Maddie

Lady Madison McAlpine, or Maddie, was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi that lived to be 5 years old. She was a very loved Corgi in my family. We got her when she was just a puppy in 2005 for Christmas. We were all very excited to get her, because she was our first dog (that we actually remembered having). We didn't know until years later that Maddie had what was called Addisons Disease. During the rest of her years, it made her extremely weak. It got to the point where she couldn't even get up to eat or get water. The night came where we just didn't know what to do anymore.

We didn't know how much longer she was going to be with us. My mom was previously in the hospital from a collapsed lung, so there was no one to get the pills that Maddie needed to take. The night my mom got out of the hospital, Maddie was laying on the back porch, not moving, and we were all very scared. My mom was all high off of her pain medicine, so she was suppose to take it easy, but that's not what she did. My mom and I drove to my grandpa's house to get the pills Maddie needed. (For some reason my grandpa took the same pills as Maddie.) It was extremely dangerous, but it was all for Maddie, she's part of the family. Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a happy ending. Maddie passed away that night before we could get back with the pills. To this day she is still remembered for all the good times she's had. She had so many great qualities and even though she was just a Corgi, she was my best friend.

Maddie used to have so much fun sliding on the tile when it was time to go outside. She had no grip on it so, of course, she always ended up sliding face first into the sliding glass door. Maddie didn't get along well with other people, because she saw everyone as a threat to me and my family and always tried to protect us. She didn't see herself as a small dog.

She always went after the big dogs at the park with the mindset that she was bigger. She always left the little ones alone though.
     There were some times where she really got under my skin, but I had no choice but to love her. There has been times when I've come home from school to see all the cords to my game consoles chewed in half. Or on Christmas when she decided to open everyone's gifts for them. Or when I left my bubble gum out and came home to find it all over my room in wads.
    R.I.P Lady Madison McAlpine.