Maggie came to our family in early 2002. Her date of birth is speculated from the age that the vet thought she was at the time our family adopted her from the dog pound. When we went to the pound to pick out a new dog my husband asked the dog pound worker is they thought she was smart. The answer was "smart enough to suck up to your wife!" She was actively doing that for sure and it worked!
She was friendly and happy right from the start but she was a "dog's dog" and didn't understand that people could play with her and be her friends and family. She did not take long to turn into a "people dog" and thoroughly learn to love and enjoy her interactions with people way more than she did with other dogs. She delighted in the children in the family and had a special relationship with her Sam.
She was the family dog while all of the children transitioned from living at home to moving out and being on their own. She was ecstatic every time one of them would come home for a visit. They were always her family even if she had not seen them for a long time.
Maggie loved strangers too. When you knocked on our door she would turn into a barking maniac and act like the world was at an end and someone was here to do us all in. BUT... the reality was the barking was in celebration of a visitor and she was overjoyed someone had come to HER house to visit HER! Because she KNEW that was why they were there! The UPS man and the FEDEX man feared her and thought there was a mastiff on the other side of the door. She was a good security dog and her barking will be missed!
We live on a lake and Maggie soon figured out the joys of swimming. We even had to fence our yard so that we wouldn't always have a soaking wet mud covered dog showing up inside the house. If the kids went out swimming the dog went out swimming too. For a while she even was jumping off the diving board. She would swim so long I would worry about her ability to stay afloat. She would spend hours chasing dragonflies and bubbles. We built a special set of angled stairs so she could get out of the water and onto the dock by herself. The shoreline was so full of reeds that there was no wading areas just drop off into the deep part of the lake. She quickly learned that the ladder was her best way out of the water and she learned to navigate the steep stairs and use her head on the side rails for balance. She would climb out. Shake herself all over the people on the dock. Go to the corner and leap back into the water with a huge splash!.
When she was younger we had chickens and one day in her exuberance she accidentally caught and killed one. She had no idea how that had happened but figured chicken would probably be a good menu item. Once she learned chicken was NOT on the menu she never did it again. She did however love the EGGS the chickens left around for her! She also thought of the outside cats as "automatic treat dispensers". That was one thing we never did break her of. Those treats were just to good too resist!
Maggie will be missed very much. No more happy dog at the door when we come home from work. No more eager accompaniment when it is time to do outdoor chores. No more post dinner joyful rolls on the living room rug. No more evening bark sessions. No more thumping tail. No more hair extraordinaire. No more walks. No more swims. Thank you for giving our family the wonderful memories Maggie.
YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL MAGGIE!
Maggie's other family members
Zoe now she can tease her again!
Muffin time to finally meet.
She was friendly and happy right from the start but she was a "dog's dog" and didn't understand that people could play with her and be her friends and family. She did not take long to turn into a "people dog" and thoroughly learn to love and enjoy her interactions with people way more than she did with other dogs. She delighted in the children in the family and had a special relationship with her Sam.
She was the family dog while all of the children transitioned from living at home to moving out and being on their own. She was ecstatic every time one of them would come home for a visit. They were always her family even if she had not seen them for a long time.
Maggie loved strangers too. When you knocked on our door she would turn into a barking maniac and act like the world was at an end and someone was here to do us all in. BUT... the reality was the barking was in celebration of a visitor and she was overjoyed someone had come to HER house to visit HER! Because she KNEW that was why they were there! The UPS man and the FEDEX man feared her and thought there was a mastiff on the other side of the door. She was a good security dog and her barking will be missed!
We live on a lake and Maggie soon figured out the joys of swimming. We even had to fence our yard so that we wouldn't always have a soaking wet mud covered dog showing up inside the house. If the kids went out swimming the dog went out swimming too. For a while she even was jumping off the diving board. She would swim so long I would worry about her ability to stay afloat. She would spend hours chasing dragonflies and bubbles. We built a special set of angled stairs so she could get out of the water and onto the dock by herself. The shoreline was so full of reeds that there was no wading areas just drop off into the deep part of the lake. She quickly learned that the ladder was her best way out of the water and she learned to navigate the steep stairs and use her head on the side rails for balance. She would climb out. Shake herself all over the people on the dock. Go to the corner and leap back into the water with a huge splash!.
When she was younger we had chickens and one day in her exuberance she accidentally caught and killed one. She had no idea how that had happened but figured chicken would probably be a good menu item. Once she learned chicken was NOT on the menu she never did it again. She did however love the EGGS the chickens left around for her! She also thought of the outside cats as "automatic treat dispensers". That was one thing we never did break her of. Those treats were just to good too resist!
Maggie will be missed very much. No more happy dog at the door when we come home from work. No more eager accompaniment when it is time to do outdoor chores. No more post dinner joyful rolls on the living room rug. No more evening bark sessions. No more thumping tail. No more hair extraordinaire. No more walks. No more swims. Thank you for giving our family the wonderful memories Maggie.
YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL MAGGIE!
Maggie's other family members
Zoe now she can tease her again!
Muffin time to finally meet.
Maggie came to our family in early 2002. Her date of birth is speculated from the age that the vet thought she was at the time our family adopted her from the dog pound. When we went to the pound to pick out a new dog my husband asked the dog pound worker is they thought she was smart. The answer was "smart enough to suck up to your wife!" She was actively doing that for sure and it worked!
She was friendly and happy right from the start but she was a "dog's dog" and didn't understand that people could play with her and be her friends and family. She did not take long to turn into a "people dog" and thoroughly learn to love and enjoy her interactions with people way more than she did with other dogs. She delighted in the children in the family and had a special relationship with her Sam.
She was the family dog while all of the children transitioned from living at home to moving out and being on their own. She was ecstatic every time one of them would come home for a visit. They were always her family even if she had not seen them for a long time.
Maggie loved strangers too. When you knocked on our door she would turn into a barking maniac and act like the world was at an end and someone was here to do us all in. BUT... the reality was the barking was in celebration of a visitor and she was overjoyed someone had come to HER house to visit HER! Because she KNEW that was why they were there! The UPS man and the FEDEX man feared her and thought there was a mastiff on the other side of the door. She was a good security dog and her barking will be missed!
We live on a lake and Maggie soon figured out the joys of swimming. We even had to fence our yard so that we wouldn't always have a soaking wet mud covered dog showing up inside the house. If the kids went out swimming the dog went out swimming too. For a while she even was jumping off the diving board. She would swim so long I would worry about her ability to stay afloat. She would spend hours chasing dragonflies and bubbles. We built a special set of angled stairs so she could get out of the water and onto the dock by herself. The shoreline was so full of reeds that there was no wading areas just drop off into the deep part of the lake. She quickly learned that the ladder was her best way out of the water and she learned to navigate the steep stairs and use her head on the side rails for balance. She would climb out. Shake herself all over the people on the dock. Go to the corner and leap back into the water with a huge splash!.
When she was younger we had chickens and one day in her exuberance she accidentally caught and killed one. She had no idea how that had happened but figured chicken would probably be a good menu item. Once she learned chicken was NOT on the menu she never did it again. She did however love the EGGS the chickens left around for her! She also thought of the outside cats as "automatic treat dispensers". That was one thing we never did break her of. Those treats were just to good too resist!
Maggie will be missed very much. No more happy dog at the door when we come home from work. No more eager accompaniment when it is time to do outdoor chores. No more post dinner joyful rolls on the living room rug. No more evening bark sessions. No more thumping tail. No more hair extraordinaire. No more walks. No more swims. Thank you for giving our family the wonderful memories Maggie.
YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL MAGGIE!
Maggie's other family members
Zoe now she can tease her again!
Muffin time to finally meet.
She was friendly and happy right from the start but she was a "dog's dog" and didn't understand that people could play with her and be her friends and family. She did not take long to turn into a "people dog" and thoroughly learn to love and enjoy her interactions with people way more than she did with other dogs. She delighted in the children in the family and had a special relationship with her Sam.
She was the family dog while all of the children transitioned from living at home to moving out and being on their own. She was ecstatic every time one of them would come home for a visit. They were always her family even if she had not seen them for a long time.
Maggie loved strangers too. When you knocked on our door she would turn into a barking maniac and act like the world was at an end and someone was here to do us all in. BUT... the reality was the barking was in celebration of a visitor and she was overjoyed someone had come to HER house to visit HER! Because she KNEW that was why they were there! The UPS man and the FEDEX man feared her and thought there was a mastiff on the other side of the door. She was a good security dog and her barking will be missed!
We live on a lake and Maggie soon figured out the joys of swimming. We even had to fence our yard so that we wouldn't always have a soaking wet mud covered dog showing up inside the house. If the kids went out swimming the dog went out swimming too. For a while she even was jumping off the diving board. She would swim so long I would worry about her ability to stay afloat. She would spend hours chasing dragonflies and bubbles. We built a special set of angled stairs so she could get out of the water and onto the dock by herself. The shoreline was so full of reeds that there was no wading areas just drop off into the deep part of the lake. She quickly learned that the ladder was her best way out of the water and she learned to navigate the steep stairs and use her head on the side rails for balance. She would climb out. Shake herself all over the people on the dock. Go to the corner and leap back into the water with a huge splash!.
When she was younger we had chickens and one day in her exuberance she accidentally caught and killed one. She had no idea how that had happened but figured chicken would probably be a good menu item. Once she learned chicken was NOT on the menu she never did it again. She did however love the EGGS the chickens left around for her! She also thought of the outside cats as "automatic treat dispensers". That was one thing we never did break her of. Those treats were just to good too resist!
Maggie will be missed very much. No more happy dog at the door when we come home from work. No more eager accompaniment when it is time to do outdoor chores. No more post dinner joyful rolls on the living room rug. No more evening bark sessions. No more thumping tail. No more hair extraordinaire. No more walks. No more swims. Thank you for giving our family the wonderful memories Maggie.
YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL MAGGIE!
Maggie's other family members
Zoe now she can tease her again!
Muffin time to finally meet.
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