RIP Dibble aged approx 13 years.

[fenwoman]

RIP Dibble aka Diva. Shih-tzu aged at least 13 years.
I got her from one of ther huge estates in Peterborough from a family who's kids had thrown her down the stairs a couple of times and then blamed her for biting the brats. I brought her home aged 4 year old in 2001 and the first thing she did was launch herself at my giant schnauzer bitch. Dibble fought for fun!
A quick spay sorted out her aggression but never completely stopped her liking a scrap although it was never serious.
Dibble waddled about like she owned the world. A little battleship on legs. She stole eggs from the henhouse at every opportunity. In latter years she became deaf and developed cataracts but she still found where the hens had laid eggs and still came outside with me to do the livestock chores.This past week saw her arthritis getting worse and her weight drpping off her and she slept almost all the time. This weekend, I saw that she'd had enough. She's had a nice life but if I could stop it for her now she'd like it very much. Dibble went to sleep in my arms at 11am today, I told her that she was an ugly squashy faced buggy eyed dog, and she wagged her tail like mad. She didn't understand the words I spoke, but she understood the love in my voice as I said them.
She has been buried down in the poultry yard, near to the nest boxes she loved to raid. Funny how such an ugly, grumpy little dog can leave me feeling such a huge sense of loss.
Here is a photo taken in 2002 of her posing as usual. Whenever I got my camera out, she'd shove all the other dogs away to get in shot.

[rach666]

awww RIP dibble
bet she was very grateful to you for the new life you gave her

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by rach666

awww RIP dibble
bet she was very grateful to you for the new life you gave her

grateful? Ha!! not my Dibs. She expected it as a right and woe betide anyone not showing her due respect hehe. She was a character, just how I like 'em, with a real spark of life and gutsy.

[rach666]

Originally Posted by fenwoman

grateful? Ha!! not my Dibs. She expected it as a right and woe betide anyone not showing her due respect hehe. She was a character, just how I like 'em, with a real spark of life and gutsy.

awww she sounded like a right little madam!

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by rach666

awww she sounded like a right little madam!

I think she reminded me of me

[MSL]

RIP Dibble. Sounds like my kind of lady!

[Emmaj]

Pam so sorry i have only just seen this

(((hugs))) to you

And RIP lil dibble run free at the bridge

[georgiex]

im so sorry to here of your news ,its sounds like she had a great life with you . r.i.p dibble xx

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by Emmaj

Pam so sorry i have only just seen this

(((hugs))) to you

And RIP lil dibble run free at the bridge

Thanks Emma mate. I doubt she'll be running though, I bet she's in the middle of scrap as I type this, sorting out the heirachy and letting all the others know that now she's arrived, there is a new pack leader, until mummy joins them.

[FallenAngel]

Sorry to hear about Dibble.
Sounds like she had an amazing life with you after you saved her from a horrible first few years