Road trip brag.

[DngrsDan]

This will be rather long. I want to share my trip experiences with you all. Not to mention brag BIG TIME!
I'll post this in sections.


For those who don't know her:
Josie (Josie Bear)121 lbs, spayed American/German mix full rottie, met parents-big and loving-took Josie at 8 weeks.
Josie raised by 6 y.o. fem GSD in house with 4 adults & 4 cats. Both were house raised. Ex & I split (friendly) and ex
wanted to keep Josie for protection.
Several weeks later ex called to tell me she was getting rid of Josie b/c Josie starting to challenge GSD.
I understood: I left-Josie now wants to re-set the pecking order. Ex wasn't physically able to handle her,
not that she resisted or challenged ex, she was just too strong and heavy for her.
I had to re-re-move to a place that would let me keep her.

Sneaky ex KNEW I would take Josie! lol

Asked in here what I should expect of her because of the change in surroundings to just her and me,
being left at home alone while I worked, etc.
Many suggested I crate her, understandable, but totally not needed. Fit right in, no anxiety, no chewing/damage,
no counter surfing (but ANYTHING with butter on it sitting on the edge is HERS!), no messes. Contented and happy.
I have always had a close bond with Josie and she always strove to be with me in the house. Now it was just the two of us.


Josie will heel/sit/lay down/stay/come/free on either verbal or hand signal commands. I can sit/stay her, walk half a block away from her
away, give her the signal to lay down and she does it, give her the signal to come and she charges right up to me.
I make sure there are NO other dogs around though because of her aggression towards other dogs.
This is also part of the story.

Now on to the adventures to come.......

[Sasha's Mom]

That's great.... but can you please explain to me how she is a mix of German AND American? Was one of her parents imported from Germany?

[DngrsDan]

The lady we got her from had one of each. Basic biology from that point on. Maybe I misunderstood her when she told me the male came from a german line while the dam was American. But that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!