I Miss my Rottie's!:frown:
Been thinkin to add another family member for a while now. Sure wish I knew where the bloodline was these days. Got both of mine from people who couldn't keep em anymore and I honestly don't remember where the pups ever went.
Asia was the biggest female anybody around here had ever seen. She still went 142 @ the vet's when she was 7! Sadly, I lost her to the cancer like so many others have. I could pet her and her companion, my big dumb buddy Max on the shoulders without bending. He was usually about 50lbs more than her, but they were about the same size overall. Lost him in a blinding snowstorm. He went out to do his thing and just kept walking away that morning. By the time I went back for the leash and a proper hat, the tracks were blown over. With such limited visibility and the wind howling against me in the subzero's, I didn't last long and headed back after a half hour or so. I truly doubt the storm got his big ole butt. But then, nobody ever reports finding a dog like That around here either. I just hope wherever he ended up, he had a good rest of his life. I don't think he felt cut out for my growing family. My daughter, the second child, was 2, and he'd bared his teeth at her once that fall. It was funny. She punched him right in the nose and scolded him, "Bad Dog!" He gave me one sheepish look and laid at her feet. Of course with Asia around, you watched how you'd scold the kids and never raised a voice in the house, or you'd have her to deal with. Asia didn't much care for any men and sure wasn't letting anybody have cross words with 'her' kids! She was a great trainer for people coming together and starting a family. We never raised our voices even to each other, and always assert our parenting in an unusual (to my experience) respectful way. It's worked well, all thanks to a great dog who probalby did more for us than we ever did for her.
Man, now I'm really missing my Rottie's!