When Wendi and company and myself were all in Killeen, Texas, Wendi graciously let Oscar stay with them for two reasons. One, since I taught and Wendi was a stay-at-home mom, she would be able to let Oscar out throughout the day. Two, my duplex had a 'no pet' policy. Oscar and Mattie lived together like this for 5 years so when it was time to move Oscar to Alaska, Mattie was attached at the hip.
Mattie was hilarious. 110% polar opposite of Oscar. Words that would describe her are: prissy, prissy, and prissy. When unfamiliar people came to the door, she would greet them with a 360 circle and jump up on their legs begging to be petted. She would quickly jump into any lap and loved to be loved on. She was an excellent dog. She wouldn't growl or bark when it was time to go to the vet. It would take a little more motivation to get her to walk on a leash or go potty when it was raining or snowing outside. She was feisty when "people food" was out. She has been known (when no one was looking) to jump on the kitchen chair, then on the kitchen table, to scarf whatever food she possible could before someone came back. She even took Will's turkey breast off his plate in a matter of seconds this past Thanksgiving.
We have known Mattie to have been sick for about a year with an enlarged heart. She was given daily medication for this which helped along the way. Well after Oscar passed, her health quickly deteriorated. After going to the vet it was discovered that she had liver cancer. A tough decision between Wendi and I was to have her put down May 6th. She was in pain and was losing weight which isn't good for a dog whose average weight was 12 pounds. The good news is that Oscar and Mattie have reunited. The bad? Well, that's pretty obvious.
I wanted to honor Mattie and share some pictures...
