The pet I’ll never forget: Moon the gorgeous, stupid doberman, who scalded his testicles in hot tea

‘We only taught him “sit” and “come”, and he considered “come” as very much optional’ … Moon. Photograph: Courtesy of Rhymer Rigby

One day my mother went to pick up my 10-year-old brother from school. She arrived with a big brown doberman. “Whose dog is that?” he asked.

“Ours,” she replied. “He’s called Moon.”