Mattie

Mattie will snuggle with you, make you laugh at her antics, break your heart as she dives for cover with every unexpected noise, and she will poop on your floor, often. If you choose Mattie, you will get a phenomenal dog, but not a "normal" dog. Once upon a time she was housetrained, but along the way that behavior doesn't seem to have been reinforced...and now she seems more used to leaving you "presents" inside rather than out. Patience and easy to clean floors will cement your relationship starting out. In foster care, Mattie lives with other dogs, toddlers, and a cat. She likes them all, but isn't great at reading social ques, so she does need supervision. She's happy to hang out in her crate as needed, but prefers to be wherever her people are. Mattie has some pretty intense allergies that will likely require specific food, lifelong meds, and regular vet visits to manage flair ups. The great outdoors terrifies Mattie. She turns into dead weight if you try to take her on a walk. But with patience, maybe someday. She's already made great strides in her confidence during car rides! They use to be spent squished under a seat or in whatever crevice she could squeeze her body. Lately though, she has been sitting pretty in the car seat enjoying watching the scenery wiz by! Mattie is mostly a couch potato with some short bursts of bull-in-a-chinashop playfullness. She loves to chew bones and play with rope toys. If you think you may be a good fit for Mattie, please apply at adoptastray.com. We're happy to answer any questions!