*Hallertau's OFA ID number "nonreg2088265"
We have mini-me Rotties! Scarlett and Hallertau produced eight healthy active offspring: Five female, three male. Total hard labor time was five hours. And Scarlett took to the birthing and motherhood immediately. Two families have first and second picks already. Which leaves six that are available for their forever homes by early to mid October. The pups have their own page: Current Litter.
If you are interested in welcoming one of the new pups into your home, please visit our page on how to obtain one to begin the process. If you have any questions please feel free to fill out our contact page and we'll do our best to find answers.
We were surprised on May 25th, 2019 when our son, who was tasked with the care of our pets (3 dogs, two turtles) while were on vacation, texted us: "We have a problem." Uh,oh. I instinctively knew that somehow our two Rotties had somehow managed to find alone time.
See, Scarlett was in heat. We'd weathered five heat cycles since she joined our pack December 2017. And we had the system down pat. Scarlett we learned early on, knew how to manipulate lever handles on doors. Our solution: always deadbolt that door. And we had developed a sort of "air lock" system where we would let one dog into our room through the back sliding glass door and then we'd let the other dog out through the dining room sliding glass door. It worked. For eighteen months we'd kept them from mating. Occasionally, we'd forget or not realize that one of us had switched the pups. But we always found them before anything consummated. Until now. Our son followed the first text with another: "You didn't tell me Hallertau knew how to open the glass door on a sliding glass door." We didn't either. We'd started to think that maybe he did. But we put it down to human error--perhaps we weren't getting the door seated in the track fully. Hallertau proved that where there is a will, there is definitely a way. We told our son to keep them separate. One tie does not always a litter make. So, though we'd decided not to breed the two Rotties, they altered our plans. And four weeks later we learned we were expecting a brood of Rotties. We went into retroactive mode. Since we'd decided not to breed them, we hadn't done their OFA certifications, nor formal pictures, nor CKC registrations. We didn't even have a website yet. Neither had we gathered any of the materials needed to help our bitch during pregnancy and labor. Research led us down the right path. We upped her caloric intake; built the whelping pit; and gathered tools. We made appointments/plans, and watched and waited. |
AuthorDarcien Balog loves dogs overall, but Rottweilers have a special place in her heart. She has been a proud owner of Rottweilers since 2002: "Once you go Rottweiler, you never go back." Archives
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