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Rocky learned to open door levers when he was around 5 months old. We learned it was better to just let him open the doors instead of lock him out. This is what happened when he got locked out of our bathroom. And now he can even open the round door knobs.

And our house is now crazy again. This is our new red girl Ruby, from Ukraine. Not sure king size bed is big enough.

Since leaving the suburbs to escape HOA over reach and moving back to the country, we gave some Tractor Supply chicks a shot to see how things would go. I set up a small temporary brooder for the 10 Barred Rock chicks. After a month the chicks were feathered and the overnight Temps were...

Does he play with other dogs? When my two play chase the chaser will often bite the hind legs of the dog being chased, and it will leave scratch marks on the skin, like the second picture shows.

The first Doberman I had would howl whenever he heard sirens. Sometimes I could howl and get him going too. Other times he would look at me like I was an idiot... The current two have not howled yet. I may try to teach them, as it is very wolf like and majestic.

I have been feeding Rocky and Stormy Victor since the beginning of the year. Switched from a grain-free food for peace of mind until more is known about the peas, lintels, and taters blocking taurine. Both dogs eat it up, and have good poops.

We are moving to a large farm this summer, and living in a travel trailer. I am putting a large "igloo" in the back yard for the dogs.

I have considered getting Rocky a taller crate. He likes to stand in his and smashes his ears against the ceiling. Here is a pick of him at 10 months next to his XL crate that measures 32" tall.

Thank you to everyone that replied to this. Stormy had a vet check up yesterday. They did a smear and checked it under microscope, and everything looked normal for being in proestrus. Rocky is being sent to a board and train for a week or two, so he wont be tortured by Stormy.

I've been keeping a close eye on her, and she has been her normal self. Well, other than being twice as velcro since the heat started. Last Saturday when I spoke to the vet tech, I booked an appointment for Wednesday morning. I think Rocky is actually having a worse time than Stormy.

@Tropicalbri's thank you for replying. I truly appreciate your expertise and all the knowledge you share. I will keep an eye on her and track her cycle, and try to relax. It's been about 12 years since I had an intact female and she just discharged blood, so this other discharge is a new...

Vet tech called back. The soonest they can see her is Wednesday. They said if she is not sleepy, lethargic, or acting differently they are not too worried about it. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Stromy has started her first heat cycle. Her vulva has started enlarging. We have not seen any sign of bleeding. However she is having white discharge. Of course Google is only finding puppy vagititis and pyometra when searching for the white discharge. I have called our vet waiting on a...

I agree. Most Dobes that I've seen playing have wide open mouths with teeth showing, lots of jumping, pawing, and wild beasty noises. Rocky is very controlled with his "biting" when they get rough. However Stormy, not as much. She bites just hard enough that Rocky has had long thin scabs...

I would love to fence of a portion of the backyard, but I have an insane HOA where I live and would be threatened, then fined for making an unapproved change to the exterior of MY home. I am in the early stages of building so we can move back out of the city limits and have freedom once again...

For the most part I feel extremely blessed that my two pups have been very well behaved. So far, they have been way easier on me than our first Doberman was 8 years ago. With that said I am starting to have an issue that I'm not sure what the best way to stop/correct it is, and I would...

Well Rocky is now 8 months old, and he seems to be having an issue with his left ear. The right ear is solid and had been for a few months. The left ear however will stand in between posting for a few hours. If we crate him at all it flops. The stange thing is if he gets excited like for...

So we brought Stormy home this past Wednesday. She and Rocky are getting along surprisingly well. Phoebe the old grouchy MinPin even likes her. It was hard getting good pictures of just one Dobie pup, but I can't get any good pictures of them together because one of them is ALWAYS moving.

This pic is a few years old. Her face has a lot more white hair these days. I think she sleeps about 18 hours a day, but has no time for playing with a young pup.