'Loving' Dog Named Buddy Is on the Road to Recovery After Being Intentionally Set on Fire People 8 hrs ago Buddy the dog is on the road to recovery. Last month, a 12-year-old child intentionally set the stray Labrador retriever mix on fire. Buddy is currently being treated at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University for severe burns sustained during the incident. "He's a loving, forgiving dog," Sandy Williams, shelter director of the Tunica Humane Society, told the Clarion Ledger. "I don't know how he's come through this and kept his tender heart, but he has. He's going to make somebody an exceptional dog."