It is not hard to picture how lonely Maddie must have felt after spending month after month in a shelter, still waiting for someone to choose her.
When she first came to the Humane Society of Broward County in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Maddie probably thought her future family was only a short wait away. Surely the right people would walk in soon, see her, and realize she was the one.
The shelter staff hoped the same thing. Maddie, an American Staffordshire Terrier mix, had so much of what adopters usually look for. She was sweet, loving, playful, and beautifully well-mannered…