Chewy

Nov 03, 2013

Just because he is. Everyone loves him, he wears a hard hat on job sites and has an orange vest, so he is a trucking dog.the only pictures and videos I have of him in the truck are in my phone, so I don’t know how to upload those. He was found in an ice storm, starving and half dead with only a few weeks left to live, because he was infested with whip worms. We fixed him up and he’s been with us for the last 3 years.

Bruce Husband | Owner-operator, Fikes Truck Lines

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