 Maggie
Maggie's
odyssey began in September 1997 when she was born in a puppy mill in
Nevada. She was shipped to a pet store in Naples, Florida and was
sold in November 1997 to a couple there. Maggie had a nice home, but
her first set of parents got a divorce and there was no place for
Maggie in their lives. So Maggie was sold through the newspaper to a
family on vacation in Naples.
Maggie's second family had just moved to Connecticut, and they
had 6 year old twins and an 8 year old. What seemed like a great
idea on vacation, wasn't so great when they returned to the reality
of every day life. It took only 2 weeks for the family to determine
that they didn't really need a dog in their lives at this time.
Fortunately for everyone, Maggie's second mom made the effort to get
in touch with Wheaten rescue. From there, Gwen Arthur of WIN took
over and offered Maggie to us. Now Maggie needed a WURL to
Alexandria, Virginia.
 The Marzo family made arrangements to meet Maggie's family in
Northern New Jersey,and took Maggie home to spend the night with
them on May 9. Maggie had a great time playing with the Marzo's 2
dogs. On Saturday, the Marzos WURLed Maggie to New Jersey and met
the Laubschers. She spent the night with the Laubschers in New
Jersey, and on Sunday they WURLed her to Maryland where they met Pat
Simrell. Pat brought Maggie to her house in Columbia, Maryland where
we finally met Maggie for the first time Sunday evening. Was she
ever a keeper!!!!
After we got home Sunday evening, Maggie and Clancy (our male who
is 1 year older than Maggie) spent time getting to know each other.
Lucky for all of us, there was never a problem. Maggie seemed to
settle in, and Clancy accepted her without question. As a matter of
fact, Clancy allowed Maggie to be dominate the first couple of
weeks. However, now that Maggie is comfortable here, Clancy has
assumed the dominate role. It only took a few days before they were
eating and drinking from the same bowl at the same time and sharing
the same crate. Maggie sleeps upstairs with our 11-year-old son, and
Clancy still sleeps with my husband and me. They love running and
chasing each other in the fenced yard. Maggie had never had a fenced
yard to run in, and she runs like the wind. They both love to go in
the car, and I take them whenever possible. They have become great
pals.
Maggie is one sweet dog with an endearing personality. She came
to us with all of her hair cut off, but her Wheaten personality was
still there, and her hair will grow back. Her odyssey has finally
ended. As I said before....she is a keeper!!!
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