Meet our big (60kg!) boy Simba! Simba has come into us from a private home as his owners work pattern changed which meant he was left for very long periods so the very hard decision was made to find him a new home 🙁
When he first arrived in kennels we noticed one of his eye was a bit weepy and the following morning he could barely open it. We got him straight up to the vet, bless him it was evidently painful and he wouldn't allow the vet to have a proper look but they said it was potentially entropion so it was decided that he needed to undergo a GA to have a look and castrate him at the same time to save another anaesthetic later. We never like putting them under so soon after arriving with us and we/the vets would have liked him to lost a bit of weight first but needs must and he was booked in for the following day.
When he was under they were able to have a good look and it was found he had an ulcer, the blood vessels around it meant that it wasn't new and that it was trying to heal. The vets then gridded his eye to encourage healing, his eye lids looked ok at the time and it was hoped they would fully rectify post op so he was allowed home under strict instructions not to rub the eye.
At his check up a few days later sadly we didn't get the news we were hoping for instead it was confirmed that his eye did need entropion surgery
The good news is that he has now had his entropion surgery and is well on the way to recovery so we thought it would be a good time to find him a home as he is hating kennels bless him.
So we will start of with Simba's "bad bits"... he does need lead work as he is strong on the lead and does pull, we don't normally say dogs need a strong handler as often it is in the technique but Simba will indeed need a strong handler. We are limited as to what we can do training wise at the moment as vets recommendations due to his eye is for him to be walked on a harness which isn't ideal and it does mean he will need some lead work in his new home.
In typical Rottie fashion Simba can be stubborn at times and he also isn't a huge fan of the vets, but we can't really blame him with all the prodding and poking he has had to go through not to mention an a lot of pain with his poor eye.
So on to the good bits.. Simba is a really friendly boy, he loves people, happy to see you and have a fuss with his tail always wagging.
Simba is also good with other dogs (just a little over the top at times) though he has never lived with a dog he has just had dog friends on walks 🙂
We are ideally looking for a Rottie experienced home, he does have lots of typical Rottie traits and mannerism's which likely only Rottie owners will know and love... because if your a fan of the breed you will almost certainly love Simba!
