Rottweiler attacks

Some people are scared about rottweilers because they may have heard some media reports about rottweiler attacks.

These stories about rottweiler attacks are always talking bad about the breed and do not take into consideration single specific situations in which rottweiler attacks might have occured.

Three weeks ago I was talking with a man who owns a female rottweiler and lives in a fenced house with a big backyard.

One day he forgot his keys of the fence door and had to jump over it in order to get into his yard. The first thing I asked him was "hey you have a rottweiler, rotties are great guard dogs why didn´t you call your dog so she knew it was you"?

To this he replied that he thought that the dog would be in the backyard of the house, chained and therefore not able to be in the front. No worries about rottweiler attacks.

As soon as he jumped over the fence and walked a couple of steps, his rottie came out of nowhere and bit his leg. "Hey hey hey it´s me" he was screaming and then his rottie let go of him looking away knowing she did something wrong.

And then he went to the hospital to get some stiches. The doctor asked what kind of attack it was and he replied my rottweiler attack and told the story.

The weeks after the incident he recalled that his dog was always sniffing the leg where she bit and looking at the owner with her head down as if she wanted to say "I´m sorry".

So next time you hear about rottweiler attacks be sure to investigate what happened and see if the rottweiler attacks was the dog´s fault or a person´s fault.

You´ll be surprised that normally you´ll find a human error.

All the best,
Andy & Dinna

P.S Part of having a well behaved rottie is getting him trough a good obedience course. You can check your local area for a trainer or you can start your online education by going here:

http://as2006.cee123.hop.clickbank.net/



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Same breed, different instincts

When you think about a certain breed of dogs people tend to associate certain traits to it.

For exemple, rotties are good guard dogs, are very friendly with their owners,...
Setters are good hunting dogs, difficult to train and so on...

But even inside a specific breed there could be differences.

Two months ago I was talking with a friend who has a male German Shepherd. Last summer his parents traveled with the dog to a remote region of Greece where there were a lot of sheeps running around freely.

Although the dog never saw any sheeps previously in his life he immediately proceeded to group them as if he did this his entire life. Amazing how his instincts were so strong considering that nobody ever taught him how to do this.

Three weeks ago I told this same story to another owner of a female German Shepherd. And you know what his comments were? "Oh no, I can´t leave my dog alone with sheeps because she would kill them"

Same breed - German Shepherd - Two different behaviors. Interesting

With rottweilers you can also find differences. Some have a high pray instinct, others not. Some are friendly with people others not so much.

Keep this in mind and get to know your rottie as much as you can!!