Located in Dogtown next to Maggie's Mercantile and Peach's Parlor, Daisy Mae's Saloon is one of the original octagons at the sanctuary. Its name follows in the kitschy Old West vein the founders of Best Friends delighted in when they first started naming buildings at the sanctuary. Of course, what would an Old West town be without a saloon?
Now, Daisy Mae wasn't exactly a lapper of Ten High, nor was she an all-night carouser. The lab-hound mix, who was rescued near the sanctuary, was more the domesticated sort, as evinced one day when somebody donated and delivered an enormous doghouse to Dogtown.
They had just unloaded it from the truck when Daisy Mae came sniffing around. Within no time, she took possession of the doghouse.
"This was the Palace of Versailles for Daisy Mae," says Faith Maloney, a Best Friends founder. "It was singularly hers."
Once ensconced, Daisy Mae kept a vigilant eye on the house whenever she went for a stroll in the area, and if any person, dog, or even squirrel happened to come near, Daisy Mae dashed back to the house and darted inside, as if to say, "don't even think about moving in here."
With such a charismatic dog on their hands, the founders couldn't help but immortalize her when the time came to name the Dogtown buildings.
Written by Ted Brewer
Photo by Gary Kalpakoff
Posted
Aug 18 2009, 08:07 PM
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