Creating history Buba & Mac® - Pet Lovers Shop

Almost 20 years ago I arrived to Italy, I was far away from my family, my friends and of everything that had been my life during several years… Buba, my first dog, was the one who gave me the strength to continue and face the new life I was starting away from home.

I still remember when I found her, in a shopping mall there was a volunteer that had several puppies, I felt really lonely so I didn’t think twice, I approached him and decided to bring the puppy home, I don’t know the exact moment when it occurred but I suddenly found her in my arms even when I was still looking for a puppy. When I realized I had chosen her and Buba came home with me and since that moment we were never apart until the day of her departure on the 1st of September 2017

Buba, the most faithful little dog with unconditional love… after 16 years she has gone and with her, a piece of my heart.

Mac’s story is a little different. Buba was getting older and I knew that sooner rather than later she would be gone so I thought of bringing another puppy home that she could train (she was a 100 matriarch).

Having Mac was not easy… I was looking for the dog breed my family had, and Airedale Terrier. In Italy it is not a common breed, nevertheless I found a breeder in Treviso, I had to wait a few months for the news of her birth, September 12th, 2017, 11 days after Buba’s departure.

Mac, his real name was Prometeo of Valvalaia, arrived home 2 months after and a new story begins.

Is important to mention that when I went to get Mac they gave me the breeder’s test made by a veterinarian together with the pedigree and other things. I took him on his first visit to my vet delivering all the papers I had and I was told everything was okay. There seemed to be no problems.

We spent the first year quite well, a lively puppy, curious and stubborn. In the winter of 2018 I made a plane trip and I couldn’t bring Mac with me. I thought of leaving him for 3 days at the place where we went to train him, it was a place he knew. When I got back he was desperate and without a voice, he had lost weight and had a sad face that broke my heart… I felt so guilty.

He didn’t improve, it was not normal. We took him to the vet and they found something wrong in his kidneys… We needed more information. The vet recommended a very important Veterinary Clinic in Vicenza so, without thinking about it, we took him there. My puppy was hospitalized to feed him and understand what he had… the diagnosis… chronic renal insufficiency, hereditary and since birth. Incredibly not even the breeder’s vet or mine could find what the blood test revealed.

The most sad news that Dr. Pantaleo could give us… his illness was progressive and I knew that his life expectancy was short. Of course his diet changed, he could only eat a special renal diet, medicine 3 times a day as long as he lived.

I knew that he would be gone but my goal was for him to be happy and prolong his life as long as I could… medicines, therapies, food … everything I could do for him, I did.

Everybody that knew him could not believe he was ill. We went to official and amateur competitions (often winning the first place). We came home with the large kibble bags he won and took them to the dog pounds… he never stayed home and if I had to travel, I would take him with me: on a train, car, vaporetto, sea, mountain, city… Mac was a happy dog and it showed.

Check ups were fine, I managed to keep him stable until October 2020 when his illness started to advance by leaps and bounds, getting to the last stage of his illness.

Saturday November 28, 2020, the usual Mac: playful, curious and hyperactive, he was playing with his bowl that he had transformed into a ball.

Sunday November 29, normal morning. He usually would run after the ball he liked so much… second throw… immobile… we understood everything… we looked at each other and slowly he walked towards me, he was suddenly struggling to walk… it was time to go back to the clinic. As it was a Sunday, we had to wait until the next day so, after making an appointment with his doctor, we went…

The words I didn’t want to listen to were said… I could only give him a dignified death… I took my beloved furry friend and went back home. If he had to go, he would do it at his home with his family who loved him so much and in the sofa he was not allowed to be in.

The doctor gave him something so he did not suffer while I organized his farewell so, at the next day, December 1st, 2020, as I said before, we said goodbye and another piece of my heart went with him. The only consolation I have is that he never suffered, not even in his last day, he left with a little of discomfort, that is all.

And this is how the idea of Buba and Mac was born. A brand that celebrates love. Unconditional love for animals that give you everything without asking for anything in return.

The project started to take shape while he was still here with me … he was going to be my model but I couldn’t finish on time.

B&M is a link between you and your dog in the exact moment you see him/her for the first time, a special and indissoluble link and it doesn’t matter where he/she is born: in a breeder’s bed or in a shelter.

B&M aims to give the owners the opportunity to show their love for their furry friends or to bring a fragment of excitement that always brings them together and for that, B&M offers a series of products dedicated and selected with care.

Every puppy is special and we want to celebrate their presence in your life.

Thank you to my family for the support they gave me, the love and time dedicated to my beloved furry friends.

Sandra