[Dailydrool] Matilda

[Kathie Maffitt]

What a great story from a caring, great lady! Thank you for telling us!

> People often say a dog choose them.  With Matilda that's is very
> true.
>
> I started out as Matilda's foster home.  Matilda was adopted out
> twice and returned twice.  Both times the families said she growled
> and snapped at them.  Matilda never did that to me.
>
>
> I still cannot understand why Matilda acted one way with adoptive
> families and one way with me.  Each family when they returned
> Matilda told me that they thought she wanted to stay with me. 
>
>
> The poor thing was left in an overnight drop box at an Indiana
> shelter in December.  She had a cancerous mammary mass removed in
> January. She recently finished up heartworm treatment last week.  
> It was that treatment that told me that Matilda wanted to stay
> permanently with me.  She didn't want to go with the vet tech for
> her treatment.  She kept turning around looking at me - as if
> asking me why was I leaving her.
>  
> A week ago Tuesday I made it official.  I signed the adoption
> papers.  Matilda the boomerang basset is now officially in her fur-
> ever home. May we enjoy many years together.
>
>
> Jan
> Lady, Dexter & Matilda