Mona - our Alaskan Malamute rescue
Gotcha Day: April 6, 2025 Died: April 25, 2025 I'm obviously a big dog fan. While we currently have 3 Siberian Huskies, I love all dogs. So naturally I contribute to local animal shelters among other charities. That puts me on mailing lists. A lot of them. One day at the end of March I got an email from the Brandywine SPCA. They were having a "Name your own price for adoption" special. While I wasn't looking to add to our pack, I clicked on the link and browsed their website. And came across the listing for Mona. She was a senior dog, between 9 and 10 years old. Mostly Alaskan Malamute, but with some husky in her. The photos had her looking like my senior Siberian, Neo. The listing said "A shelter is no place for a senior dog, she needs a soft place to land.' My heart went out to her. Maggie and I took the trip up to West Chester to see her. She wasn't a encouraging sight. She was big (77 lbs) and blowing her coat with giant tuffs of fur coming off her. S...
