It was finally time for Nick Elliot and his wife to bring home their newborn daughter, Macie. This meant that Tommy the Doberman would finally meet his little sister. But how would he react upon seeing the baby girl? Nick and his wife hoped that Tommy would be very loving to the new member of the family, just as he was to them.
“We have had him around family and friends, toddlers and children in the past, and his whole character changes. He gets down to their level and just lies with them, letting them stroke him,” Elliott told The Dodo. “He is so gentle and careful — it must be a natural instinct.”
And when that moment came, Elliot was delighted as things went exactly as he hoped. Tommy loved Macie.
“[We] both greeted Tommy and got him settled before bringing Macie in," Elliott said. "We let him smell her worn clothes and told him ‘gentle’ ... we brought Macie in, and he was naturally really inquisitive and gentle.”
“It was like he instantly accepted her, as he always wanted to be close, but never touched her,” he added.
But Tommy did not just want to be close with Macie. He also wanted to take care of him, and he had that opportunity one day when Macie cried for a bottle of milk.
Find out what happened over at The Dodo.
(Image Credit: Nick Elliot/ The Dodo)
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