That’s pretty much how it happened. I was on I-40 late one night. About 70 miles from my house, I’d stopped to fill up, and he was there just rummaging through trash cans. He just came up, jumped in the truck and sat down. He had a pizza crust hanging out of his mouth and obviously he’d been eating out of trash cans. He was really, really skinny. He had several holes, several open holes, and he was covered in ticks. I felt bad for him and worried about him. The people in the filling station said there was another dog with him and it had gotten hit on the highway. So I took him home and put some meat on him and got him all healthy. He turned out to be the best dog I’ve had in my life. That was about 10 years ago. He’s a great dog. He’s full of personality. He makes me laugh every day. He makes me want to kill him sometimes. 
(laughs, jokingly). That dog has been there through thick and thin. What started the song - he came up to me recently and I noticed how white he’d gotten and I thought ‘what in the world am I going to do if I lost him.’ When I started thinking about it, I thought of all the times I was sick and going through my treatments and I would still have to get out and walk him. Therefore, I walked him a long time, twice a day, with a chemo bag hanging off me. It helped me get better, start getting back in shape and it was good for both of us. He’s been a great dog and a great friend.
Editor's Note: Right off the cruise, Wade was on the Nashville Today radio show. He introduced "Who Saved Who?" to a great response. The program shot a video of his segment. You can see it on their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nashvilletoday/videos/1972564326330564/
Helen - What’s been keeping you busy lately?
I have this old house I’ve been working on. I’ve finally decided to sell it. I’ve been very busy with that. I want to build a house. I’m trying to buy a house to live in during the interim. It’s been an all day, every day thing. Finally things are falling into place.
Helen - How about the music side of it?
I’ve recorded a session a couple of months ago and the song about Jack is on there and several more. There’s a song on there I wrote with a female artist, named Danielle Lauderdale. She’s really good. There’s a couple of songs that I had written recently and for some reason I like them. So we’ll see what happens with it. We want to shoot a video on the song about Jack. I had no idea that song would generate so much interest. I wrote it for myself. I did it on the cruise, and I saw several people weeping in the audience. I did it at a little Opry show in Virginia. Somebody sent me the video of it and I looked and I hadn’t noticed that 2 of the band members were crying when I sang it. I didn’t realize that it would have that impact on people. We’re trying to shoot a video for it now, if we can find somebody to shoot for us.
Helen - Thanks for talking with us. I know you have a busy day.
Yes, I’m going to go hang a garage door.
