Madeline was one of the Arizona 19. Click here to read more about her.

Miss Madeline is doing super. I am so glad she's with us and everyday we tell each other how lucky we are. I know that sounds corny, but she's just so sweet. She's really adjusted well and really her only big phobia is that she's afraid of the dark. We used to put a night light on for her, but she still wouldn't really relax at night. She would pace around the house all night, guarding I suppose, and we would wake up in the night to her padding around. So, now, every night when we go to bed, she crawls UNDER our bed and she's kind of got her own condo under there now - toys, pillows, blankets and she sleeps great. Almost too great, because sometimes we hear her snoring under there. She cracks us up with her silliness and she has earned the nickname "the Great Relocater". She has not destroyed anything, but she likes to pick things up and find new places for them. We are always finding things in funny places and it makes us laugh.

Update

Everyone is doing fine here. I can't believe it has almost been a year since Maddie joined us. She's just so much a part of us now, it seems like she's been here forever. She's finally relaxed enough to come out of her "condo" under the bed at night. Now she just sleeps on the floor on my side of the bed. (Under her pink and green Queenie blanket) she snores loud! She's also been having fun digging her way to China behind the garage. We went to the December Airedale meet-up and the 2 of them just had a blast. Maybe you will remember that Maddie used to just stay on the periphery of the dog park, well now she is right in the middle with all of the dogs, nosepokes for all! She's become quite the ringleader, pestering and enticing all to play. We've had a few mini play dates in my yard too and she is relentless. Maybe she's just maturing and feels more dominate. Anyway, she had a great time.