Only the good die young...RIP Sydney

[msvette2u]

Aww what a grand old lady.
I'm so sorry for your loss but so happy she had such a great life!

I love the laundry basket pic. My sheltie mix does this as well

[Bridget]

I am sorry for your loss. How lucky you and your family and Sydney were to have such a long time together.

[ShenzisMom]

I am so sorry for your loss.

I was wondering if you knew her background? An 18.5 year old doberman breaks everything I know about the breed, or thought I did...I'm sorry if its too soon and understand if you don't wish to answer the question.

[LoveEcho]

Originally Posted by ShenzisMom

I am so sorry for your loss.

I was wondering if you knew her background? An 18.5 year old doberman breaks everything I know about the breed, or thought I did...I'm sorry if its too soon and understand if you don't wish to answer the question.

It's fine...needless to say, we've had a lot of time to prepare for this. I'm glad she's able to run like a nutcase again We know absolutely nothing about her history except that her mother was 100% dobie, her father was 75% doberman and 25% lab. She was a pound puppy, we adopted her at 6 months. At the time, she looked like a classic dobie, except all black. Her ears stood up halfway...very goofy. I don't know anything about dobermans, but I didn't think their ears stood up on their own? She was at the kennel with her sister, who had classic coloring, and they had been abandoned after being abused. We tried to adopt her sister as well but someone already had claims on her... And boy...the funny thing is, that dog ate EVERYTHING that was supposed to be poisonous to dogs...one year, she ate 2 lbs of chocolate after smashing her way into the cabinet. Not even diarrhea, although she pooped foil for a month... grapes, onions, you name it, she ate it out of the garbage. And my parents, knowing nothing about dogs, fed her Beneful for the longest time until I yelled at them