Her life has since become a fairy tale. Ma Kettle's , catching the attention of an animal-loving heiress -- who has now -- about half an hour from Tampa -- where she'll live in an 11,000 square foot home on 100-odd acres, with a whole menagerie of furry rescue companions.
The doggie's name is now Lady again, and her new owner is Helen Rosburg, also known as the , a tattooed, art-collecting legatee to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune, and :
The story resonated online and with Rosburg, who had recently lost her senior black Labrador, Granny, said her assistant, Barbara DiCioccio. Rosburg, 65, contacted her staff to rescue the dog from the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter in Sedan, Kansas. At 4 p.m. Thursday, her assistants Chet Ragsdale and Barbara DiCioccio boarded a jet to Kansas to pick up the dog; they returned about 10 p.m. “We don’t mess around here,” DiCioccio said. “We get things done.”
A volunteer at the animal shelter, who asked us not to use his name, told HuffPost that this grey-faced girl -- whose last long trek toward family ended so badly -- seemed enthusiastic, still, about her new journey. "She got on the jet without problems," he said. "She just walked up, wagging her tail fast and happy." UPDATE, August 5, 3:30 p.m.: Rosburg posted a photo of herself with Lady to Facebook, and it sure looks like the both of them are completely thrilled, being together: