Girl, Rottweiler, play date

Today,Vahan came over to play with Moses. For two whole hours on a sunny August afternoon. While watching the two I discovered something, Rottweilers don't really run around when they play. they much prefer to lay down and bite at each other.

Moses and Vahan are prime examples of Rottweiler play . Neither of them are ambitious enough to run the yard but both of them believe that it is a good thing that they can lay down in the shade and nip at each other. There are no longer bowling balls of fur , they are wrecking balls. Both puppies now weigh over 90 pounds , and Vahan is still a bit bigger,  but Moses is A barrel of muscle. This play date is more even than one would expect.

Vahan chomps down on Moses' leg, he pulls but to no avail. Moses neatly jump over the offender. Vahan does it again but this time Moses is prepared he leaps forward but his much bigger brother does the unthinkable. He dodges and uses a distraction technique, picking up a soccer ball and running with it. Moses tries to defend against the oncomming soccer attack but it takes up too much energy so he promptly lies down in the shade. Vahan seeinh how comfortable the shade looks also decides to lay down but with the soccer ball. It seems we have a stale mate folks.

I'll update you when it ends, if ever.

Girl, Rottweiler, list o warning

Top Ten Things People Dont warn you about when you purchase a Rottweiler. 



1. They are bed hogs. It doeskin matter if you train them off furniture eventually they find a way to be in your bed and kick you off in the same evening.

2. They release winds of death regularly with great accuracy. This causes several rooms to become caustic at once. There is no escape.

3. They are fantastic jumpers. At eight weeks old Moses jumped over a four foot baby gate, tumbled down the stairs and did it again just to prove he could. (We decided it was better to let him fall down the stairs instead of jumping then falling).

4. They eat everything. Doesn't matter if its food substances or building materials. Moses thinks its fair game.

5. Your Rottweiler puppy is the equivalent of a bulldozer don't be surprised when things get ruined.

6. They are stubborn as all get out. Smart enough to know how to behave and all the tricks. Stubborn enough to not follow directions.

7. They like to talk. Moses whines, to let you know how he feels that you left him alone for so long, and you should be sorry.

8. They like to bring you presents while you are trying to do something else just to show how much more important they are then homework, housework, cleaning, writing, etc. Moses likes to bring squeaky toys, sticks, dead things, orange peels, etc.

9. The garbage is not safe anywhere.

10. They absolutely adore sitting/leaning/sleeping on you. Like giant lap animals.

Girl, Rottweiler, Unconditional happiness list

So this is the list of things/habits Moses has that just bring me joy, plain and simple joy.

Top Thirteen Moses Unconditional Happiness List.

1. When he doesnt bother rolling back over after you rub his belly. (No, if I stay stomach up maybe you will come back)
2. Playing fetch and he gives up halfway to the ball (It's not worth it to run that far, you are just taking the ball away again)
3. When he puts his paw on my face first thing in the morning. ( You need to feed me!)
4. When he jumps on my bed and sleeps with his head on the pillow (totally human)
5. When he cries when I get home, so over joyed to see me. (It's PTSD)
6. When he meets a smaller dog how he feels the need to bash it's brain out with his paw (I was just saying hi!)
7. That moment where he goes all spastic after being in water (BATH!)
8. When he growls at my cellphone (It's possessed I tell you!)
9. When he greets my friend Beth (She is the bestest human eva!)
10: When the giant moose plushie is laying on top of him and he doesnt bother to move (You are just going to put it on me again, what's the point)
11. That moment where he bounces on the counter pretending he is the barista (I am arent I?)
12. That moment when I stick an icecube in the corner and watch his huge head and paws try to get it out of the corner (I have a big head and little arms, I dont think this was planned out too well)
13. That moment when he looses a ball under the couch and he first tries to get it out by himself. Then he sits down and whines. (Get it for me PLEASE!)

Girl, Rottweiler, Children's Books

I have known about the children's books about Rottweiler's since I was a child with "Good Dog Carl" being my absolute favorite (and still is). I remember hugging my Rottweiler Molly as my mom would flip through the pages and say "The little girl looks like you". So today I felt like sharing a list of children's books about Rottweilers.
Here it is my list of Children's/ picture books about the Rottweiler.

1. Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day (my first rottie book. And most people ask if Mo is the same type of dog.)
2. Puppy Trouble by Alexandra Day (really who doesnt love rottie puppies?)
3. ...... Anything else by Alexandra Day (no this is not a book title it really just is Alexandra Day has a coin on Rottweiler picture books so read anything by her)
4. Max Goes to the Moon by Jeffery O Bennett (found it in the library while trying to find something to post about)
5. Max Goes to Mars by Jeffery O Bennett (found on amazon while searching for Max Goes to the Moon)
6. My Dog Rosie by Isabelle Harper
7. Carl and the Puppies by Alexandra Day ( I know I wasnt going to put more of hers on the list but this isnt a picture book, it's a young reader)
8. Rottweilers are the best by Elaine Landau (or something like that... I have no idea about her last name.

Hopefully this will tide you over for the next installment about Mo!

Girl, Rottweiler, Embarrassment

Why I wear t-shirt?

So, I haven't posted anything about Moses for awhile. Partially due to laziness and partially due to the huge embarrassment he has been for the last ten days. I mean really really not pretty.
So Moses got neutered twelve days ago and wore an obnoxious plastic 20 inch cone. A cone so fearsome that moving past Moses caused you to collide into cabinets, get bruises as he pushed you down the stairs, and make sure that you had to either jump out of the way, or brace yourself. Ideally it was best to wear long pants in the presence  of the cone of peril, this thing was way beyond the cone of shame. He only wore the cone for six days but those six days came with an interesting plot twist.
A smell.
A terrifying smell.
A dark powerful essence wafting through the air.
Sweet sticky sickening.
And my mother being the good parent discovered a stiff unknown substance on his neck. Initially she thought it was pitch, a chemical, being dipped in the bog of eternal stench. So she set out to remove the wonderful goo from poor Moses' already en-coned neck.
My mother started out with just plain water, cold and hot. Neither worked
Dish soap? Nope.
Curry Comb? Nope, Moses snarled at her as she pulled some fur out.
Hoping it would go away she left it for twenty four hours.
The next day the quantity of the dried honey like substance had multiplied  My mother pulled up her britches, put her serious face on, and went into the garage searching for the miracle worker goo-gone. (Thank god she didn't choose turpentine)
The substance of unknown origin was goo gone resistant  As a child she recalled she could remove pitch from her hands and feet using butter or peanut butter. The small experimental section didn't seem to go away.
She rinsed washed and repeated.

Easier than drinking with cone. 

Being an emergency room nurse in a former life, she began to think there was probably was a explanation for it so she ran it by a pediatrician friend, who happens to own a chocolate lab.
"Hot spot!" Said the pediatrician.
Which activated my mother's maternal instinct and she called the vet clinic demanding to be seen that day or she was going to change her patronage. (She obviously felt guilty)
On initial examination, the vet couldn't see anything through Moses previously healthy coat. However when they shaved a 6 in by 12 in swatch they found a significant Hot Spot.
Now hot-spots are caused by moisture accumulating in the folds of skin, Moses being an adolescent Rottweiler who is never kenneled and seldom left alone, reacts to being in a kennel by drooling profusely. One neutering  eight hours in the vet kennel, drooling, plastic cone, all of this equals a petri dish that is a force to be reckoned with.
So now Cone head Moses also has to wear a t-shirt, as well as is required to stay dry, not lick or scratch, take antibiotics orally, have the antibiotic ointment applied twice a day, steer clear of other dogs, while ideally not wearing the cone of shame and being supervised. That supervision is to prevent scratching his chest area, licking his iv site or his newly neutered scrotum.
Needless to say, Moses was not very happy with us. For the next week he would not come when my mother called. Actually he quiet often went the other way, or hid in a closet, anticipating that she was going to come to hurt him one more time. Or maybe it was a diabolical scheme to scratch without intervention. But either way he hid.
Now Moses' trust issues are mostly fixed and he can make appearance at the coffee shop again (without looking like he has leprosy).
We are pleased to report, hot-spot is 98% gone, scrotum has healed nicely, and he has some hair growth on the bare chest of his. We think he'll be no worse for the wear.
My mother on the other hand is traumatized.

My mom bought me a ball to say sorry. Not forgiven yet. 

Girl, Rottweiler, Q and A 2

Now Moses and I have decided to start answering questions about Rottweilers, Espresso, and other things that are commonly asked of bloggers  (neither of us knows what this means so we are working on it). Moses will answer to the best of his little puppy ability, and I will answer as a Rottweiler geek. All questions are considered (within reasonable boundaries) and if I can't answer them I will come up with a clever answer that can be debated by scientists for years on what it's purpose is. All answers are my own personal opinions, or Moses' and are from our experiences  They are in no way affiliated with the coffee shop, the Humane Society of the United States, or any other organization or peoples who know more then we do. Just type a question into the comment boxes, and I will try to respond within the two week time period that Moses is superimposing on me.
Second Question: I heard Rottweilers are hard to train, are they?

Kbgroot: Well no, but yes? Moses was very easy to train. So yes he was easy to train. Will he obey his training? Depends on how he feels at the time. Moses can sit, lie down, roll over, stay, and come. He does these things most successfully with treats. If you dont have a treat the likelihood that he will do these things is next to none. He is stubborn and thinks his own way is the best way (think a teenager) we are hoping that when he hits two he will be a obedient adult. Cheers to dreaming!

Moses: *Blank look* I follow food, not directions.

Girl, Rottweiler, List

Found something delicious!

Now as many dog owners know, food is one of the best ways to get said dogs attention. Moses (stereotypical rottweiler that he is) enjoys nothing else then chewing and swallowing whatever is in his path. While this means that the puppy never goes hungry it also means he smells terrible for days. Releasing what we owners call "the winds of death" from his backside and aiding global warming. Moses being a Rottweiler had the fault of eating everything.
We will start a list.
Top 20 things Rottweiler puppies eat!
1. My roommates empty chip bag. Left in her garbage
2. Empty sushi container
3. Building materials - concrete is a favorite of the Rottweiler puppy shorty followed by drywall
4. Dead things - haven't found many yet, but the dead bird in the backyard added so much wonder.
5. Rotten Grapes - from the backyard.
6. Basketball shells - we were extremely displeased with this as it meant I had to by a new basket ball.
7. Plants - oh my the plants! Drag them through the house set them on the bed, drag the dirt through the hall. So fun it is
8. Brother's old shoes - Not my shoes, not my mother's shoes, but my brothers shoe. They must have a distinct smell.
9. Tissue paper - absconded with from the garbage, normally distributed in itty-bitty pieces throughout the bathroom.
10. Toilet paper rolls - chewed into gerbil sized confetti
11. Tangerines - we are not sure how or why but stolen from the neighbors kitchen and inhaled so we could not get it back.
12. Pine cones - another quandary into the how and whys? Where was another reason here as it was apparently in our basement where he could get it.
13. Stuffed animals - none are safe, the amputees limbs are found in the most interesting places, their innards flung throughout the living room
14. Sticks - while most dogs chew sticks, Mo feels it is best that he not even let the stick try and get away.
15. Tennis balls- I think it used to be a ball, I'm not sure though.
16. Cardboard boxes- the bane of any existence  the worlds most fearsome foe, the only thing standing between a puppy and conquering the world! Torn to shreds in self defense.
17. Plastic Flower pots- make a great crinkling noise when they are torn to bits and hidden in the backyard.
18. My Volleyball - making me very angry, apparently being hit with said volleyball four times causes it to be an enemy that must be destroyed.
19. Muffin Wrappers - found at the coffee shops trash can then distributed to the coffee shops floor adding an extra five minutes of work time for me as I try to sweep it up.
20. Duct Tape - the sticky side is just as fun as the silver side.... which means more mess

Moses chewing on shoe, Vahan laying down.

So many things for a puppy to destroy. In every puppy book they tell people to hide the wires, hide the chemicals, take the plants off the floor, to make sure the puppy could not get to anything that could give him problems. Those books obviously were dealing with less puppy genius than Moses, for no matter where you hide something he will find it and destroy it.