
As the saying goes, a dog is man’s best friend. And that couldn’t be more true for Donald Dickerson. “Every day he looks at me, I know I am loved. I named him Duude because that’s my best friend,” Dickerson said. “We have a close, close relationship.”
Dickerson and Duude spend their days and nights in the woods at a campsite(营地). “I could have already had a place to live, but they wanted me to foster(寄养) my dog. I’m not doing that,” Dickerson said.
He also needs a knee replacement(膝盖置换手术), but while everything was well prepared months ago, doctors said they couldn’t operate yet. “When the doctors found out I was homeless, they said they have to postpone it, which means they decide to put it off until I find a place to live because someone has to come out and take care of me,” Dickerson said.
He has not been able to find a place to stay that will take both him and Duude. “I cannot give him up. If I have to be homeless and go without my operation and continue to go through the pain, I will, because I will not leave him,” he said.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to raise money for Dickerson and Duude. You can donate here.