help please?

Question

i have a 8 month old rotti im using her as a guard/watchdog im not training her how to bite 'properly' because she doesnt need it a rottis bite is hard enough! at what age will she start to protect and is there games or anything else i should do to help her along?

why do you all think i treat my dog like sh!t? we all love 'Jazz' i have kids. and i never said that i wanted to train to bite her i said i DONT wont to train her, i just want a steady dog to warn off possible intruders and if it comes to it she will bite them. Im not stupid i put up signs everywere and sosiolized it with the neiubors kids. p.s im sorry if i offended anyone.

Answer 1

You don't need to train a rottie to protect the house, they do that naturally. Just treat her well, and make sure she lives inside so she will regard the house as something she has to protect. Make sure she is socialized to lots of people, so she can learn the difference between bad people and good people. If you don't socialize her to lots of people, she will think that everyone but your immediate family is a bad person, and she will be overly protective and thus a big legal liability. My German Shepherd is the biggest sweetheart, but if someone is at the door and startles me, she will growl, bark and hackle until the person goes away or I put the dog in another room. She is super sweet to anyone I invite in, though, and she is actually shy to strangers in all other situations. If you treat your dog like family, she will act like family, and protect you and your home if trouble happens.
It might be fun though, to teach her to bark when you say "guard" or"protect". That way, you can say "guard" if someone threatens you, and she will bark. Strangers won't know that that is all she is trained to do. They will assume that she is trained to bite them, too.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Working breeds will automatically protect a family and bite a stranger...especially rotties. She may start acting protective when she hits one...

Actually yes there is a sport lol. I forgot what it is called but its something about dogs biting ppl.

Please dont use her as a guard/watchdog. Treat her like family.

Remember...a dog treated like family and sees itself as properly in the pack is more likely to protect you

BTW if you cannot keep the dog from biting someone (like a visiter comes) you shud get ready for a lawsuit. If someone is bitten and ASPCA comes over and the dog barks at them and you cannot make her calm down...they WILL take your dog and put it to sleep

Answer 3

There is never any need to train a rottwieler to guard, especially if you do not know what your are doing.
Socialize and train your dog so that you have control over her and she will never have to be euthanized for biting the wrong person.
I have a Rottweiler (my third) and she is trained to do be a St. John's Ambulance therapy dog, this means she is temperament tested to visit the elderly.
Having a trained dog like this will ensure that you can take her everywhere, and enjoy her like you should, your best friend.
Having a Rottweiler is simply enough they do not need to be amatuer trained to be viscous, that is simply irresponsible dog ownership.
I got my first Rottweiler at age 18, I worked at a nightclub with my roommate, there was someone peeking in our window so we took "Lexus" to the backyard where the window was and let her loose to run the yard. Had she caught the perpetraitor would she have bitten him? probably not, but he sure as hell didnt hang out to find out! We never got her for the intention of safety, it was simply a perk.
THere was a man who recently called me for training, he has a German SHepherd/Rotti mix and wanted a guard dog. Having absolutely no idea what he was doing he isolated (which is abuse) the dog to create aggression. He was completely unhappy with what he released and wanted to socialize the dog. Who wants a "loaded gun" that you have absolutely no control over?
Do you know how mentally damaging it is to isolate a dog? DO you know why they come out aggressive? It is fear aggression, your poor dog is afraid of the world because it hasnt experienced it and is lashing out.

Train your dog to be a "guard dog" and you WILL be sorry, there will eventually be an opportunity for your dog to attack someone and you WILL lose your dog.
Train your dog in obedience and love her like a best friend and you will get so much more out of her, you could take her everywhere and she will protect you only in an extreme circumstance when neccessary out of instinct.

Answer 4

There is a game to raise the self-confidence of your dog:
take an old rag and incite your rottie to hold it with the teeth and then drag this old cloth.It's necessary,that the dog win this game a few times and gain the rag,but you've to win too!! That's important,either you don't, the dog lose respect!If a person approach to your home and the dog barks,praise him overestimated but avoid,that ur dog bites someone!
Don't forget, a good watchdog LOVE humans!

Answer 5

I think you are setting yourself up for a potential lawsuit, injury, and perhaps euthanized dog.

Dogs, especially rotties, are instinctively watchful and protective of their hoem and people. The dog will bark when people approach the door, without any training or assistance.

There is NO need to train her to bite anyone, or go for anyone, absolutely not.

Realize that if your dog lunges at someone and injures them, you will be sued and the dog will likely be euthanized. You may think you have 'control' over her but you are training her to be aggressive, not submissive towards humans.

People like you are why we have all these breed bans!! Please don't do this to your dog!

Answer 6

Never teach a dog to bite or be agressive towards any human, it will ultimately be your dogs and yourself's undoing.

Dogs will naturally protect no matter what breed.
Their closeness to you will be what will ensure it.
Build a bond of love, understanding and trust and your dog will protect you to the end.

By instinct they actually protect their territory, so in effect, really they are protecting what is theirs, so if you become part of their territory, they will also protect you.

Shift a dog from your territory to new owners, (ones that care and love the dog,not those that may abuse), it will soon forget you and yours and protect it's new 'pack'.

On the other hand, teach it to bite, it most probably will, and then be put down for being labelled a dangerous dog.

Answer 7

Your dog already started to protect. It is their instinct to protect. I have a rotti and when I get home late at night, she growls and barks until I start to talk to her. Trust me, your dog will protect you when the time comes!

Answer 8

you should give the poor pup to somebody that knows what they are doing. you will end up with a dog that is going to hurt somebody and its guys like you that give rotties a bad name. they are lovely dogs if raised and trained right and its clear that you don't have a clue.

Answer 9

If you continue with this, you are giving your dog a death sentence.
FYI: Rottweilers ARE ALSO on the list of dog banning, be a responsible pet owner and don't be part of the problem...

Ban the deed not the breed...
Its not bad dogs its bad owners...
Blame the other end of the leash...

If you want security, call ADT (get an alarm installed)

Answer 10

I would go to an Animal Training class, that lasts about 8 weeks. There's SO much good you can do your pets by doing that!

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