Madeira(Maddie)
1994-2006

Today was a very sad day for Me and Ron
After 8 months of pain medications and joint enhancing drugs our beautiful 13 year old German Shepherd Madeira whom we called Maddie had to be put to sleep.
She was a feisty old Girl but her hips just went out on her,and she was no longer able to walk.
Maddie has a storied life. She was found on a Virginia Beach in January of 2002 by a vacationing Seattle couple shivering in the freezing cold ..someone had battered the hell out of her! she was so abused she was afraid to look a person in the eye.
This couple put her in a Crate and airlifted her back home to Seattle with them. her stay in Seattle was a short one,as Maddie didn't get along with Cats...and one of them met their demise! In May of 2002 a neighbor of a freind had heard about Maddie and thought she'd do wonderful living on 5 acres of private woods down in the tiny town of Lakebay WA with Ron and I.
The couple brought her to our place and I fell in love with this Beautiful old Girl the moment our eyes met! Maddie had been severely abused in her former life..and So was I,I felt an abuse/survivor kinship in her! Maddie met Humper,our massive 112 lb Rottie-shep Mix..and they fell in Love!
It took Ron and I one full YEAR to teach Maddie that Human Hands on her weren't "Hurting Hands" slowly she came around and could trust us.we'd spend our days trotting through the beautiful wooded trails together or lounging in the sun in our south meadow. One year later on July 26th "Buddy" came into our lives. Now little Bud was a headstrong pup back then! first thing he did when he saw Maddie was sniff her..then try to hump her! Maddie spun around and bit Buddy on the lip! She'd have "none of that stuff" from little Bud! Then little Bud grew into a slightly smaller version of Humper,a Lean 97 lbs worth of Rottie-Doberman! Now Maddie had it ALL! Two men who adored her,and two massive Dogs to protect her.
Some of my best times spent with Maddie in the closing months of her life were at the beautiful China Lake conservation area only 8 minutes from our home as can be seen in the photo section of my Tribe Profile.
The BEST years of her life were the nearly 4 years she spent with Ron,myself and her two hero Dogs Humper and Buddy. She will always be remembered and Lovingly Missed by all of Us. She was One Beautiful Girl.