Madden
Finally safe and cared for
Please note: The dogs in ODH's Final Refuge care are not adoptable due to medical reasons and all are in permanent homes. Your sponsorship supports the veterinary expenses for these dogs - and we thank you!
Madden, whose full name is Mad Dog Madden McBad’un, is a very busy, very young old pup. Supposedly he is a black lab mix. More likely he’s a cattle dog/rat terrier/sheltie mix who happens to be black. He is also supposedly about 12 years old, but this boy he acts much more like 8.
Madden came to ODH and me from a shelter foster home, where he’d been placed after a couple of frantic weeks in the shelter. Once home he had a dental to pull several chipped and cracked teeth, probably damaged by chewing on metal crates. He also had a round cell tumor removed from his right knee and ginormous dew claws removed from both hind legs.
His left hind leg is pretty funky. His right hind at least looks normal but suffers from the same functional problems as the left. Still, nothing slows this guy down, and if he limps a bit after a hard day herding balls and rubber bones and squirrels and the cat, well, it’s a price he’s happy to pay.
It’s taken awhile for this old mutt to feel safe in his new home, and there is still an occasional evening when he chooses to sulk by himself out in the living room rather than sleep with me and his pack mate. But given patience, forgiveness, and acceptance, he is I think, pretty darn sure that he is finally and forever home.
Madden is sponsored by:
- Suzanne & James Nelson of Bellevue, WA (01/31/2021)
- Chris & Sue Hoffman of Lake Stevens, WA in memory of Mowgli who loved to play ball (02/28/2021)
- Northwest K9 Sniffers Club of Issaquah, WA
- John Strampher of Puyallup, WA in memory of "Mia”, “Maizie”, “Ebby” & “Duchess" (12/31/2021)