Marble

Thank you for your help :) I sort of looked into Rotties before I adopted Dresden but then I saw her at the pound... It just seems like the good ones are fairly laid back cool dogs. I would probably adopt a puppy from the pound though. It kills me to see all the dogs there and I think if I was with a puppy enough and checked it out I might be able to get a reasonably one. Hopefully I would be able to take Dresden and see if they would get along... :) I have an awesome rottie book back at my house I need to reread...

I'm thinking a rottie or a rottie mix might be best... I grew up with labs and they always ended up with really bad health problems that broke my heart and it was really painful. Do rotties generally get along with other dogs if raised with them from a young age? Are they generally easy to train? As a single female I really want a good watch dog too... My house got broken into with Dresden in it a few weeks ago while I was at work, they scared the heck out of her, poor little dog. I felt really badly for her. Do you have suggestions for how to check out temperments of rottie mix puppies for any potention problems? Anything I should look for? Thank you :) Marble

I'm thinking about another dog but I'm just starting to research... I probably won't actually get one till next summer. If you can think of a breed that meets the following please let me know :) I'm probably going to adopt another mutt but might find a rescue.... Big- 60-90lb Great watchdog Good with other dogs-especially bitchy older female dogs :) And, not dog agressive Fairly short hair Not extremely hyper Easy to train-Dresden has been extremely difficult-worth it but I don't know if I want two difficult dogs at the same time... I'm still perpetually reinforcing with her because she's got that Doberman/Cattle dog mixture and enjoys being provocative :) Gentle with people/kids I know this is asking a lot from a dog but if you can think of something please let me know... I'll actually have internet access for a few days. Thanks, Marble

Dresden does that too :) She's an ACD/Dobie mix and sheds a TON off her back end......

THANK YOU SO MUCh for the Olive oil advice, I decided to try that before a trip to the vet and Lady's skin is all healed up and beautiful again :):):) YOu all are awesome :)

[quote name='"Mutts4Me"'][quote name='Carolk9s'] Somehow, the mutt that chose us had all the characteristics I look for in a dog :)[/quote] :) That's what Dresden did. She definietly chose me :) I read about all of these cool personality/temperament tests, did them, knew she was wacko, and I deliberately ignored all of the info because I KNEW she was my dog as soon as I laid eyes on her. Something that is very odd for me as I am very analytical and research oriented. I'd say she's definitely my ideal dog. Tall, slender (which I love because I have this idea that she won't have all the joint problems of the heavy boned dogs we've owned), shorthaired, smart, funny, friendly but very protective and loyal, and absolutely gorgeous :) Dogs I wouldn't own....This is terrible but there are a lot of them. I love labs but have had my heart broken by three with terrible major health problems. I've always heard about nice poodles, dachsunds, cockers, chows, dalmations but have never met a single one........I love rotties and English Mastiffs but don't know if I would have one because I've heard about major health problems...Not big on tiny dogs except I met an awesome Havanese (? sp) spanial that is awesome and I like Papillions...Don't like small untrained yappy dogs that get away with a lot of crap that no one would dream of tolerating from a bigger dog, that ticks me off. And I love mutts, always will, the two I have are the coolest funnyest, smartest, healthiest dogs I've owned so I'm really biased now :)

Thank you :) She's an American Eskimo mix and she does have longish outer fur and soft downy underfur....Definitely double coated ..... Will take her to the vet and see what she saus, we have a very nice vet here who the dogs love so that's cool. I need to start doing the olive oil thing with both of my mutts, they both have dry skin but I think that because Lady's fur is so light if her skin is dry or flaky it just blends in, whereas with Dresden it shows up really well because she's dark brown....... Thank you for you help :)

Hey, I just got back to my parent's house for Christmas break and discovered that my little mutt Lady has some sort of something on her back. Whatever it is, it's small and scabby and in very small spots on her skin just on the very top part of her back--from below the base of her neck to the base of her tail. IT's pretty weierd looking. The spots are about 1/8th inch in diam, irregularly shaped, some are scabby, some are just rough skin, and some area little bloody looking :( Poor dogs, they've had a rough couple weeks. Does anyone have any idea what this might be? My mother has apparently washed her with human shampoo (won't do it again though) but only once a month or so....SO that doesn't seem like it would be the cause, plus it's only on the top of her back. I'm thinking I need to get her to the vet. She's not seeming to be bothered by it, she's not scratching or anything like that..... Thanks for any help you might have :) Have an awesome Christmas :)

Yeah, Dresden (and my brother's dobie) get that innocent doe eyed look :) they are gorgeous. Do your Dobie's always come up to you and rest their chin on you and gaze at you like that when they want attention? Dresden does that all teh time........Little kiss up :)

THANK YOU :):) Just want to make sure I had it straight.......

You all are awesome :) Thank you for all the infor, I feel TONS better now. Dresden's her crazy self again which is great :) So let me get this straight: A dog has to actually EAT/INGEST an infected flea to get tapeworms right? So if a dog's bitten by a flea can they get them from the flea that way too? I'm trying to figure out how Frontline is supposed to prevent tapeworms if a flea has to bite the dog to die. Seems like thatt bite, even if it kills the flea, could transmit the worm eggs.....Does that make sense? Kat, that's funny :) I'm having trouble eating certain things still......

Isn't it awesome to see them happy and feeling better ? :)

Behle, how do you know when they're gone? I mean they said (vet) that they'd be dead within about 24 hours but... Do you just keep checking their pooh? That worries me because I poked through her whole pooh yesterday and only found them in the last little bit (I was using a stick, dont worry :) ) Courtnek, maybe that explains why I am always hungry and only weigh 110lb at age 27....:) Actually it's probably because of my bad eating habits... Dresden was all slow and sleepy/groggy yesterday and now today she's already bouncing off the walls again like her old hyper self :) It's so nice to see her happy again :) Thank you ALL again so much for your help and reassurance, I really really appreciate it tremendously! Sorry about the three separate posts, I tried to respond liek five times at home and my computer wouldnt' work so now I'm at school.... Marble

Mutts, yeah, the vet walked away before I could ask him any of hte questions I had, then the lady at the front blew me off. Wouldn't even talk to me after she had my money! And they both acted like they thought it was no big deal, the vet thought it was pretty funny. I hate doctors and miss my nice vet back home.

oh, computers stink. I've tried to reply about four times and every time it wouldn't work!!! I feel really really bad now. I'm wondering how long Dresden had them before I finally figured it out! She's been sleeping more for the last severall months but everyone told me it's just because she's about 2.5 yrs and they alwasy start sleeping more then. She's beeen eating grass for mont and months but she's always done wierd things like that so I thought it wasn't a problem. I asked the vet about her weight in Sept and she said Dresden looked GREAT! Man, this is sad. So do you think she'll be able to catch back up to where she should have been wtih her physical development by now??