Duchess
Duchess was born on December 31, 1991. She came into NTSRI as an owner surrender. Colleen FitzGerald volunteered to be her foster "mom," and Duchess was her first foster dog. But she says, "I knew before I got to the first stop sign at the end of Lynn's street that she was never going to leave my house." Colleen goes on to say, "Duchess joined our family when Jim was out of town. He had been home two days before he realized we had a new addition!"
Duchess loved all food, any kind, but licking the cake bowl was always the best. She got to know the love and care of a loving family, companionship of lots of other dogs, and comfort in her senior years. She spent six years with the FitzGeralds. When her health began to fail, Colleen helped her to the Rainbow Bridge on March 20, 2006. As Colleen says, "My house is still full of dogs, but there will be a huge empty spot beside the sofa. Run free, by sweet Doodle Bug."