Rottie or no Rottie....

YELLAHEEP

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Man am I having a BIG mental dilemma......

Ok, these 4 Aurora hispanic crooks steal a BMW X5, try to burgle the house then when we find them driving the stolen car they punch it..... 17 mile pursuit at 120+ on C470. They crack it up exiting onto Quebec and bail from the beemer. One has a 3 week old Rottie in his hands and tosses it onto the street, and runs with the other crooks leaving the pup to fend for itself.....

I stop and take custody of the frightened little beaut of a pup and become instant mush over this awesome dog. She's gotta be a pure blood line, at 3 weeks she's got such great muscle definition and a gorgeous face. After we catch the crooks, one cries like a bitch all worried about his puppy..... I promptly tell the 17 year old whiner that I will do my best to ensure he never sees the dog again.

I keep the dog with me for the rest of the shift and don't even need a leash, she's on me like glue and falls asleep across my boots while writing my reports.

She becomes an instant hit with the rest of the team and the secretaries at the office..... I just can't imagine having to return this sweetheart of a Rottie back over to that punk kid. (BTW he's a repeat offender and will likely do time now)

I had to release the Rottie to Animal Control and told them about my dilemma. But they let me in on the laws concerning Animal Cruelty and how I can ensure the dog gets seized and made available for adoption.

I promptly charge the crook with the Cruelty charge and get the ball rolling for seizure of this beautiful pup........ and then the Animal Control Division Chief asks me...... "Do you wanna be first on the adoption list?"

I think this pup will be an incredible dog in the right hands and I'd love to bring her home. But I also share my house with my 8 year old Shepard and 18 year old cat. I'm concerned that the puppy would be a huge interruption to the eutopia we have already...... but then again, she might just fit right in......my Shepard loves to play with other dogs, but does have a mild jealosy issue, he has to be the alpha dog. My wife would kill me if the pup got hold of the cat......

What to do, what to do? I have been around several Rotties and most are the most loveable, personality packed dogs I've experienced, and a few others are unfriendly monsters. I have a hard time seeing this pup becoming a monster, but are Rotties unpredictable or does their demeanor as a pup usually reflect their future adult demeanor?

Man, I'm all bound up here.....
 
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Rotties are GREAT dogs Troy. I had one for several years, and she was a sweetheart to everyone except my daughter's boyfriends. (GOOD dog!) :laugh3: Even then, it was just a mild deep growl to let them know not to hurt Jenn. She'd let the little girl next door pull her ears and do whatever she wanted as long as she was getting attention.
You KNOW you want her! :wave:
 
See if Animal Control will let you "foster" the dog for a few days or weeks. It's a win-win...you get to test the pup out on the family and new surroundings, and the shelter doesn't have the added expense of housing another dog.

It's worth a shot.
 
Their temperment is mostly how they are raised...since this ones a little guy, id snag it if you can and start while its young. Treat it proper and it will grow to be an amazing dog...ive had a couple rot's over the years and they have been fantastic dogs.
 
Jeffro600 said:
Their temperment is mostly how they are raised...
Zactly... Ive worked with dogs for over a decade, mostly PPD training. Ive had some pit pulls that would like you to death. True, many are selectivly bread by imbread people for agressive traits... but that doesnt mean the entire bloodline is whacked (just lots of it, now days).

The only dog I wouldnt 100% trust with my family is a Doberman. Just something about them, plus Ive seen a few "turn", unexpectly. Weird breed. If you were single and didnt want no one withint 5 miles of your house, its the perfect dog though! :-)

Im big into GSDs...
Heres my puppy in Apr of 05, hes a bit bigger now (Becca is 8 yrs old)
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Lil' Man when he was a pup, this was the day we brought him home...
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Me and the 3 amigos in Jan 05...
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Heres my Lab/GSD mix, the only 1 of the 3 that tested good for PPD training, and shes good at it!
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*Shes TRAINED, not MEAN or AGGRESSIVE. Hence, I have no worries of her bing around my daughter*


Anyway, Im sorry I hijacked your thread :-) but you mentioned dogs... and you know how us dog people are, gotta share.

Cheers,
Andrew
 
Yella...3 weeks is REALLY young to be away from mom. That would be my only concern for the long haul. What a great story that would be though. Good job man.

-Chris
 
Get the dog, Troy.The cat will be all right- at that age it will just ignore/avoid the pup and the pup is young enough to realize that your GSD is the boss/alpha.
 
lol, didnt see the part about the cat....


The pup will be all interested till that cat swats it in the face...then it will never bother it again! When we brought our black lab puppy home and it harrassed our cats for all of 10 seconds before it got a paw full of claws to the face...now their all best buds.

If it was a large dog to begin with, id be a little worried, but since its just a puppy, dont sweat it.
 
I say go for it,
AS long as you can care for the puppy from the start, I believe that it will determine its temperment...like my dog
I have a Pit, who is the most loving caring dog ive ever seen, I got her as a puppy from some scummy guy, but shes awesome.
I also have a older Carin Terrier(toto dog) and my Pit will roll on her back in submission if she gets the Carin angry.

So go for it
 
go for it troy! what they are sayin about the cats is correct. since she's still a lil tyke, she wont hurt the cat, matter of fact, she prolly couldnt catch it, unless she cornered it. then that cat would fight back. one muzzlefull of angry cat claw, she wont mess with the cat no more. over the years my family has had several mixed breeds of dogs, labs, muts, chesapeake bay retrievers, a rotty mix, and they were always the most loveable scraps of fur you could imagine to own. the rotty mix my aunt found in portland, some poor old lady had him because the grandkid ran off to college and couldnt take poor rocky with him. so my aunt brought him home, and he was the MOST SPOILED hound i have ever seen. that and my neice and nephews could do ANYTHING to do that dog, long as he was gettin petted and loved, he's happy.
like the guys have said, unless the dog was raised mean, and you treat em right, they will never do ya wrong.
 
Heh heh, oops. I typed that the dog was 3 weeks..... meant 3 months. Already takes the leash, not a puller.

My hand is being forced a bit sooner than expected...... the crook's mother signed the dog over to the shelter today already so I gotta make my mind up, well. basically tomorrow.

Wifee says I should. I already know the cat won't put up with any puppy B.S. and will likely set the law down from minute one.

Guess I gotta make a call in the morning.....

Thanks for the input guys.
Troy
 
It sounds like you are pretty set on this :) . Once you do get the little one home, do take pics please!!! :laugh3:


Scott
 
my bro has a Rottie that is 6 months old and about 75 pounds. Biggest lap dog I've ever seen. It constantly wants in your lap or on your legs. It gets along well with the other animals (mostly cats) and even has taken to sharing his bed with one of Charlie's gatos. Sounds like a great dog!
P.S. the only thing wrong with Charlie's Rottie is that it can fart like a 350 pound drunk sailor on a Saturday night bender. :mad:
 
Andrew,

You have quite a gorgeous collection of Shepards!

Well, I just found out that the Rottie was actually made available for adoption earlier than I was told..... and there's a hold on the dog to complete the adoption pending family meet/greet with their other dog. They have until 1pm today then I'm next in line. From what I was told, it's another Sheriff's Dept employee so at least that's a comforting thought.

I'll keep ya posted.....
 
prb24,

I considered your suggestion of fostering the dog, but this shelter said they wouldn't have a problem moving this pup - they figured they'd have a line out the door.

Their foster program extends to dogs that have been housed for over 30 days, usually to help work out "issues" the dog may have keeping it from being more desireable. Certainly not the issue with most puppies from what they tell me.

Now, if I were looking for a Pit Bull...... they got plenty. These new ordinances and laws have created a big problem where the Pits are concerned.
 
Just wasn't meant to be I guess...... the other family has adopted her. But that is most certainly a great thing for the pup! My main motivation was to get her out of that crappy situation.

Mission accomplished!

Thanks all, we may still entertain the idea of another shelter dog.....

Troy
 
I'm sorry it didn't work out for you Yella. I know how hard that is. I'm glad that the pup went to a good/screened family anyway. Yeah...everyone was saying that if the dog was raised right you'd be better off. I was confused b/c I'm thinking...it's 3 weeks old...it hasn't been raised at all.

I could go on for days about the whole Pit epidemic. It's perfectly fine to have a minimum of what...1 oz. of marijuana on your person in Denver but you can't have a Pit? Denver frustrates me. They advocate for pot but want to kill a breed. Isn't cocaine illegal in Denver?
I'm positive an addict couldn't score any coke in that town.:gag:
 
Well, after the news that the Rottie wasn't coming home....... we decided to hit the shelters and see what was available.

Couldn't believe it but there wasn't a whole lot to choose from. I was of the impression that the shelters were hurting for adoptions - especially with the strays from the hurricane cities.

So, if anyone knows of someone that has a puppy or very young Rottie or German Shepherd - has to be a female - please feel free to PM me with the info.

We're gonna look at 3 Shepherds in Englewood tomorrow. All are young adults but look promising.
 
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