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Originally Posted by Laneco
This is our daughter's dog, Sharky. He is a rescue and appears to be purebred Schipperke. The shelter estimated he was about 7 or 8 when she got him about 5 years ago. He had been running around loose in a mobile home park for long enough to get pretty skinny...
He is been her most wonderful companion. Goes everywhere with her, nicest little gentleman to take anywhere I've ever seen. He does have one odd little quirk. If he sees someone in a wheelchair, he makes a beeline for them, stands on his hind legs with one leg on the chair and puts the other front leg on the person's thigh. I've never seen a dog this and he is 100% consistent on doing it EVERY time he spots a wheelchair.
We suspect that his original "person" was in a wheelchair and his running loose was looking for his person after they died... Who knows.
He is pretty much deaf and completely blind in one eye - but still a goes everywhere with Shelby (our daughter). She will sometimes take him to school in the backpack which odd as it looks, seems to suit him just fine. As long as he's with her, it's all good.
angela
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Reminds me of my Mom, bless her soul! She used to speak of her Schipperke, Schatzi. This was back in the late 1930s. Great story! Thanks for sharing.