Entered: 07/18/2021
Status: Rainbow Bridge
Age: 16
Color: Liver/White
Weight: 34 lbs.
Gender: Altered Female
Location: Annapolis, MD
Health: UTD, HW-, gaining to a healthy weight, several masses suspected to be lymphomas being monitored, being treated for eye and skin infections, vet assessing her excessive thirst and incontinence, deaf
Temperament: Good with people as young as four, good with other dogs, unknown with cats
Update 08/11/2021: “Maggie had 18 wonderful days filled with love.”
Anyone who has loved a dog wishes for one thing: more time. Our beloved dogs just do not live long enough.
Dear Maggie was a MAESSR girl for only 18 days before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Those precious days were probably the happiest ones of her difficult life. Her foster family loved her, cared for her needs, gave her a place of safety and a sense of security. She even had her own human children to curl next to in their beds! She was a valued member of her foster family
Although people cannot always give their beloved dogs more time, they can love them deeply every day that they share with them. Maggie had 18 wonderful days filled with love.
Run free, Maggie! You are missed!
Original: “Calm and quiet, Maggie enjoys finding a soft spot for a good nap and she prefers the company of a human.”
Maggie was surrendered to a Maryland animal shelter from a bad situation and MAESSR volunteers jumped to her aid and got this sweet girl out the very next day. Maggie was in rough condition when she arrived at her foster home; she was significantly underweight, needed grooming and treatment for an eye and skin infections. Despite all of this, her foster family found her to be a sweet old lady.
Calm and quiet, Maggie enjoys finding a soft spot for a good nap and she prefers the company of a human. She is currently being fostered in a home with children aged four and nine and can often be found curled up on the bed next to one of them. Maggie does well with the other three dogs in the house though she is intimidated by the high energy of the resident puppy. She has not had the opportunity of meeting any cats while in foster care. Maggie doesn’t exhibit any sort of resource guarding and will only bark when she needs to go out, is thirsty or hungry.
Maggie is dealing with incontinence so does have accidents in the house when she cannot get to the door quickly enough or when sleeping. She does signal at the door to go out with a bark or ringing of the bell. Maggie is crate trained but as she has gotten more comfortable in her foster home, she is making her preference known for a bed next to the humans of the household and will bark a few times at bedtime to make her sure everyone is aware.
If left to her own devices, Maggie can be found on the couch or bed in her search for a soft comfy place to sleep. However, if a person is in the room, she will wait to be invited up. A good house guest, Maggie does not chew on anything inappropriate.
Since Maggie is deaf, she doesn’t respond to voice cues; however, she seems to be pretty quick to catch on to hand signals. She loves to wander around the fenced yard and sniff, but reportedly is a bit of an escape artist, finding a way out of the baby gate at her temporary foster home. Maggie is always game for a car ride and is a calm passenger.
Baths and vet visits are a bit scary for Maggie but she puts all her trust in her human and will be a brave girl calmly letting everything be done. Grooming clippers do not bother her. Good girl, Maggie!
Watch for more about this precious senior as her health issues are resolved and her personality continues to unfold.