Thank you all for caring and sharing. I do not know how to download his picture. I will get my granddaughter to help me. He was a wonderful companion to me. When I first saw him has a 5 week old baby he was the most endearing one in the litter. When I picked him up at 8 weeks he had his ears cropped and was wearing tampons in his ears to hold them up. What a site. We still laugh about it. Well I tapped and re-tapped those ears for 5 months and than gave up. He alway had one lazy ear tip but still the most handsome dog. Every one that met him commented on his bueaty and gentleness. He would push up against you to make friends and lay his head on your lap for a snuggle and ear scratch. I work from home and was with him almost every day of his life .He would come into my office periodically with a ball or just to put his head in my lap as if to say I'm here are we going out to play. Writing about him helps, but the pain of his not being here is do deep.

Idajean
I can just picture Rafer with the Tampons in his ears, bless him. Maybe I should try that with Pixies's one floppy ear, LOL.
My brother had a darling Dobie , called Zeus. He was such a Gentle Giant too,and we all loved him to bits. That was many years ago, but he's still missed and loved.
I look forward to seeing a photo of Rafer , and hope that your Grandaughter can help you. It took me a while to work out how to upload them, you have to make sure that the file size is not too large (has to be less than 400kb)
Thinking of you.

Hugs
Jan and my Angels and Pixie (who we rescued 4 weeks ago)x