Madeline aka Maddie or The Divine Miss M.

White w/ brown patches and the worlds best ears! from Kingston, NY

Maddie wasn't supposed to stay. In fact, I would often refer to her as Madeline NOT Fraser, as if I could somehow convince myself that this naughty little dog hadn't charmed her way into my heart. She was a foster, a foster, a foster, until she went on a trial adoption. I cried every night for a week before she left, I cried all the way to the house where her new family lived and all the way home again. When the family called four days later to say that perhaps they weren't "ready for a dog," Maddie came home and never left. That was almost seven years ago.

Maddie is my comic relief. She makes me laugh every day. She thinks she has the world by the tail and even when she gets into mischief, which she often does, I just can't stay mad at her. She is sweet and sensitive and a world class snuggler. Not bad for a dog who lived the first 3 years of her life on a 4 ft chain.

She may be the only being on the planet who loves my singing. As a reward she has a whole host of songs that have been revised just for her, Good Golly Miss Maddie being a long time favorite. I sing and she wiggles and prances around the room, while the other dogs and cat look at us like we're crazy. She is a free spirit and I love her to pieces.

She is probably at least ten now and could be older, she was an adult "3-5" when she was pulled from the shelter. Maddie the foster dog wasn't staying, but I am so very thankful that she did.

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