Rottweiler/slimer.
Weighed 165lbs when he was a kid. Now he's grown up. Can't get him on a scales.
Colored and built like a Rottweiler but, because of his size, we suspect his Daddy must have been a Mastiff travelin' man.
Calm, overly friendly, has a thirty pound wet tongue (therefore the term "slimer").
Very careful around small children - they pulled his tail so he put it under him and sat on it.
Nope, we didn't have him "cut properly" (ears & tail).
He's chained in the back yard (on 10ft chain hooked to a 75 ft cable) because we don't have a fence. The deer come into the yard and drink from his water dish and he carefully lays down so he doesn't frighten them.
His favorite toy is a "squeeky", air-filled ball with "nubs". It's about the size of a softball and he likes it when I rub it all over the roof of his mouth. The ball and my hand are completely hidden in his mouth when I do that. He has never even nicked me.
Three cocker spaniels got loose (neighbors), came over and harassed him - barking furiously. He stood there with this look, "You're kidding, right?" I had to chase the intruders off.
I thought he was a complete loser as a watchdog.
So, one winter I bundled up in strange clothes, approached from down wind and pretended to sneak into the yard.
He stood up, watched carefully, the hair on his back standing straight up. Then all of a sudden he raced to my end of the yard barking viciously in his best basso profundo "I believe I will eat you alive" attack mode.
Scared the hell out of me! I immediately pulled off my hat, identified myself and gave the password - "FOOD!" He stopped, looked at me quizzically as he recognized me, then relaxed, and with a rather disappointed look went to his dish. (Darned right, I fed him!)
I didn't know he could move that fast! I won't challenge him again.
Weighed 165lbs when he was a kid. Now he's grown up. Can't get him on a scales.
Colored and built like a Rottweiler but, because of his size, we suspect his Daddy must have been a Mastiff travelin' man.
Calm, overly friendly, has a thirty pound wet tongue (therefore the term "slimer").
Very careful around small children - they pulled his tail so he put it under him and sat on it.
Nope, we didn't have him "cut properly" (ears & tail).
He's chained in the back yard (on 10ft chain hooked to a 75 ft cable) because we don't have a fence. The deer come into the yard and drink from his water dish and he carefully lays down so he doesn't frighten them.
His favorite toy is a "squeeky", air-filled ball with "nubs". It's about the size of a softball and he likes it when I rub it all over the roof of his mouth. The ball and my hand are completely hidden in his mouth when I do that. He has never even nicked me.
Three cocker spaniels got loose (neighbors), came over and harassed him - barking furiously. He stood there with this look, "You're kidding, right?" I had to chase the intruders off.
I thought he was a complete loser as a watchdog.
So, one winter I bundled up in strange clothes, approached from down wind and pretended to sneak into the yard.
He stood up, watched carefully, the hair on his back standing straight up. Then all of a sudden he raced to my end of the yard barking viciously in his best basso profundo "I believe I will eat you alive" attack mode.
Scared the hell out of me! I immediately pulled off my hat, identified myself and gave the password - "FOOD!" He stopped, looked at me quizzically as he recognized me, then relaxed, and with a rather disappointed look went to his dish. (Darned right, I fed him!)
I didn't know he could move that fast! I won't challenge him again.