"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Unknown
Although a genetically good temperament through selective breeding is crucial, how the puppy is raised during the first few critical weeks has a dramatic impact on the temperament of the pup as well. These first few weeks are when your puppy learns about his/ her world and begins to develop social skills.
We use lambs wool for bedding to provide a warm, comfortable environment and provide traction for earlier walking. We have found that with proper bedding, our puppies can begin walking a week to 10 days earlier. In addition to almost constant interaction with our family, we provide early neurological stimulation. Here Miguel encourages one of the little ones to begin howling for the first time.
All puppies receive a thorough examination and weigh check daily.
From the moment they are born, our puppies are a part of our family. They are socialized with all our children. This teaches our children responsibility and helps them learn to care for and love new life.
This also helps reinforce the bond of trust between our adult dogs and us and it 
encourages our puppies to bond with human companions much faster and learn to accept even children as their pack leaders and providers.
It also teaches the puppies patience and tolerance as young children are not always as gentle as adults.
Once the pups are old enough to walk, they are introduced to the rest of the pack (our other youth and adult rotties and our kitties).
In this way we are able to socialize our pups not only with people, but other animals as well.
Here are some more of our favorite pics. "I always wanted a pony for my birthday!"
Talk about "Great Expectations!"
Eating Contest!
Ok, all together now. "Awwwww."
My husband and I decided that when our daughters are A little belly full of milk, and the pup beside
old enough to date (44) that they will each take a rottie him is dreaming about milk with his little
with them on the date. Diesel will be more than happy to tongue out to nurse :)
hand some boy his arm back ;-)'
Meeting dad for the first time. "But I don't wanna take a bath!" Poor big mama, 13 puppies!!