Maddy is in Doggy Heaven.

Maddy

Age 9, March 10, 1999 - May 16, 2008

We love and miss Maddy very much. He was the best dog in the world.

We got Maddy from a friend who's dog had puppies. Maddy was the smallest puppy of the bunch. Our friend called us when Maddy was 5 weeks old and asked us to come and get him because his liter mates and his mother weren't paying attention to him anymore and he knew that we would. Taking a dog away that early was difficult so I spent countless hours taking him to puppy kindergarten and obiedent school and it definitely paid off. Maddy never jumped up on or bit anyone.

When my twins were born, he was so gentle with them. One day I remember having to change my daughter and my son was in his bouncy seat and I told Maddy to watch him while I was gone. Well to my surprise that's exactly what he did. When I came back Maddy had his head down on the top of the bouncy seat, looking at my son. It was the cutest picture.

Maddy was the best dog. As the kids got older they would always play with him outside. Maddy loved running in the yard chasing the kids, he even went sledding down the small hill we have in our yard. He loved when you threw snow at him. Where ever the kids were, Maddy was.

When we found out this past April, that somehow he developed liver cancer and there was nothing the vet could do, we were devastated. We took him home to live out his life. One morning in May when I got up and found him coughing up blood and pooping out blood I knew that his time had come. It was very difficult. I called my vet and asked if he would come and put Maddy to sleep at my house on his favorite couch. My vet said he would absolutely do that for me. Maddy was laying on his favorite couch with my husband, myself and my two kids, when he passed away to Rainbow Bridge.

Maddy was always happy and wagging his tail even to the end. He was not just a dog, he was a person with fur.

The next few weeks were very difficult on my kids. They no longer had their dog who would lay on the floor in their room until they went to bed at night. My daughter cried alot and my son was very sad. It was heart breaking to feel their pain.

About three weeks after Maddy died, I was watching a tv show that showed a little black lab puppy that had been abandoned and needed a good home. My husband and I felt it was a message from Maddy so we adopted the little guy. We have had him since June and he is great. The kids love him. He is definitely helping them heal, but he will never fill Maddy's shoes, but he does fill the void in our life. Even though our new dog (which the kids named Happy, because they were happy to have a new dog to love) is a black lab, he has a different personality. He too is becoming a person with fur.

To this day, we love and miss Maddy sooooo much. But we have a great memory book of over 200 pictures that we will cherish for the rest of our lives.

WE LOVE YOU MADDY