Rottweiler Puppy and Orphaned Warthog Are Best Friends !

A cute Rottweiler puppy named Nikita became the best friend of Piggy, an orphaned warthog. Piggy was one of three baby warthogs who arrived at Daktari, South Africa in 2014. A lady found the three warthog babies living in a drain near the road. She gave the babies warm milk, and left them where they were, hoping that the mother would come back but unfortunately the mother didn't came so the lady contacted Ian Merrifield, a co-founder of Daktari (a wildlife orphanage and school) to come and pick the warthogs up. 

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Even though the people at the Daktari center gave the warthogs the best care, two of the warthogs died after arriving at the center, while the other warthog named Piggy surprisingly managed to survive.  A Rottweiler puppy at the center helped the people to take care of the warthog, the dog and the warthog became inseparatable. Even though the rescue was worried Piggy was too weak, Nikita the Rottweiler quickly nursed him back to health, despite being a puppy. The Rottweiler puppy Nikita even took a motherly role with Piggy. According to Ian, Nikita would stimulate Piggy's backside to help him do his business. 

Fortunately after growing up Piggy was healthy enough to be released to a local game reserve last year, and despite their irreplaceable friendship, the shelter is happy to report that the warthog is thriving.                         
                       
"Piggy adapted well to his new home," says Ian. "Last we heard, he's doing great. The owner of the reserve will put kitchen scraps outside the fence and Piggy comes to gorge himself."/thedodo.com/

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History of Rosie the rescued Rottweiler

                               

Calli-San Clinton and Alicia McCormick decided that they couldn’t leave Rosie alone and spent three months tirelessly trying to win her affection. Rosie lived alone for most of her life in Neraabup National Park (Western Australia). She had been seen living in the bush, but no one had taken the time to rescue her until Calli and Alica decided to help her.

"We spent hours watching and waiting for her to appear. We left a food on a towel for her to find, we called out to her when she appeared but she was so scary" says Calli. They left a food station and she started to come and eat everyday.

"Rosie began waiting for us when we called her, she start learning her name, we left treats on the towel and we moved closer everyday" says Calli. After living in the bush for most of her life Rosie started to become friendly and finally left the bush.

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15 Things That You Probably Don't Know About Dogs

Here are 15 things you probably didn’t know about dogs.

1.Dog puppies are born blind.

2.The breed Chihuaha(the smallest breed of dog) was named after the same name state in Mexico.

3.A dog can hear sounds four times farther away than you can.

4.Dogs can read your face.

5.Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic, but sadly nine did not. The three dogs were all extremely small, two of them were Pomeranians, the third was a Pekinese.

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6.Happy dogs wag their tails to the right, sad dogs to the left.

7. The oldest recorded age for a dog was was almost 30 years old.

8.The tallest living dog is a 1.18m tall Great Dane.

9.Dogs are the most owned pet in the USA with about 36.5% of households having one.

10.Dogs can make about 100 different facial expressions.

11. Being afraid of dogs is called 'Cynophobia'.

12.Pitbull's were once known as 'nanny dogs'.

13.Dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention.

14. A dog's nose print is just like a human fingerprint and can be used to identify them.

15.Dogs walked by men are four times more likely to threaten other dogs.

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Top 3 Most Misunderstood Dog Breeds

There are a number of dogs breeds that are very misunderstood. Many countries ban those dog breeds, because they are known as scary, aggressive, vicious etc... Here's the list of breeds that are completely misunderstood.

American Pit Bull Terrier.-  American Pit Bull Terries, often just known as “Pit Bulls” are the most feared breed in USA. The “Pit Bull” isn’t an actual breed, but a slang term that current american culture uses to describe any dog that has a  cropped ears,big head, or brindle coat.  Pit Bulls are friendly and love people, but over the years, they are known as aggresive breed due to breeders and owners that used them in dog fighting.

                           

Rottweiler.- - Rottweilers are big, loyalty. strong and intelligent dogs, they are often portrayed as being bred to kill due to their owners, but they are extremely friendly and loyal with their families and other pets if they are socialized in a loving family.

                            

Doberman Pincher.- Strong, fast and big, these are words that can describe them. Same as Rottweiler’s,  Dobermans have developed a bad reputation as a aggresive dog, but they only become aggressive if their owners encourage the behavior.  Dobermans are actually very sweet, loving and rank as highly intelligent dog breed.

                           

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The history of Sky, the stolen Rottweiler

Mick Robinson is searching for his stolen Rottweiler, Sky.




Sky the Rottweiler was stolen last year, since then her owner Mick Robinson has launched a campaing 'Get Sky Home'. But he's been targeted by hoax callers who claimed to have her.

She's one of almost 800 dogs which have been stolen in Yorkshire since 2013, and campaingers say police need to do more to help dog's like her. Sky's owner says he won't stop his work until she's found and he will search "all day, every day" for his dog /bbc/.

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Training Rottweiler puppy to come and walk on lead

Everyone wants their dog to come when they call them and they want trained dogs to walk on a Leash. Most puppies, at first, resist walking on leash, they refuses to walk, pull back, throw themselves on the ground etc.. 

Training your puppy to walk on the lead is one of the most important things of your puppy training,  and if you teach your dog to be happy on a lead it will be a useful lifelong skill. 

In this video you will learn one of the easiest ways to teach your puppy to walk on lead and also to teach a puppy to come when called.

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How dog breeds got their names / The origins of their names

Do you ever wonder how dog breeds get their names?
Rottweiler.-They were originally called the “Rottweiler Metgerhund,” meaning “Rottweil butchers’ dog.” They are named after the town named Rottweil,southwestern Germany.From this town the dog breed gets its name.

German Shepherd.- has a fairly simple name and reflects it’s full heritage, the breed was named Deutscher Schäferhund by von Stephanitz, literally translating to 'German Shepherd Dog'. The breed was so named due to its original purpose of assisting shepherds in herding and protecting sheep from other animals and strange people.

                                       

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Boxer.- their name  is supposedly derived from the breed's tendency to play by standing on its hind legs and "boxing" with its front paws while playing.

                                               

Doberman Pinscher:-  the Doberman was named after Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a late 19th century German tax collector bothered by robbers after Dobermann's death in 1894, the Germans named the breed Dobermann-pinscher in his honor.

                                         

Dalmatian.-  the name of the breed stems from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae,the area on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea.

                                             

Bulldog.-  it was originally bred for bull baiting, a now long-time outlawed bloodsport. The first reference to the word with the modern spelling is dated 1631 or 1632 in a letter by a man named P reswick Eaton where he writes: "procuer mee two good Bulldogs, and let them be sent by ye first shipp".

Labrador Retriever.- when the dogs were brought to England from Canada, they were named after the geographic area known as "the Labrador" (they were known as Labrador Retrievers because they "retrieved" in the Labrador Sea)

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