favorite of almost everyone including her vet Dennis Nyren. In 1983 she succumbed to heartworm.