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Loki's sire weighed over 220 pounds.   Biggest dog I have EVER seen.   
I know there are bigger breeds, but he topped the list I have ever come 
in contact with myself.   Her dam was more "normal", only 140.   Loki 
died before full growth, but we were anticipating between 170-180.

Great Intimidation factor...  ;-)

She was as gentle as could be around our , and other, kids, though.

She even befriended a little stray kitten we brought home.   It was 
right out of the cartoons..., you know, the big bulldog that let the 
little kitten sleep on him, and dig her claws in.

Good memories...

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead Dog



One of my pet peeves <g>  Rotties aren't aggressive dogs.  Rottie "can 
be"
aggressive.  Certain bloodlines have become aggressive due to retards,
mainly gutless males who pump up their egos by having "bad" dogs, but 
in the
main, they aren't aggressive.

They are BIG.  However, again, the problem isn't the dog, it is the 
people
who own them.

Sheesh, I think people ought to have to take a test to own an animal!  
Of
course, most of the folks who shouldn't have animals shouldn't have 
kids
either and they do both!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> Just my opinion, but unless a person is very handy with large dogs, a 
150
> lb canine ,bred to be agressive, is too much about which to worry.
>
> My 12 pound terrier will get so upset when the mail lady comes by, 
that
> she will hurl her body against the front door; And she went through
> obedience claases until she was kicked out for attacking a rottie pup
> eight times her size..
>
> People like Moon, Bev, etc, who have owned large dogs know what to 
expect,
> and know when they have a slap crazy dog.  I would not own a dog that
> weighed more than 1/2 my weight; not even a sweetie like a st.bernard 
..
> My neighbor had an Austrailian Shephard (inside/ yard dog , in the 
city).
> I'm not quite clear how 'mean' you want the dog, but that A.S. was
> protective, and was also the most intelligent dog I have ever ,
> personally, seen. ....bobford
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead Dog
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:52 AM
> > [Not from Roy]
> >
> > Thanks, Ray. I have been playing around with the idea of
> > getting an
> > Anatolian from a man I know in Virginia who makes produces
> > really,
> > really nice dogs..(a sheepman, he also does BCs), but
> > we've been so
> > busy trying to get settled I put it on the back burner. I
> > might maybe
> > expand my thinking a little. I know for sure I don't
> > want the other
> > traditional guard dogs, like a Pyrenees, I'd never
> > really thought of a
> > Rottie that way. I might have to ask around my sheep
> > friends a little
> > more and see if anyone else has had experience in that
> > direction, too.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Moon
> >
> >
> > On Oct 6, 2008, at 10:38 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> >
> > > on livestock.   While I have not owned stock, I did
> > have Loki with me
> > > on ranches and such.   They are also herders, but not
> > to the extreme
> > > of
> > > some breeds.   They herd by knocking, which sometimes
> > contributes to
> > > the fear.   When I would run and play with her, Loki
> > would often knock
> > > me in the direction she wanted me to go.   When you
> > have a 150 pound
> > > dog knocking into you, you do have a tendancey to go
> > her
> > > direction   ;-)
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > > She never did that with the little ones, though.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> > > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Sent: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 6:37 am
> > > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead Dog
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My daughter has two Rottweilers and loves them.
> > >
> > > But there is a caution on Rottweilers: these are
> > powerful dogs that
> > > can be dangerous to people and other pets. In the last
> > year I have
> > > heard of incidents that cause me to say that I would
> > never get such
> > > dogs except as puppies. Both incidents were dogs
> > obtained as adults.
> > > The results were ugly. In both cases the owners had to
> > put them down.
> > >
> > > I've gotten dogs as adults and pups. Pups are the
> > way to go. I have
> > > empathy for dogs in pounds and shelters and newspaper
> > ads where the
> > > owners want to give them away. But I will only bring a
> > pup into our
> > > family.
> > >
> > > With an adult dog you never know for sure what bad
> > habits or
> > > temperament traits they possess.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 6, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
> > >
> > >> [Not from Roy]
> > >>
> > >> Oh OH...yup, big ol' second on
> > Rotties...I've loved the few I've had
> > >> contact with. How are they with livestock, any
> > idea?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:54 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> I haven't heard this mentioned.   I have
> > owned Rottweilers.   Well,
> > >>> trained, in my opinion, nothing better.   When
> > living in MT, our
> > >>> first
> > >
> > >
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