Originally Posted by Celeste
Originally Posted by Scrap Happy
In the picture she is wearing a t-shirt because at the time she had a tumor that the vet thought was cancer but thankfully it wasn’t. He told us to keep a t-shirt on her to protect her from making it worse while we were waiting for the test results.
When my Dad was alive he moved from CT to FL we. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s after he moved here. China immediately loved Dad and wouldn’t leave is side, she knew. She will be 10 on August 7th.
China sure is beautiful, but then I am just a LITTLE biased towards my breed of choice. I'm always curious how people picked the breed they have. I grew up with Dobermans and can't seem to give 'em up.
How in the world did you get China to keep wearing the tshirt and not rip it off?
I'm so glad your Dad had such a loving and loyal companion with him.
Hi Celeste, glad you like China’s picture and appreciate her loyalty to my Dad. Even when Dad jumped into the shower she would sit outside watching the door until he came out.
She doesn’t try to chew her shirt off because we keep it just tight enough that she can’t but not too tight for her. She figured out that if she walks under a table back & forth for a while that she can un-tie the knot (even double knotted.) but it takes her a long time to do this and we just kept an eye on her. When it's cold we put sweat shirts on her. She is a southern bell and likes the heat. LOL! Actually she has hypothyroidism (not sure how to spell) and is on medication but she is sensitive to cold weather and would love to sit in the sun on a hot, humid summer day if we let her.
I have always loved animals but had strong doubts about dobies because their reputation preceded them. When I met DH he had one. I wouldn’t look at the dog, pet him or acknowledge him in any way and this went on for a long time. If he sat in front of me while I was seated I would turn away from him. One day he came over and put his sweet face on my lap and looked at me with those big brown eyes and I fell in love. After that I enjoyed him following me around and have loved Dobie’s ever since.
Thanks again for starting this thread. It is so nice to see everyone's beautiful and precious fur babies :) :thumbup: