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Kaz I am so very sorry for your loss of Xander Godspeed Xander.

I too wonder if and when it begins to ease. It's early days yet for me I guess. 11 weeks but the pain is very raw. I miss my girl so much. Oh, should this be in the RB thread. I'm sure Troy will move it if it should be somewhere else.

Awww Jodie, look at the boy in that pic. He's just beautiful. I have you and Ollie in my thoughts today. He's such a trooper, he'll come through with flying colours. You, on the other hand, will have a day of jittery nerves and stress...I know how it is. Please let us know how he is when you hear from the vet. I'm sending strong healing vibes to the boy today, bless him.

I didn't see anyone ask for help for any cause though you are correct that some posters leave a lot to be desired with their comments. Look in the mirror. People are quite entitled to defend their chosen breed when negative comments are made by people who know little to nothing about the breed. Why would anyone need to prove anything to you. Just because you had one bad experience with any breed is no reason to condemn the entire breed. That is a classic example of what BSL is about. Have you heard the saying 'blame the deed, not the breed'. BSL is alive and well!! Just who is guilty of attacking. First you snipe about an entire breed and then you snipe about the owners of the breed on here. So you are afraid of Rottweilers. That's your problem, there is no need to go on and on trying to fire up an argument. Leave it alone. There are those who don't particularly like your chosen breed but you would defend the breed if people publicly spoke against the breed if you were any sort of owner. efs

It's always those who have never owned a Rottweiler who seem to have the most to say about them and think they know more about the breed than the people who own them. Clearly Mum to Emma, you know very little about dog training. Dogs are not trained to be obedient by brute strength. I take it you have never had a well trained dog or you would be aware of that. My Rottweiler and I were the same weight. I had full control of her, she didn't drag me around, she was well behaved. In her 7 1/2 years she was not once involved in any incident despite being frequently hassled by small badly behaved dogs whose owners had no control of their dogs. I was always happy when walking my Rottweiler to see the nervous nellies cross over to the other side of the street because their untrained small dogs pick up on their owners fear and will act up accordingly. Keep crossing over the street when you see an owner with a large breed dog approaching. You are doing us a favour by allowing us to calmly continue our walk without having to come face to face with a panic stricken small dog and owner.

Oh what an awful, tragic accident. Condolences to Rhino's carer. She will be very upset. Rest In Peace now Rhino

I'm so sorry for your loss of Spice. Rest in Peace Spice

Amen to that RottyLover. I'd very promptly tell anyone who interfered in the game my dog and I were having and started lecturing me to bugger off and find something constructive to do with their time.

I would suggest giving the Lost Dogs Home a very wide berth indeed. Lort Smith vets are good.

Staffyluv: You and Ollie are always in my thoughts and prayers. He's a little legend.

Rest In Peace Cindy.

Have sent you a pm Luke.

Nekhbet what is the prognosis for this young boy?

Thanks for the kind thoughts. This is certainly heavy going. Sophie and I have been together every day for 7 1/2 years. I have to learn to live without her now. rmc the ashes won't be back until Wednesday. The box they made wasn't big enough so they had to have a larger one made. I think once I have her back home I can start to get some closure.

Thank you again for your kind thoughts and words, they mean a lot to me. It will be a week at 12.08 today since Sophie was put to rest. She is so very sadly missed and I will miss her forever. I'm awaiting the return of her ashes so I can bring her back home. Rest In Peace, my darling girl.

Go Ollie. Staffyluv I have a suspicion that Ollie's situation has something to do with your excellent care of him and the love you share.

Dogs by nature can be dominant or agressive, it is the dog more than the owner, but the owner should be in control, or have the dog on a leash. That (bolded) would be the most uneducated statement I've read in a while. It is the owner who needs to be in control which makes it 'the owner more than the dog'. Well trained dominant dogs can do very well playing with others in an off leash park as long as the owner is trained and knows when to call off their dog. My submissive Rottweiler played with many dominant large dogs in the off leash park and was only ever set upon by a little, untrained cross bred fluffy. She came to me with this fluffy thing attached to her neck so I could remove it from her. A bite from my dog and that dog would have been history.

Thanks for thinking of me. I have just received another beautiful flower arrangement from Oonga and BluePoppy. I'm speechless...I have just posted about it in Sophie's rainbow bridge thread. Staffyluv the perfume from your flowers is delightful, not overpowering but so exotic. I love that perfume in my house. It's Sophie's perfume now and I'll never forget it.

I'm not sure this is the correct place to post this but since it is about the passing of my beloved Sophie, I will post it here. Yesterday I had a beautiful flower arrangement delivered. The lovely perfume is all through my house. A beautiful surprise and a lovely gift from the very kind and thoughtful Staffyluv. That you would think so kindly of me and acknowledge my deep loss of my special dog touched me deeply. For the rest of my life, every time I smell that perfume it will remind me of Sophie. Five minutes ago my door bell rang and the flower delivery man was here with a glorious flower arrangement. I'm incapable of sensible thought and completely overwhelmed. BluePoppy and Oonga, I thank you so very much. Your compassion, kindness and understanding will never be forgotten. The flower arrangement is beautiful just as Sophie was. These gifts brought me to tears but they are tears of gratitude to you for being so thoughful and kind to me at such a dark time. I have placed these flowers in my bedroom one arrangement next to Sophie's photo on the table on 'her side' of my bed. The other one is on my dressing table beside a smiling Sophie photo. The words 'thank you' don't seem adequate for the kindness you have shown me.

Presumably you are not referring to Nutrigel as it is not a drug.

Get some Nutrigel for her.

I have just received the most beautiful flower arrangement. Staffyluv, thank you for showing me such kindness at this sad time.

Thank you all for your confidence in my care of Sophie over this past year. Your thoughts and encouraging words helped us when the going was tough. The loss of my beautiful Sophie engulfs me with a deep grief. She was my heart and my life. I miss her love and her presence beyond words. I hope her courage and her long fight with osteosarcoma will help others in the future.

Yes indeed. I acknowledged in my opening post that I was very lucky to share my life with such an exceptional dog. There is no greater truth than that. I would like to thank those who have posted such thoughtful and sensitive tributes in this thread at such a difficult time for me. It helps very much to know that people are thinking of us and that they acknowledge Sophie's very brave and long battle against her cancer. She was special. Sophie and I were united in our fight and she helped me all the way by taking awful medications many times during the day and night and for putting up with my massages when she was tired and sore. She always did everything I asked of her with good grace. She was a magnificent dog who was very much appreciated and loved by me. She is so sadly missed.

My beautiful, gentle, brave Rottweiler Sophie, was gently laid to rest today after a long battle with osteosarcoma. I laid her to rest before she suffered the pain of cancer as it progressed. We lost the war against this killer disease but Sophie won a lot of battles in the past year as she courageously fought on. Sophie and I had a very close and loving bond. There will never be another Sophie in my life. I'm very lucky to have had her to love and share my life with. She has been with me since she was a tiny puppy. Sophie and I were meant to be together. We have never spent a day or night apart in the 7 1/2 years of her life. I will miss her so. Our love transcends her death and I know that all we love becomes part of us forever. In my dreams I'll see you In my heart I'll hold you In my life I miss you. I have loved you all your life and I will love you forever. Godspeed my darling beloved girl.