Hi, I figured I'd stop here first and introduce myself and my dogs. 
I live in Illinois and currently have 6 dogs (well technically 5). I have a female Chihuahua named Sweet Pea, a female Beagle/Basset/JRT mix named Penny, a female Lab/Rott named Justice, a male Bullmastiff mix named Argos, a male Rottweiler named Atticus and a male Shih Tzu named Gizmo which is really my mothers dog, but I live with her. We also have a female Cocker Spaniel named Bambi here, but she's a "foster" dog. We aren't 100% sure if we are going to keep Atticus yet, we just got him on Thursday as a favor because my friends uncle didn't want him anymore. So we may just keep him long enough to teach him how to be a dog, but I'm hopeing he stays. There are also my dad's dogs Mocha (a Rott) and Nadine (Pit mix) that you'll probably see on here as well.