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  Last year when Lexi was only 5-months old I made this poster for Dog Dad Day. It is a real holiday every year on June 18th ..read more

Dear friends, Six years ago my life ended when my beloved Jacqueline passed away. She was more that my wife for 56 years, she was my purpose and my inspiration. She was the fire inside me that kept the steam engine moving. Now the fire is out and the steam engine is rusted and broken and doesn't move any more. The only thing that has kept me going has been my love for my Rottweilers. After Jacqueline died I lost my best friend Ruffin. He was quickly replaced with Griffin. Then Bess died at such a young age. So friends on Facebook fixed me up with Gabby. Both of these boys were young adults whe ..read more

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This is the greatest news I have ever posted on this blog. Someone is writing a book about my 25-years with Rottweilers and the stories on this blog. It will take some time but I hope to have a publication date in a few months. This is the most extensive Work in Progress I have ever been involved in. I spent two days just tagging some 400 photos that will be part of the print. This is the cover ..read more

Yesterday, May 9, the second Saturday in May, is National Dog Mom's Day. A Rover.com survey found three out of four female dog owners call themselves “dog moms,” and 40-percent of them own clothing with the term dog mom on it. This was reported by WHNT.com in Huntsville, Alabama. Since there is no longer a Dog Mom in my house, or anyone to celebrate Mother's Day with, I am designating today as National Dog Dad's Day. Going one step further, because there has been no national recognition for Dog Dads I have just submitted an application to the National Day Calendar https://nationald ..read more

Happy Birthday Griffin. Made a large meatloaf birthday cake and covered it with masked potato icing and we all enjoyed a tasty dinner party. In case you noticed I let my hair and beard grow. Its because of the Coronavirus we have all been in a mandated Stay At Home quarantine and the barber shops are all closed. So in keeping with this event I decided to let my beard grow to match my head and pretend that we're fighting Zombies during the Apocalypse. But it didn't last long because I decided to try and give myself a haircut and it didn't turn out too bad ..read more

There has been a lot of excitement around my house since Gabby, the Little Guy, became the newest member of our family. The amazing coincidence of two young male Rottweilers, on 6 months apart in age and both rescued from shelters when they were almost 2 years old is quite evident every day. I started calling Gabby the Little Guy because I always called Griffin the Big Guy and it fits them both. Griffin is 10 pounds heavier and 6-months older that Gabby.  Even though Griffin was very much attached to my 5-year old Rottie girl Bessie, he was never able to play with her the way he wanted ..read more

18-months ago when I adopted Griffin, I came up with a catchy title for my blog post. I called it: Eight is Enough. Unfortunately my little sweetheart Bessie became a victim of an a state requirement that all dogs, no matter how young, must be spayed before adoption. Bessie was only 7-weeks old when I got her and way too young. She was 5-years old when she died.  I've learned a few things adopting Rottie puppies and don't want to repeat my mistakes. The two Rottie girls I adopted, Sassy in 2003 and Bessie in 2014 were both spayed when they were 7-weeks old because there is a state regu ..read more