Rottweilers Ate My Laptop

Rottweilers. Computers. Cameras. World Domination. Not necessarily in that order.

Rottweilers.
Computers. Cameras.
World Domination.
Not necessarily in that order.

Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop, Week 3

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Time for the third edition of the Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop, co-hosted by Life With Dogs, Two Little Cavaliers, and Nip and Bones!

Today, meet our kittyweiler Oliver.

Oliver is 4 years old. He was raised by a Rottweiler, and helped to raise another one. That’s why he is the kittyweiler. He may be tougher than the actual resident Rottweilers. He was rescued as a very young kitten, found in a power plant in Valparaiso, Indiana. Like Freya, his main job was to help bring the sunshine back into our lives after the loss of a very special Rottweiler boy, and he proved himself more than up to the task, even at the young age of just 8 weeks.

Rottweilers ate my muse

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My muse has gone missing. The Rottweilers swear they did not eat her, but I’m still suspicious. Rottweilers don’t seem to have a problem with consuming totally inappropriate items when given the opportunity. There are no actual signs of muse carnage or overstuffed Rottweiler bellies, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now.

I’m trying to lure her out of hiding with the usual tactics. My reading choice didn’t appear to inspire her, but on the bright side, I’m now caught up to Chapter 7 of American Gods for #1b1t. As for music, so far she is not liking my teenage tragedy selections, anything from the Glee soundtrack, or some older Foo Fighters stuff.

Now I’m wondering if she left in disgust because her tastes are so different from mine. There are nine muses, right? Hopefully one of them will show up in time for some weekend catch-up!

Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop, Week 2

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The weekend is here, and so is another edition of the Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop, co-hosted by Life With Dogs, Two Little Cavaliers, and Nip and Bones.

Today, please say hello to the other resident Rottweiler, Axe.

Axe is 3½ years old. He can actually catch the frisbee as well as chase it, and since he was raised by a cat, he sometimes tries (and occasionally even succeeds in) catching it between his front paws. He earned his AKC championship and Rally Novice title in January. His most important job, however, is just being our dog.

Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop

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No, it’s not Saturday. In fact, it’s Monday. Sorry about that! I’m just behind the curve as usual, and I was happy to see that the inaugural edition of the Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop is remaining open for a few days for us stragglers to join in!

Life With Dogs, Two Little Cavaliers, and Nip and Bones just started hosting this new Blog Hop on Saturday.

I’m looking forward to “meeting” more pet bloggers and pet blogs! This is not a 100% purely pet blog, but I hope that most of you enjoy visiting here anyway! You can use our “Topics” dropdown in the right sidebar to go straight to our pet-related posts under “Rottweilers” and “Non-Rottweiler Pets and Animals.”

Today, let me introduce you to one of the resident Rottweilers, Freya.

She is 6½ years old and came to us as a 7-week-old puppy. She was a gift from her breeders, sent to help us heal the broken hearts left by the unexpected passing of our first Rottweiler, Heidi, on Christmas Eve 2003. As you can see from our header, Freya has been honing her computer skills since the age of 9 weeks. Lately, she has been more involved in Rally Obedience competition than blogging (EDIT FROM FREYA: If I had my way, I’d be blogging and not following Mom around some stupid obstacle course!), but perhaps she’ll choose to be involved in some of the Saturday postings from here on out!

Weekend wrapup: things didn’t improve

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Our less-than-impressive trial weekend didn’t finish up any better than it began. Freya had two Level 1 runs and one Level 2 run, and managed to qualify in only one Level 1 run with another mediocre score of 185 points. Again, no ARCH points, but at least we are one small step closer to our RL1X, with 4 of 10 legs now complete.

It was disappointing to NQ on courses that should have been good for us, and frustrating because I’m not 100% sure why Freya was so out of tune with me. She seemed slightly depressed in the morning on both days, but she also seemed to adjust to the new surroundings more quickly than usual. She’s not particularly good with other dogs, but this weekend she didn’t go off on any other dogs, and she pretty much ignored dogs barking from vehicles and crates. That part I am definitely happy about, especially at a new venue with some areas that were very much close quarters. She was able to relax everywhere on the grounds—except in the ring where I needed her to be relaxed and attentive. I don’t feel like I ever had Freya’s full attention in the ring, even during our qualifying runs. So we definitely have things to work on before our next trial weekend, May 15-16.
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