General Chat

I own two of them, we have had to have metal railings put inside the dining room window... to stop them jumping through it ! One of the other mums at school [ who i do not really know] asked me if they were good guard dogs... she has been broken into recently, and had seen mine [ and heard them] when passing my house. So i told her they were brilliant... and good with children........ so on my invite, she called around to meet them . I took her in to meet them ...... Max was flat on his back... all 4 legs akimbo... peeping at us out of one eye, but never moved !!! Ruby was in her bed nursing her phantom litter of stuffed toys... she never moved or murmured either..... I think she is considering an alsation..........

PMSL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blimey they'd petrify me, Sue !! :0) Joan xxxxxxx

my niece has a rotty too - a 2 yr old female called Gucci. Lovely temprament, brilliant with her kids... but you would NOT want to go in that house unaccompanied if the dog didnt know you, its VERY protective.

LOL Sue - they was acting tough then?? PMSL Some friends of my Ex have a Rottie - she is as soft as anything, but I am told that they will guard their home fiercely. And that they will let a burglar get in the house no worries, but when they try to leave - that's when they are in trouble!!

awww bless, the thing people dont realise is that dogs behave the way they have been bought up to behave!!

Hi Sue Tell her it was only because she was accompanied by you. I have a met a few duff alsatians as well. Sheba might have smothered potential burglars with 'gifts' of shoes, cushions, anything she could carry really. Beth :)

My son has a Staffy and grown men cross the road when I walk her....all she wants is cuddles XX

pmsl.... I will try and find the camera lead in the morning.... will send you the photo .... i could not resist.... and he still never moved !!! Try and get a man to read the gas/ electric.... and Max goes into 10 stone killing machine... show him a female or a child, and he just wants kisses and hugs... typical male......

I think they're lovely dogs - I've never met a bad one, only soppy ones. It is nice to have big dogs that make strangers nervous about coming in the house - best burglar deterrent you can get. I have a four year old German Shepherd (Alsation) who is a big girls blouse with a big bark - delivery men hate me lol Kaye x

Oh Sue how funny. My dog, a little black cross terrier, looks sweet and loves playing with her Teddy bears but if any man comes in by the front door she attacks them. If they come in through the back door she wags her tail! I hope the burglars don't know this. Beryl x

Ho Mandy ... my dog before Ruby was a black lab- called Ebony. She was a dog i re homed [ like Ruby] .... she was lovely.... best dog i will ever have owned ! Max i bought from a breeder.... he is totally stupid.... lol. Sue x

my dog (Lucy, Border Collie) barks her head off if anyone comes near the house, but the only chance they'd have of coming to any harm is if they stepped on her ball which she would have dropped at their feet to be thrown for her..

Beryl... i promise.... i will not tell them, lol. Sue x

I 'dog share' a Ruby Rottweiller and she thinks that she is a teddy - so soft it's untrue.

Tee hee.. Ginny.... is that the one i have a picture of.... the one i am waiting to come into season, to show Max a good time..... Lol, Sue x

Oh yes but don't know if I can stand the thought of my lovely baby being deflowered :-((((

It's usually the little dogs that have attitude I find - like little terriers. When we viewed this house the Woman had a little Terrier and it was all waggy tailed and friendly so I bent down to stroke it - the Woman didn't say a word and the damn thing tried to bite me! My Husband didn't notice and later on he did the same and told the Woman that her dog had just tried to bite him and all she said was 'oh it will' lol My next door neighbour also has a little Terrier that looks like a little Teddy Bear, but he can only take it out at night and makes sure it is on a lead as it's so aggressive with people and other dogs. My German Shepherd is dying to get a chunk of it. I will always stick with big dogs - more often than not they're gentle giants. Kaye x

I too prefer big dogs..... not so snappy ! Ginny.... er... wot about Max being deflowered ???? That is soooo sexist..... Pmsl, Sue x

All the local 'undesirables' were terrified of my daughters alsatian collie cross. Why? She loved cats, children and anyone she could get to stroke her. It was because she seemed to do things without being told- and they never knew what she was going to do next, or what we were going to tell her to do!! LOL I refused to shout at the dog in the street, (her hearing was better than mine!) so they thought she needed no commands!! If anyone wanted her to sit, they'd give a loud 'sit' command - and she'd just look at them! Little did they know, when I wanted her to sit, the 'command' was a whispered 'Where's your bum?'' 'Come here' was a hand command or a stamped foot, and most things we wanted her to do were achieved by very quiet requests - followed by 'please' if we wanted it done immediately. This seriously confused people, but it sounded so polite LOL maggie

although good gaurd dogs, a few years ago near me a couple of different people got burgled even with Rottis, what the police said they were doing was working in pairs one would force entry into the kitchen or hall, whilest the other drew the dogs into another room by looking through the patio window, when the dogs were going mental at the window the other burglar would slip in shut the dogs in the room and were then free to ransack the rest of the house.