Friend's finding each other Almost a year ago, my uncle came home and found a beautiful three month old malamute, they named him a weird name, Ubu but anyway, he kept him because he reminded him of his wolf-hybrid, Nanook. The first time I say him I feel in love, I dreamed of that dog for months, wishing it was mine. One day, about 3 months later, he broke off his runner, my uncle's girlfriend brought him inside and he tried to eat their almost-blind cat, at that point, my uncle didn't want to buy anymore runners or pay a 300 dollar vet bill ever again, so he was just going to let him run away. My grandma and I didn't know that at that time, when we were going to watch my little cousins. And there he was tied to log by the road, jumping and barking (well trying to anyway) away. We stopped and the people that found him said he was playing in the road, and they thought he was the most beautiful dog they had ever seen, and they wanted to keep him but their child was mentally challenged, and he would have jumped on her and she might have been injured. The lady gave him back to us and we took him back home. When my uncle came back we told him what happened, he got mad and said 'Unless you want the dog just let him go.' Of course I wanted him more than life itself. But after he found out I wanted him he said Ubu couldn't leave my aunt's land. Well we took him home and first thing I did was get on the computer and search for a malamute-worthy name, I decided on Lakota. Well about four months after that I lost my mix breed Sadie. I can't explain how much I loved her because she was the only one I had. I got real depressed and didn't want to do anything. My aunt wanted me to come over and watch her dogs for her, so I did. Then I noticed Lakota, how happy he was to see me the one that saved him and then I thought what am I thinking?? Sadie wouldn't want me to be like this not when I have him, an angel from heaven. We have a sort of bond that as with Sadie I can't explain, but he sure has a way of showing it, he. Now he is over a year old and still growing in size as well as strength, I've never walked him. He drags me! And I guess the point of this story is....is that we saved each other. And if you've lost a friend Malamutes are the best things to show you your life must go on. Their a shoulder to cry on, a friend that listens and never tells, they have the spirit of a wolf, and hey, you don't have anytime to be depressed when your getting dragged along life's path. Thank you Lakota!