Rottweiler, The Fearless And Self-Confident Dog

We can learn from history books that the Rottweiler was considered a close friend of man, since the time Romans started to breed it as protection for their livestock and other properties. The Germans, who owned the greatest cattle herds of that time, as their entire economic life was based on cattle, learned from Romans to use this breed in the purpose of herding their livestock. The initial breeders used the instinct for herding and the ferocious nature of these dogs and selected the ones able to fight against wolves, thieves or other dangers, resulting nowadays these confident, fierce and decisive dogs.

These dogs are powerful and quite stoic in their demeanor and their body is strong, head big something like a mastiff, which had given the notion that this dog has descended from mastiff genes. It takes a lot to control and master this animal, and you will need to have an active and assertive personality so it can respect you as its leader.

The Rottweiler training will not be a short 2-3 months course, but up to two years until it matures during which you will need to be at its beck and call watching it, correcting it, loving, enforcing the 'who-is-the-boss' rules in the home. If you are not up to it, then the Rottweiler is not the dog for you.

Rottie Has A Calm Personality

Caressed Rottie by its lovers, it is a calm and observing dog, fearless, stoic and self-assured. The Rottweiler usually does not bark at a person, they only bark when they are annoyed. As all dogs, they consider the owner's family their pack and will accept orders only from their superiors.

If they are not well socialized from their puppy stage they manifest aggressive against strangers, human or dogs. The must important training aims obedience to master and family, before getting full grown.

It is a dog willing to learn all its life and a great companion. In order to make them happy you just must let them feel useful. Give them something to do and they will love to do it. At least play with them every day and exercise their agility and obedience. If they get bored they will gain a grouchy temper and will chew no matter what they can acces in your house.

You may choose a female Rottweiler as a pet so you will get easier control and the training will take less time and effort. Excepting the mating season and the whelping period, females are more affectionate than males.

The main features that allowed them to survive during their herding period is their natural ferocity and the attachment to it's master, whom they have fought aside against either animal or human predators. Man used the dominant attitude and the ferocity of this breed to help him during those dangerous times and, in the last two centuries, used a lot of training and effort to develop the Rottweiler having its modern traits. So this modern Rottweiler is the result of its long history aside man.


From historical times the Roman peasants bread Rottweilerdogs to help them herd their cattleThose who managed to gain the respect of a Rottweiler and made of it their companion, mostly appreciate their inteligence and permanent willing to serve their owner.

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