Just my opinion, but unless a person is very handy with large dogs, a150
lb canine ,bred to be agressive, is too much about which to worry.that
My 12 pound terrier will get so upset when the mail lady comes by,
she will hurl her body against the front door; And she went throughexpect,
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
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 thecity).
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/k1lky%40earthlink.net
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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