DIETRA WAS FROM A LITTER OF THREE, HER OLDER SISTER DIDNT MAKE IT, HER SECOND OLDEST CAME OUT JUST FINE, THEN WHEN IT WAS HER TURN, SHE WAS BREACH, I HELPED HER MOM "MAGGIE" DELIVER HER, SHE WAS'NT BREATHING, I COULDNT HANDLE LOOSING ANOTHER ONE OF MY BABIES, I BREATHED INTO HER UNTIL SHE TOOK HER FIRST BREATH ON HER OWN, THE SACK HAD TORE AND WAS JUST AROUND HER HEAD SO IT CUT OFF HER AIR, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HEARING THAT FIRST PUPPY CRY,AS SHE STARTED TO BREATH, WE HAD 8YRS OF OUR GIRL TALKING ALL THE TIME OR WHAT IT REALLY WAS," GRUMPING". BUT WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO HAVE HAD ANOTHER 8 YRS OF THAT GRUMPING. DIETRA WAS A FULL BLOOD GERMAN BLOCKHEAD ROTTIE, HER MOM WAS A SMALLER 130 LBS. , HER DAD WAS BIG BLOCKHEAD AND HIS FACE TURNED ALL BLACK AS HE GOT OLDER HE WAS SO INTIMIDATING, BUT HAD SUCH AGENTLE SPIRIT, HE WEIGHED 170 LBS. WHAT A GREAT ROTTIE FAMILY WE HAD AND WE MISS THEM ALL SO MUCH, I WOULD NOT TRADE A MINUTE OF MY LIFE WITH MY ROTTIES FOR ANYTHING IN THIS OL' WORLD EXCEPT FOR ANOTHER LIFE WITH THEM. ROTTIES HAVE SUCH A BAD NAME, BUT ANY DOG WOULD IF THEY ARE MISTREATED AND MISLEAD, LIKE ANY DOG, ROTTIES KNOW WHEN TO PROTECT AND STAND THEIR GROUND, BUT AS FOR OURS UNLESS THEY FELT THREATENED OR THE NEED TO BE THERE FOR US THEY DIDNT PAY ANY PERSON ANY ATTENTION. EACH OF OUR DOGS "BABIES" HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART, THEY WERE EACH DIFFERENT, AS FAR AS PERSONALITIES, BUT ALL HAD GREAT ONES. WE LOVED EACH OF THEM.