Our Maddy Girl

Well, we were hoping our Maddy Girl would make it through Christmas with us this year. Unfortunately she passed on her own on December 10th. We think she proved the vet and the rest of us wrong by how long she lasted and how she lived out her last few weeks. She wasn't doing well because she wasn't eating. We took her to the vet and the doc really didn't think she'd last more than a week. She suggested that we pick a day and bring Maddy in. Rob and I just couldn't do that. We got her to eat, and boy did she eat like a QUEEN!!! Most days she was eating better than us! In her last few weeks she was back to the Maddy that we knew... wagging her tail, slobbering all over us and greeting us at the door. Rob and I just couldn't 'pick a day.' We thought she was doing fine and we decided if the doc said she wasn't suffering that we would keep her with us at home.

On the day she passed no one would have guessed that her time was up. Up until the time we left that evening she was at the table begging for food. When we got home she was not doing well, and it was if she was waiting for us. After we were home for about 20 minutes she left us to join her big brother, Striker. To us she was at peace and that is what we wanted.

Here are some pics that remind us of our Maddy Girl...

How she loved to be outside as long as someone was with her...

She was right in the center of things, no matter what they were. She loved her two little sisters, even though she didn't always show it! Here she is allowing Regan to put leaves on her back.

Hangin' out with Mom...

And posing (really, begging for a treat that was held up by the camera) in front of the tree. This was taken in her last few days... she doesn't look like a sick dog, eh? That's our Maddy Girl!

We miss you Maddy! Give Striker a big ol' kiss for us!