About Me
I am 58 years old and previously raised Rottweilers for over 20 years. I live on a 8 1/2 acre ranch and did raise Miniature Horses (which are trained for children to ride and pull adults in carts), Miniature Sheep and Pygmy goats(for novelty and pets). I have been so busy with the dogs that I have now sold most of my Mini horses and the Pygmy goats. I have my own business of crushing recycled concrete and asphalt into baserock and green waste/wood into cogenerate energy. I have two stepchildren and two of my own children; a son 26 and a daughter 31. I raised my kids and now I am having fun training and competing with my dogs.
The greatest victory is winning when they say you can't!! My Best Friend is a dog named Tianna. She has amazed me how patient and tolerant she is especially these past days when I have traveled to Maryland. I left my house in California Thursday at 3:30 am to travel to Maryland to breed Tianna. She travels with me as a service dog and we flew from Sacramento to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Denver, and Denver to Maryland. Not only were all of our seats messed up - she sat at my feet in a tiny cramped space. She is always excellent around all the people and confusion in airports - but four airports in one day was definitely a test of her patience. We had to endure a bus driver who tried to refuse us getting on a crowded bus and we waited in a car rental agency for over two hours because I lost my driver's license. After traveling for over 14 hours she let children pet her but was still watchful of suspicious strangers. We finally arrived at our destination where she met Kong at a strange house in the rain and after a brief meeting very accomodatingly (is that a word?) allowed a breeding. We left at 11:30 pm and had to search for food and our hotel. She settled into a strange room with me at about 1:00 am.I always feel safe with her and I love this dog. Her intelligence and patience amazes me. I plan on keeping a daughter out of her and whshe will be alot like Tianna; who is truly my Best Friend!!!!
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.....
This is my old girl, "Gitta" who was my experiment girl on raw feeding...she was full of cancer at 12 1/2, could barely walk and I changed her diet to raw.....she lived another 1 1/2 years, was walking a mile and unfortunately had a stroke. Convinced me that raw was the way to go!
"No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a good dog makes you rich."
