It will be awhile before I stop referring to our "dogs" and get used to being a one dog family. Kelsey doesn't seem to miss Maggie very much. Maggie was "the boss" so maybe Kelsey is enjoying her new freedom. I am relieved; I don't think I could handle it if she seemed depressed or sad. Here are some pictures of Maggie at the Rescue organization when they first found her. The organization, StrayDog, kept a blog, so I copied the entries about Maggie and Kelsey and thought I'd share them on here. (They had different names for the dogs, but I changed them to make it less confusing.)
"When we rescued little stray puppy, Maggie, from the hands of Angry Neighbor, who had boasted he would have killed the little “chicken killer” had we not immediately gone to get her, Maggie took over our little puppy kennel. Now another little stray puppy is in need of a home, and this little pup can share the puppy kennel with Maggie. They will both be in quarantine together and will enjoy having each other to play with. Six-week-old Shepherd/Chow mix Kelsey is much smaller than 10-week-old Retriever mix, Maggie, and it was really cute to watch these two little puppies as they got to know each other. Maggie danced all around Kelsey, happy to have a little playmate, while Kelsey wanted to sniff around her new big kennel first. Then she began playing with Maggie. Now the pups are curled up back to back sleeping in Maggie’s favorite scoopy snoozy hole beneath the shade of her shelter porch top.
At our Adoption Day today a couple inquired as to whether we had any little puppies. We had with our group at Canine Commissary cute Black Lab sisters, five-month-old Kathy and Amber, but the couple wanted much younger pups and what is so neat is that they wanted to adopt two puppies so the pups could grow up together, and they wanted happy, playful little puppies who get along well with each other. This fit the description of newest little arrivals, Maggie and Kelsey! They are adorable and are best buddies, and they play constantly and sleep curled up on each other. Shannon came this morning to take the pups on their “home visit,” and by 11:00 a.m. she had little Maggie and Kelsey in her car ready for long trip to Allen, Texas (about two hours from Straydog) to meet their new mom and dad. At 2:30 p.m. Shannon called and said “Yea! The puppies have been adopted!” The new mom and dad are a wonderful couple, and they fell instantly in love with the pups. (How could anyone not love these cuties instantly?!) Now Maggie and Kelsey have a wonderful mom and dad, a nice big house to investigate and a large, securely fenced yard to play in. Such pampered little house pets they will be, and how wonderful to have them be adopted together!"
Kind of neat to have their back story, huh? Maggie was a playful puppy... loved playing fetch and getting attention. As she got older, she loved to just lay outside and watch for someone to run or walk by. The kids weren't really upset when she died...probably because she wasn't playing as much by the time they were old enough to play with her. And she had gotten kind of growly (sp?) in the past couple years. I thought it was her getting older and less tolerant, but maybe it had to do with her sickness. We are glad you are no longer suffering, but we'll miss you, Mags.
I'm hoping to get some pictures up for all of our past events, but we shall see. Life keeps me busy around here. I'll try to stay current at least :)
1 comment:
I remember those sweet puppies!! I'm sure Maggie is very missed. I'm so sorry to hear about her passing. Our doggies are getting old (12 years), and I know one day we will be facing a tough good bye.
Post a Comment