The British media revealed that the Queen had decided not to accept short-legged dogs given by others because she felt old and feared that she would be tripped by dogs around her feet. The Queen has been very fond of short feet for the last 70 years.
According to the Daily Express, Princess Beatrice, the Queen's granddaughter last September, tried to give the Queen two of her dogs, but the Queen refused. An official at the palace said to the newspaper: “The Queen thought the gift was good, but she declined it by euphemism. In fact, she feared that too many dogs surrounded her feet and that she might trip and fall badly. After all, she's 88 years old, no longer young. Her short-legged dog has adapted and can follow her at a steady pace, but the dog is obviously more lively and more active. What worries her most is that if she falls, breaks her arm or leg, she will not be able to perform her duties for many weeks or even months in a row, which will upset her.”
It was in 1933 that the Welsh dwarf dog first appeared in the royal family, when the Queen's father, George VI, bought a dwarf dog to come home and two of his daughters loved it. On Queen's 19th birthday, her birthday present was a short-legged dog named Susan. For more than 70 years, the Queen has always been surrounded by short-legged dogs.
Shortfoot dogs are accompanied by Queens in luxury. They live in palaces and castles, travelling by a car driven by a driver or by a private aircraft, a helicopter, and when they leave the aircraft, they are carried by royal assistants. Their meals are said to have been cooked inside the palace, not from ready-made dog foods, mainly steaks and chicken chests, and the Queen arranges to print the doggie recipes every day on the kitchen wall.