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Likes: Road trips, hotel stays, food, laying out on the grass in the front yard, day care at Bonnie's, eating dinner at the neighbor's house
Pet-Peeves: Surgery, little dogs who try to bite her, other doggies trying to mount her, people yelling, the heat, driving by the pet store but not stopping, m0torcycles
Favorite Toy: Plush toys that make noise, the orange treat ball
Favorite Food: BBQ meat of any kind and Frosty Paws
Favorite Walk: With us at Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline (leash free) with her friend Sammy or with Bonnie & her friends in Pinole
Best Tricks: Pawing anyone for attention, looking pathetic anytime she does something wrong so you can't be mad at her
Arrival Story: We found her one day around the corner from our house nibbling on the grass, she had a bicycle gear chain wrapped around her neck. She looked thin and lost so we brought her home and reported her to the local pound. Our own dog was generous in allowing her to stay with us until we found her a home. After 2 weeks we finally found her guardian. He was a young man who had rescued her from a puppy farm in Washington breeding dogs for fighting. The farm had bred her at 6 months and due to the terrible treatment she received, when he rescued her all the puppies inside her were dead. He took her to the vet where she was operated on and the puppies were removed and she was spayed. He was able to keep her with him 24/7 because he was an apartment manager but when he moved to California he had to find another job. He could no longer keep her with him and when he left her she barked and/or broke out of her yard. The bicycle chain was an attempt to find something she couldn't break but she did. When he came to take her home we told him that we would be glad to puppy sit anytime, which we did over the next several months. Unfortunatly during this time our own dog died unexpectedly. After two weeks of being lost without any canine companion her guardian came over late at night (the same day my father died) and asked if we would take her because he was being threatened with eviction if he kept her. We said we would be honored, and wondered if my father had something to do with it. Her guardian continued to come see her but as she became more attached to us and didn't want to go with him to the park he slowly discontinued his visits.
Bio: Since we became her guardians Satiba has flourished. She has grown into a fine young woman. We have found that she enjoys nothing better than to go for a ride in the car, preferably to a hotel somewhere! We found out that due to her early pregnancy she has a incontenence problem that is completely controlled with pills that she enjoys taking with baby food. Since we had never had a rottie before we wanted her to go to an obedience class which we did and she pretty much passed with flying colors without any training. Her previous guardian had trained her well. She is eager to please and sometimes performs commands that people around her are giving to their dogs. She goes to daycare once a week just to keep socialized and this is also the person she stays with when she can't come on a trip with us. It's actually her second home! She enjoys having doggie company and is very tolerant when we have overnite doggie visitors. She really hasn't had any medical issues until this year when we discovered a growth and it turned out to be cancerous. Luckily the lowest form of cancer so after surgery there was no follow up treatment. No follow up treatment that is unless you count taking her back to the hospital every weekend because her stitches had stretched out and they had to be re-done. It got to the point where she was with either one of us 24/7 and not allowed to do anything just to try and keep the stitches in long enough to heal. Finally after a month she was able to go back to the doggie park and see all her friends again. Boy was there a lot of smelling to catch up on.
Forums Motto: Home Sweet Home Dogster Local Spots I've Marked: Veterinary Surgical Associates, Mudpuppys Tub & Scrub, Carmel City Beach, The Forge in the Forest, Cypress Inn, Pinole Pet Hospital, Fort Funston, Andersen's RV Park on the Ocean, Turtle Rock RV Resort, Beverly Beach State Park, Fireside Lodge The Groups I'm In: "Black-and-tan Dogz of the world", **HANG~N~WITH THE BIG DOGS**, *Tail-Nubs-R-Us!*, Fancypants Cafe, Cesar's Dogster Pack, Million Dog March, Rotten Rompin' Rotties, Rottie Love, Rotties Rule, Rottweiler Health and Well Being, The Disney Group, TPLO Surgery/Torn ACL
The Last Forum I Posted In: Star Exchange
Places I've traveled: Carmel,Oregon Coast, Canada, Long Beach WA, Port Angeles, Lake Tahoe, Brookings Or., Victoria BC
Gather around kids the tale is going to be good today. So I'm on my road trip and it's Tuesday at Max's house. So that morning me and the gang played around the house while my pawrents and Max's mom talked the whole morning away. Later we found out it was still going to be a while till Max's dad would be coming home, so Max's mom decided we would go out to visit him. They packed me into this tiny little Subaru station wagon. Only I got to go with the peeps because there wasn't enough room for the four of us. First we went off to the RV store to get a new sewer hose for dad, then we went off for some fun. We went to Max's dad's work place to say hi to him and to see what he does. I then got to take a few neat pictures in front of a jet plane. Next we drove downtown to see the Sioux Falls, I mean the real falls. We walked around in the cold and took more pictures. From there we went to Max's mom's work, she drives a school bus. She took us to her bus and showed us all the pictures of Max, Tess, Socks & Kenzie inside the bus. I walked all the way down the bus when I found out I couldn't turn around so I started to back up down the isle when Mom started to go beep beep beep. I gave mom the look and told everyone that we were leaving, but I had to get a few pictures before I left. That night the pawrents left me in the RV to sleep while they went out to dinner. When they came back they let me and Max play on the puters, we went to the Rotties Rule chatroom and said hi to everyone. We also all had a Frosty Paw together and just hung out for the rest of the evening. The next day when we woke up Max was already outside my window waiting on me, so I ran out and said hi, I went inside to yell good morning, but Max's mom was already at work. Man was I bummed. We took some pictures with Max's dad and got ready to hit the road. Well I said all my goodbyes and we got on the road to Wisconsin. This would be the stop that I was waiting for all year. I was going to my sister Maven's house. Maven's not my real sister, she's better then that, she's my Dogster sister. We spent all day Wednesday driving to her house. We got there just after six o'clock. When I first jumped out of the RV I heard some barking. My ears perked up and I ran around the RV to see who it was. Could you believe it, it was Orson, and when I barked back at him I heard another bark from the side of the house, oh my dawg it was my sister Maven. She came running over to the fence to yell hi. Orson was making so much noise I couldn't hear what she was saying. Dad helped me out and let me in the fence of the outside yard and Maven ran around to the second gate which was open. Maven and I finally meet up by the gate and started sniffing and saying hi to each other. Poor Orson didn't see the open gate so he was yelling from the fence. My dad showed him the way, so he came out and said hi too. Maven and I were trying to talk in the living room and Orson kept trying to butt in, my pawrents were talking to Maven's dad, you wouldn't believe the noise. After about a half hour of this Maven's mom came home and all three of us had to greet her. Maven and I spent the night eating Frosty Paws and telling stories while the pawrents visited and ate pizza. We all went to bed late that night and said we would all see each other in the morning. It was a real nice rain that night and I slept like a tired baby. The next morning the three of us got a real bone to chew on while my pawrents talked to their mom. Maven's pawrents both had to work that day and we had to hit the road to catch up from the snow storm we had in Wyoming. There was no way that I wanted to leave and I wasn't getting in that RV. I wanted more time with my sister. My heartless dad picked me up and put me in the RV. I yelled goodbye to my sister and after several hugs we said goodbye. It was no fun leaving, but we had to continue our visit with the rest of the pups on our route. So I'm on the road again. Reheat your popcorn, get that potty break out of the way, wag your butt and settle back down for my next installment to follow.
It's been a long four days so far, let me tell you what's been happening so far. We started our trip on Thursday the 8th. After mom came home from bringing my grandma from the doctors office, Dad loaded us all up into the RV and off we went. It was a nice sunny day and we went up into the mountains, I thought for sure we were going back to the big lake where we have so much fun, but we went right past the lake. We ended up at Reno, which is right over the mountains. We stayed in a RV park at a casino. We checked in with all our friends on Dogster, had dinner and took a walk through the casino. It was kind of funny to be inside and all the peeps looking at me, but I just moved on and pretended like I owned the place. The next morning we took off for the long drive across the desert. We planned on making it across Utah but only got as far as Salt Lake City because of all the construction. We got into the campground just as it was getting dark and were all hooked up by dinner time. As I was getting ready to further update all my friends when I found out the password they gave me for the internet didn't work I cried out in despair. I had to spend the evening with the peeps. Oh well I had to make the best of things. After a nice sleep and a morning walk along the river we took off east again. Once again we went over the mountains and across the mesas of Wyoming. We got as far as Douglas Wy, which is about an hour east of Casper. We pulled into a really nice campground and was told that it was going to snow that night so not to put out our waterline. When we woke up in the morning there was a light blanket of snow all over and it was still snowing sideways. Mom and Dad couldn't decide to stay or leave. You could only see about a quarter of a mile and the wind was pretty strong. At 11:00 on Sunday morning it was decided to stay, so I settled in for a real nice sleep. I got to go out and play in the snow several times, and man was that so much fun. I really enjoyed that day, snow and rest what else could I ask for. That night the snow stopped and the next day Mom and Dad said we would make a go of it. They were real nervous pulling out hoping the RV would get a grip on the road. The rig did just fine getting out of the park and onto the road. We did a little sliding around on the road but Dad was able to keep it on the road. We started out on I-25 at 45 miles per hour, Mom and Dad was so nervous that I had to hide in the back of the RV under the bed. Once we got north of Lusk Wy we broke out onto clear roads and off we went. We tore off like a cat being chased by a big old Rottie for Max's house on the other side of the state. We pulled into Max's driveway just as night fell. Mom and Dad took me into this house that had a whole lot of smells when suddenly I was greeted by three big balls of fur. It was my buddies Max, Tess and Socks who had visited in December. We had a big butt sniffing session and then settled in for some stories. That night Mom and Dad left me in the RV while they went out for Dinner, I didn't like that at all, and I told them that when they got back. The next morning which is right now, I'm spending here with the gang exchanging stories while Mom and Dad visit with the pawrents. So now it is Tuesday the 13th of Oct and I'll update again from the road with more stories, so till then make another batch of popcorn, wag those butts and stay tuned to this channel.
I've been tagged by Oso so here are 7 random facts about myself. Since I am on a road trip trying to get across the country to see my Rotties Rule family my answers will be related to my trip.
1. I am stuck in Douglas, Wyoming in an unexpected snow storm
2. I got to play in the snow this morning and I loved it
3. I should have been at Max's house last night
4. While I'm on a road trip I would prefer not to eat my regular food
5. I don't sleep when we are moving
6. Wyoming is the farthest east I have ever been
7. Yesterday I crossed the continental divide
Okay, now it's my turn to tag 5 puppers. I tag
Odie J
Princess
Blacky
Coco
Hooch
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