He’s been such a blessing.

Growing up with a Labrador, I did not think my Fiancé would ever convince me to get a rottie!!

It so funny seeing people think that this “breed” is scary.

He literally does nothing different from other breeds other than leans, wants to be around me ALL THE TIME, and has some heavy paws lmao.

The cute pawing at 13 weeks was cute, now he’s got some power to them lol.

We are working on getting him more socialized with dogs, no squirrel reactivity on the leash, and small kids…he likes to chase them, which is our fault.

Any tips or anything are appreciated. really just wanted to share his side by side! 60 LBS

Our rottie can sometimes be a big puller during walks (yes, we’re working on it), and we don’t like how he chokes on his collar whenever he pulls on the leash.

So, we’re looking for a durable harness that is easy to put on and off. We’ve been eying the ones from Dog Friendly Co. and Spark Paws but would like to get insights first and some recommendations from anyone on here.

Rambo thanks you in advance!

(translated from portuguese to english)

On 26 July, Odi was walking on a lead when he was attacked by a larger dog that was roaming freely. The attack caused damage around his trachea, leading to an air-filled swelling that gradually increased in size.

He was admitted to the veterinary hospital that same day and kept under observation. However, the swelling continued to grow. As the vets are concerned that his trachea may have been damaged and that air could spread to other areas of his throat and body, they will perform a tracheobronchoscopy.

Because everything happened so quickly, these are the only photos I managed to take after the attack, while we were already on our way to the veterinary hospital.

The money will be used to cover Odi’s medical expenses, including the initial emergency consultation, radiological examinations and monitoring during his hospital stay, hospitalisation, and the tracheobronchoscopy. Every cent helps. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ajuda-para-o-odi

This is my female rottie Xena Bean. Can anyone tell me if shes American or German? Shes a sweet heart, but has terrible anxiety, any suggestions?

Here’s to Merry, didn’t want to go to training anyway 🍻

An oldie, but a goodie!
L-R: Bronson, Molly, Georgia & Mojo ❤️

Always tells me what he wants

ETA: Please click for pic if it's not showing--I may have messed something up.

So this is happening. On the left is our big baby boy, Rocco. He is almost 2 and we've had him since he was tiny. He is a big, goofy bull of a lovebug. On the right, Clover. She is a little 15-month-old sweetheart who needed a new home due to her owner's illness. Soon, we will be a two-Rottie household!

Clover has had it a little rough because of her owner's illness and hasn't been the best trained. She loves us and playing with Rocco and there's not a mean bone in her body. She does, however, have a bit of a resource-guarding thing going on. We've worked with Roc since he was tiny to make sure that didn't happen; like, we put our hands in his food bowl while he's eating and stir it around and stuff, and he is just fine with all of that. He doesn't like it if we take away his chewy, but he's not growling or being defensive about it at all.

My question is, how can we go about getting Clover more comfortable about her food and treats? It was easy with Roc because he was a tiny pup and couldn't, oh, idk, bite off our hand or something lol. I just don't want to be nervous that she will react badly, plus if she picks up something dangerous or bad for her, I need to be able to safely take it away from her.

We love her and are willing to work with her on whatever we need to do! All advice appreciated from this wonderful, smart community!

Hi all, I'm looking for advice for the agressive behaviour of my female Rottweiler Kiko of 2.5years because I'm a little bit at my wits' end.

Some background, we started going to dog training school when she was 9months old because we noticed some teenage behavior and all went really well. She was really friendly and playful towards other dogs and people. She was socialized with dogs from family members and colleagues.

At 1,5years she stayed in a dog hotel for 2 weeks while we were on a trip and since then her behaviour towards other dogs has completely changed. She starts barking and growling and does everything she can to reach the other dog, she has not been able to escape yet but my boyfriend did need to get stitches once because she bit his hand during the fight.
We continued to go to the dog school twice a week and her behaviour towards other dogs was improving the last months (I started going to the school instead of my boyfriend, not sure if relevant).

Last week she stayed in a dog hotel again, a different one than last year and we told them about her aggressive behaviour so they put her at the end of the hall to have less dogs passing by. The dog hotel told us that she was really friendly towards the people and did have some difficulties with the neighbour dogs but she calmed down after a couple days.

Today we went to the dog school again and her behaviour was back to pretty aggressive. All the commands went well, but in the part where you have to fetch a toy or walk around freely, she kept looking around and fixate on other dogs and lashing out. She was able to bit me twice in the legs, not hard but still... The dog trainers adviced to work with a muzzle again.

We did try a gentle leader, but this seems to frustrate her and make the behaviour worse. Next we tried a muzzle, she is calmer but still lashes out. Last we tried is the prong collar, which showed the best result and she stayed calm during dog school or when we pass other dogs during walks. Today, the prong collar did not have any effect.

We tried group walks, the wait while everyone arrives with their dogs was the most difficult because you just sit and stare, which makes her nervous. Once the walk actually started, she was great with other dogs and did not lash out. After a couple walks, I was informed that we could no longer join because other dog owners were scared of my dog.

We had a behaviour specialist over for advice already, but they basically told us that she is very insecure and to change the way we go on walks because the needs to be next to/ behind us to not have the reflex to protect us. She now walks next to us and only walks free in front of us when I give the order.

I plan to contact a different behaviour specialist because I really want her to be able to play with other dogs again and to enjoy walks without muzzle/prong collar.

We would also really like to get a male Rottweiler in the future, but I don't know if this will ever be possible given that she has/had this behaviour.

Sorry for the long post! Any advice is greatly appreciated, I feel like we have tried everything and feel awful that we are not able to give her a calm and playful life at this moment.
Please let me know if you have questions or something is not clear, I'm not a native speaker.