This was just the perfect gift for my son's girlfriend's birthday.  She had a pug named Nickie and she iis about 11 years old and you can definitely see the years on the little one.  I am a nurse and believe it or not dogs are very similar to humans and I can see that she is really slowing down in just the six months that that I have know her so I thought this would be a great memory for Kaitlyn when Nickie is gone, if only this statue had some gray hairs on it it would be a spot on match for her. I will definitely be buying more of these types of statues.