Barbara our Rescue Director has been rescuing Doxies for over 3 years with Las Vegas Hot Diggity Dog Club & Rescue and her first rescue was Dolly Madison. This is her story.
Dolly was a puppy and she came in. She was 15 weeks old. Her name was originally Zelda. I asked if she was Zelda Fitzgerald or something like it. The owner said ” NO!! we named her after a kick ass video game!” (Zelda warrior princess). I couldn’t have her named after a video game and I didn’t like the name Zelda, so I called her Dolly Madison.
She was adorable, a real little love bug. The owners had to give her up as he was in the military and heading off to war and she was going to live with her parents, but her parents would not let her bring the dog.
So she came into my home (into Foster Care) we did not have any foster homes then – it was just Leilani and I so we were limited on the number of dogs that we could take then.
Before she went out for adoption I needed to train her on how to use the doggy door and she learned with beer!!
My sister and brother-in-Law came down from Canada and I said to them that “I have to get this puppy trained on the doggy door”.
I got up one morning and walked into the kitchen and my brother-in-law, who was about 6 foot 4 inches tall, was laid on the floor by the doggy door and my sister was standing outside. She said to him – “call her now – call her now” The strange thing was, they had a glass of beer in their hands?!
I stood there a little shocked and said, laughing. “You can’t train a dog with beer!” They said ” Look!! Its working”
They called her through the doggy door and each time she went through she took a little sip of the beer.
I wouldn’t have believed it, a beer drinking Doxie.
I am thinking that we should have changed her name to Bud 
Happy Ending:
One of the directors that was working with us, was looking for a dog, and she ended up adopting her. She decided to drop the name Dolly and just called her Madison. I see her quite often and I still call her Dolly Madison and she remembers. She is always really happy to see me which is wonderful and has a playmate now called Oscar.
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Suzanne Burke
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What a terrific story! Soooo glad you have a place that you can have the rescue dogs and work with them prior to adoption. can make all the difference in the world in finding a forever home.
Well I have to tell ya…that is a great story! I had a hell of a time teaching my female to use the doggie door back in the day but would have never thought to use the beer approach!! Although, I have two now and they both “love” beer so your’s are not the only ones!!! We cannot sit out on the patio with a beer in our hands without, Hayley is her name, barking at us for a drink! Must take after her mom…Lol! Thanks for the story!!
Yes Barbara took great care of my Miss Madison and she is definitely my little cuddle bug!! She is so so beautiful, she should be a dog model, she is the best!! Oscar loves having her as his sister & playmate!!