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Matilda's candy-corn hat!

Halloween Matilda

armor for dogs

I've GOT to get Matilda something like this, from Organic Armor:

Matilda's song

EMpress q TAZZA bean, she IS as cute AS a bean.

The capitalized stuff is where the stresses are. You'd have to hear it to appreciate it!

"Champion Q Tazza Bean" is Matilda's made-up champion name, like the ones the dog-show dogs have.

Matilda is too cute!

Even though I am biased!

Matilda

She is KILLING me with her gas explosions!!! Maybe that hamburger from Wild Willy's wasn't a great idea! But she sure liked it.

song for Matilda

Sung to the tune of Homer Simpson's, "Hey There, Blimpy Boy." Or, in the real world, "Hey There, Georgie Girl." My version, sung to Matilda:

"Hey there, Jazzy Girl. You-u are so cute, just like a squirrel."

dog show

Jerry and I are watching the AKC dog show on Animal Planet. Their "championship" names crack me up! I decided that Matilda's championship name would be something like "Q. Tazza Bean." Get it?!

Matilda pic

Here's a picture of her half on the floor and half on a pad...doesn't look comfortable to me, but it's not my bed.

Matilda progress

This is her first day at home along. We'll see what happens! I imagine she'll just sleep herself happily through the time. Going to her first vet appointment here tomorrow afternoon. We're going to get her all fixed up and in ship shape!!

Matilda on her way home from Exeter, Rhode Island!

Matilda's day 2

Matilda is the most guileless animal I've ever encountered! Hmm, but she doesn't like dill pickles, so so much for that as a potential snack for her. Matilda doesn't eat a lot, particularly, or beg for food, so I imagine she's gotten used to eating low-quality, high-calorie food. With better food and more exercise we're hoping to have her in fighting trim before too terribly long! A trim in the next couple of days to a local veterinarian will get her and us working together on whatever plan is necessary to make her elderly years as pleasant and comfortable as possible!

Hey, and the New Orleans Saints won the NFC South division. Way to go!

Matilda

Good God Almighty, Matilda's as sweet as sugar, gooder 'n gold, nice as can be, cute as a bug or bean, happy as a clam, and on and on and on. She's one big simile!!! I'm glad to be able to give her an easy life from now on...a healthy one (her left hip seems to hurt), a happy one, and everything else she wants. Matilda's a purebred bulldog who has had numerous Caesarean sections, from her breeding years. She even still has her stitches from being spayed, and that was at the beginning of July. Jerry and I are going to take her to a vet and get her going on a healthier, happier lifestyle. She deserves it!!!

preparations for Matilda

Jerry and I spend about $350 yesterday (good thing he got a $750 Christmas bonus from his kind employers), to get supplies for Matilda: we got her a sleeping crate, towels, food bowls, a 44-pound bag of Royal Canin Bulldog 24, toys, a leash, books about bulldogs, etc., etc.!

I'm glad I called yesterday morning about Matilda. Apparently 4 people called after I did, asking about adopting her. I called earlier this morning, too, to say that I was still very serious about coming down to adopt Matilda, and that Jerry and I would be there tomorrow, for sure.

Matilda Sally Cadden

Soon to be coming home with us, from an animal shelter in Exeter, Rhode Island! Presenting...Matilda Sally Cadden!

I wanted to adopt Matilda for 3 reasons:

1. I've always wanted an English bulldog.
2. Given how many homeless animals there are wanting homes, I don't think it's right to buy an animal.
3. I told myself that the next animals I adopted would be ones who really needed homes, animals with infirmities (blind, deaf, paralyzed, elderly).

Matilda fits the bill in all three cases!