COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 18, 2016
Christine’s Dolly
S
ometimes a news story
walks right up to you.
While sitting on a city bench,
a lovely lady, Christine, joined
me and recounted the exact mo-
ment she fell in love.
“Sixty-fi ve years ago, when I
was seven,” said Christine, “My
mother’s friend arrived with a
majestic-mystical Pekingese. I
fell head over heals in love with
its beauty. I remember sitting
on the fl oor caressing the liv-
ing doll-like dog like it was this
morning.
After that experience, every
year when asked what gift I
would like for my birthday and
Christmas I hopefully replied,
‘A Pekingese please.’ But moth-
er continually responded, “No!
Our 30 sporting show dogs will
think a Pekingese puppy is a
rabbit and kill it. End of story!”
So she thought!
Years later, my fi ancé asked
what I wanted for a wedding
gift? Finally, someone heard
me! The resulting fl uffy Orego-
nian Pekingese puppy was the
best gift I ever received!
Being raised with show dogs,
I traveled to England and bought
fi ve more Pekingese from fabu-
lous bloodlines and began ‘my
hobby’ of showing, breeding
and producing top winning Pe-
kingese. I bred sparingly, pro-
ducing one or two litters every
two or three years. Peke’s aver-
age litter size is 2.5 puppies, and
‘somehow’ I ended up keeping
the best of the litters until we
eventually had 15!
To share my ‘Peke addiction’,
in 1973, I founded the Western
Canada Pekingese Club and
began judging Pekingese at the
Championship
Sweepstakes
level, as well as all breeds at
U.S.A. and Canadian sweep-
stakes and sanction matches.
I had some Sleeve Pekingese,
so named because the Imperial
Chinese Emperors in the Forbid-
den City Palaces in Peking (now
Beijing) wore the under fi ve
pound dogs in their sleeves.
I was once offered a fabu-
lous sum of money for my 2
½ pound, Sleeve ‘Toots’ by the
Tibetan spiritual king, His Holi-
ness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa,
but as hard up as I was at the
time, I could not bear her living
far away. Instead of becoming
spiritual royalty, she lived her
12 1/2 years with me.
(Note Dolly’s extra furry
paws! According to Her Impe-
rial Majesty Tzu-Hsi Dowager
Empress of China, ‘Let its feet
be tufted, with plentiful hair that
its footfall may be soundless.’)
Eventually, the rest of my el-
derly Pekes died naturally and
the grief made me resolve to not
have any more dogs, move into
an apartment and travel!
Then, I met a woman who
said, ‘I want to get into the pro-
fessional dog showing world’.
So, I introduced her to a Pe-
kingese breeder who had a love-
ly female and suggested a suit-
able male to breed her to. I was
thrilled to mentor a new breeder
and see the resulting four beau-
tiful puppies! Of course, I did
not want one.
The littlest pup, Dolly, was
too small for breeding. Pe-
kingese brood bitches usually
weigh 10 to 12 pounds. But, at
my birthday party, after several
glasses of wine, my dog addic-
tion blurted out ‘I WILL BUY
DOLLY!’. She was too perfect;
I HAD to show her!
Then, reality set in! My house
had sold and the task was on to
fi nd a pet friendly apartment!
Fortunately, I found one full of
other pet lovers.
Here are the stats for those
who understand the ABC’s of
the canine show world. Dolly
is known as B.I.S./R.B.I.S
Can. GCh. Am. Ch. Littlelion
China Doll, CGN (Canine
Good Neighbor). She won an
All Breed Best in Show in 2012
and was also the top winning
female Pekingese and third top
winning Pekingese in Canada
that year! She’s since won her
Canadian Grand Championship
and American Championship.
Some winning ribbons are lon-
ger than she is! She graduated
fourth out of 20 dogs at obedi-
ence class and with her Therapy
Dog Certifi cate she makes de-
mentia patients smile.
Two years ago, on a dark and
stormy night, we were deluged
by rain. Dolly and I were snug-
gled in bed, she on my pillow!
At 4 a.m., she awakens me
with a low growl, and continues
growling as she walks down her
doggy steps off ‘our’ bed.
We live on the building’s
penthouse fl oor and that night
the adjoining two suites were
unoccupied.
I heard a soft blip, blip, blip,
and discovered water leaking
from a bathroom fan. I put
a bucket under it and from 4
a.m. to 8.30 a.m., I emptied a
full bucket every half hour! By
alerting me, Dolly saved every
suite below us from ANY water
damage! The other two suites
on our fl oor, down to the fi rst
fl oor all fl ooded!
It is unreasonable that apart-
ment buildings do not allow
pets. Dolly is our building’s
hero and apartment owners
should be aware of the value of
resident dogs. Allowing dogs
also alerts occupants to criminal
activity.
Dolly charms everyone she
meets including show judges
and those we pass while outside
Photo by Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
Christine’s six-year-old, 7-1/2 pound, Champion Peking-
ese, Dolly, is the heroine of their apartment building
saving it from thousands of dollars of damage!
walking! Just like that fi rst little
Peke did to me, all those years
ago.”
TIPS
“Dolly recently had a life
threatening vaccine experience.
Never inoculate a small dog
with a ‘regular’ vaccine vial.
Ask the veterinarian to measure
the chemicals out according to
your pet’s weight.” said Chris-
tine. “Thankfully, I learned
from a vet that a minute amount
of Childrens’ Benadryl Allergy
Liquid would help a Pekingese.
This saved her life.”
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