General Chat

WOW... i never realised rotties were so popular ! Ruby was called Ruby already when we adopted her from a rehoming centre about 6 years ago.... she is 9 now. And Max was a totally stupid 5 week old when we got him [ the pups were fully weaned, enormous and too much for the poor mum - her first litter] soooo he was named after my heart throbs best role... Mad Max / Mel Gibson. But on his pedigree papers he is called Maximus something or another.... Thought Mad Max might put people off breeding their bitches with him, lol. Main problem with them is that they do not tend to live as long as smaller breeds of dog. Sue :-)))

Sue, Are your dogs named after the Rosemary Wells characters? I loved Max's Disappearing Bag.

ROTFLMAO!!!

Sue, just like kids when you are trying to show them off in public. LOL Deanna X

i think their lovely even tempered Animals, they seem to know when to be gentle and when to put their guard dog head onlol Its like any animal in the right hands their wonderful, in the wrong hands their not. Roxanne x

lmao i have a staffordshire bull terrier and alot of the mums at school are to scared to come to mine, i try to reassure them that she is as daft as a brush but they aint havin any of it. the worst jazzimin will do is lick ya death so again the reputation of the breed is wat scares most people . havin said that she does does bark alot an she certainly wont allow any 1 to sit with my partner with out havin to come between them thats wen u get jumped on an she will tug at ur clothes to get u away from him lol limmie xxx

caroline here ive had three rotties ,current bitch 2yrs old when my grandaughter was born in aug 2005 bonnie started producing milk and is a great babysitter ,if you dont here the baby stirr instantly the dog is over and runs beetween you and the baby till you pick baby up. rotties are a very clever dog and loyal to the family ,especially protective of kids ,we once went fishing at a lighthouse and my youngest daughter then 7 went over to the edge to look over my dog again a bitch called baby took ashley by the sleeve and pulled her back ,it was although she knew this wasnt safe.

Sue pmsl :-)

LOL a friend of ours had a Rotty once what a softy he was too. Though I wouldn't get one as they are too strong for me. Saying that I have an alsation if she saw her she wouldn't choose one of those either. Talk about a softy but I wouldn't like to be in the shoes of someone who came in univited. Sounds like you have 2 good dogs there. Germaine x

I have a Rotty, he is one of the most beautiful natured dogs I have ever had, he is great with my four kids especially my three year old, they are best buddies, he is a very intelligent dog that knows everything you say to him and is very obedient, but on the other hand he is also great guard dog, he wont let anyone in the garden or house without us being there, and I would certainly not like to think what he would do if they did as he is very protective. Marie

I have two attack weiners and a sign that says 'Guard dogs on Duty'.

i have a german sep and a lab pup very cute but riping the house to bits as labs do both as soft as they come until last week my brother who they know very well open the front door to come in both went mad frist i knew they are good guard dogs and cass is 7 years, working in two's and breaking in would be no go they can both open doors. Val

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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