Rotties - Good Dogs

My male Rotty was trained for therapy and service. He also liked to parade with me when I paraded as a Shrine Clown. He would get excited when I would start putting a costume on him of some sorts.

My male Rotty was trained for therapy and service.  He also liked to parade with me when I paraded as a Shrine Clown.  He would get excited when I would start putting a costume on him of some sorts.  I took into a Nursing home every week, and when I went to a meeting of the Spokane Shrine Hospital each month for the Board of Governors, I took time to let him visit the kids.   In any visit to the Hospital or Nursing home he would go room to room, skipping those who were not dog lovers.   If a resident would say "assist" he would stand by them so they could use him as a brace to move to a wheelchair or to a walker or back to bed.   He weighed 165#.   While waking in the mornings we would meet other dogs, but he never made any advances to them.  In fact if a dog would seem hostile he would just stand and stare at them until they left.   One time our son had his two dogs in our back, as did our daughter with one.   He sat on the porch and watched the others, but when two of them got a little to agreesive, he went over and stood between them and they drifted awary. He developed cancer of the bone and we had to put him down.  When the news got around we received cards from over and the staff at the Shrine Hospital purchased a stuffed Rotty, a medal to put around the neck which read "In memory of Duke".   He was known throughout the NW and some in Canada.    We then rescued a three month female dog from an abusive home.  We went to the home of the person who was taking care of her until we arrived. The Lady told me  the dog was afried of men so to go slow. We went into the back yard and the dog ran up to me excited and wanting to be petted.  She is 3/4 Rotty and 1/4 Husky.  I started taking her after training her to Nursing Home where she was petted and adored.   I could not break her of licking everyone, so I stopped going to the Nursing home.   During Halloween night we have the kids come and pet her as she adores kids.  She is six now, weighs 145# and still with us. She has developed a growth in her mouth next to one of the big teeth in front which was diagnosed four years ago as cancer.   It three times as big now compared to then.  The only way we were told to get rid of it would be to cut off the front part of the lower jar, which we didn't think would give her the quality of life.  We watch it and maybe if it start to bother her the Vet would may slice off the growth.  We pray that never is needed.   When I would get sick I would go to the living room, sit in a Lazy boy, Cover my self, and sleep.  After getting better we found Del sleeping on the blanket, which has become her bed lately.                           James Green, Billings Montana    

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