VHS Adoption Spotlight

VHS ADOPTION SPOTLIGHT LADY MAY

Evansville's Medora Webster is no stranger to animals, having grown up with "a little bit of everything," including cats, snakes, turtles and guinea pigs. But no dogs, interestingly. So when she and her husband suffered the tragic loss of their daughter

in July, Webster's first inclination was to seek out a furry friend from the Vanderburgh

Humane Society - an organization that she had worked with as a Girl Scout volunteer for many years. As she notes, the couple had "a lot of love left to give" but felt it was too soon to adopt a child. Thankfully, the universe pointed them to the perfect dog at the VHS to help heal their wounded souls.

"What's funny is that her name is "Lady May" - which is the name of our first dance song

[from our wedding]," Webster explains, recalling how she and her husband knew it was fate when they came face-to-face with an adorable 5-year-old hound mix at the shelter. "We walked out and were like, 'This is the dog we're getting - she's an absolute sweetheart.'" After clearing the adoption with their apartment complex, the couple signed the papers at the VHS and headed home with Lady May, excited to welcome her into the family.

According to Webster, Lady May was a little anxious the first night in her new

forever home, uncertain about the couple's cat who didn't particularly approve of this unexpected visitor. However, by the second night there was harmony - or at least a truce as the two pets took to simply ignoring each other. Now Lady May is "really settled in" and loves nothing more than being a big old lapdog, always craving attention from the couple - something she has no trouble receiving considering her incredibly sweet disposition. Let's just say that the universe truly found the ideal dog for this loving household.