You see her all the time, I know. But today you see her as a 10 year old young lady. I know that my world revolves way too much around this little lady. However, she took me places that I never could have gone without her. As indicate above in all the mumbo jumbo she has her Canine Good Citizens title and her Therapy Dog International. And she used it. We started working at local nursing homes. I have to admit that was very depressing to lose patients - even if we did have a guy that broke into "Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog" every time he saw her. We then went to a local small suburban hospital. I really liked it. At a Christmas party for the dogs I found out how much they needed dogs at University. I was a little hesitant as that is where all the folks go that can't go anywhere else. What was this "older" woman thinking of? It became the absolutely best thing that I have done on the planet. We worked the surgical floor - gunshots and stab wounds. We worked the Neurosurgical ICU trying to figure out if anybody was home. We even worked a couple of deaths. She would just get into bed with anybody and let them pet her. And let me tell you that people will tell a dog things that they would never tell me. Sometimes we'd have to walk to the end of the hall so that I could cry and regain my composure - but she was a trooper. Then things started to get a little funny. Long story shot she developed Addison's Disease - her adrenal glands are non existent. She has no fight/flight syndrome. The hospital became a bit too much for her. Besides that you would never know. She gets a shot once a month and a pill every morning. I hope we are telling this story year after year on her Barkday - a day late this year!
Happy Barkday, Maggie!! You have given so much, especially to Cathy!!i l know how much you mean to her. You look mah-velous, dah-ling in your Marci Gras hat! I even like your tongue hanging out
