Just visited your site for the first time and thought I'd drop you a line. I grew up on a farm with working dogs (German Shepards) which we used with the cattle and the pigs, and I learned to train and work with them from the time I was an infant. I understand dogs and respect them as my father taught me, and consider myself a good trainer. I purchased a female Rottweiler (ROXY) from you in 1979 or 1980. There is no way I can put into words what a fantastic and noble creature she was!!! She was a respected and loved part of our family for 13 years.
I taught her hand signals for heal, stay, sit, lie down, guard, and to the delight of children, play dead, which consisted of pointing my finger at her and saying BANG to which she would fall down and remain until I would say just kiddin, you're ok, and then she would jump up and do her little rottie dance (I don't know what else to call it) hee, hee. I could go on and on as she filled our life with joy. She never let me down, not once. As you can tell, she was much more that just a special dog. Thank you so much for her. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to share my life with her. I haven't been able to bring myself to get another dog since we lost her to an accident. We live in my grandpa's homestead farm in Nebraska. I am plagued with deer and coons killing my trees and garden, the wife is wanting us to get another dog, but Roxy is still in my heart, --what can I say?
Thanks Again,
Steve R.
