him about the puppy and he said it was around back in the dog house near the fence.
i went around back and saw a little white puppy with black spots. his sibling was lying dead between the dog house and the fence. i picked the puppy up by the scruff of the neck to give him a once over. he was skin and bones and was crawling with fleas. when i checked his gums they were ash gray and the consistency of wet tissue paper.
i thought to myself that he might not be the dog i was looking for, but he was not staying at that house another day.
i put 