Rottweillers - will this help change everyone's opinion?

Question

The article was too long for here so if you click on the link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6321827.stm

Answer 1

DOGS ARE LIKE CHILDREN, ITS HOW THEY ARE BROUGHT UP!! I LOVE ALL DOGS!

Answer 2

Nice story. My opinion doesn't need changed. Rotties are some of the sweetest dogs I've known. Some breeds are strong willed and stubborn. People that feel the need to own such pets should realize the dogs need training, constant training. Any dog is only as good as the training it recieves. It is not the fault of the dog if it has an owner that doesn't know what he/she is doing and will not get help from a professional.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, probably not.

It only takes three enforcements of an idea - e.g. rotweillers are bad for the idea to stick. It then takes 10 negative enforcements for the brain to question - e.g. rottweillers ar not bad.

Since most of the problems with dogs are actually problems with people, people tend to not want to hear this message. It's easier to blame a dog than to say we should take the responsibility for our own actions.

The majority of the population seems to take the Daily Mail and Sun as gospel and therefore have been well and truly indoctrinated into believing that rottweilers are the hounds of hell who enjoy ripping up cute little babies for a bit of a giggle.

The true nature of the rottweiller is that it is a highly intelligent and loyal dog. Many of the armed and police services around the world have started using them with greater frequency as working dogs, as they respond well to training and socialise well with other dogs and people. They make excellent pets - for the right people - because they can be very patient with children, are robust to take a bit of a pounding from curious kids trying to ride them and are incredibly protective of their families. The most likely way of getting attacked from a well trained rottweiller is to attack his/her human family.

Unfortunately, many people want a rottweiller because they want to look hard, or use it as a guard dog but don't have the skills to train it properly. These are the idiots that also breed copiously in order to claim more dole and don't do any better job of training the kids. They teach both that the way to get what you want in life is to make a lot of noise and kick off when unhappy. Then they wonder why their 12 stone dog has mauled their 5 stone bratt in response to having a PSP inserted up its bottom.

But you never know, one or two might have a second thought...

Answer 4

I didn't need my opinion changing as I know someone who owns a rottie and he is also lovely.
There is no such thing as an evil dog breed.All breeds have occasional bad dogs but these are usually cos of bad training or from bad breeders.The main thing is to have common sense-young children should be taught how to treat dogs and should not be left alone with any dog until they are old enough to understand how to handle it.
The problem with rotties (and staffies,akitas,dobermanns etc) is they have the reputation of being fierce nasty dogs and this makes them popular with chav thugs who want mean dogs and train them from puppies to be mean.They grow up and attack someone and the attack ends up in the tabloids which adds to the breed's bad name and encourages more chavs to buy them and so it goes on....
Stories like this are lovely but probably won't convince idiots who believe what the Daily Mail tells them.

Answer 5

I wish people would stop generalising about how good or how bad each breed is. Every breed consists of a vast majority of ideal wonderful dogs, and every breed has the odd nasty piece of work (whether due to indiscriminate breeding, bad owners, bad training, or just bad genetics). The problem is, when you get a bad rottweiler, GSD, pit bull, SBT etc, then they are dangerous if not life threatening especially to young children.
I am sure those parents who have had children killed by their own dogs would have said before the event that their dogs were lovely. It only takes one incident to change your mind.

Answer 6

Thats adorable and i really do think that should change many people's opinion, but sadly there are still people out there who like to label these breeds. Even though EVERY dog is different, and it all does depend on the way the dog is brought up, Rottweiler or not.
Brilliant story and well done.
I think this world needs more people like you, who publicise the good and not the bad.
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Answer 7

I to own rottweilers and am reall upset with all the negative media storie's, i have had 5 rotts, i lost 3 in 18 months to cancer, my girl died in september last year, she was a reg patdog for 8 years. I now have an 18 month old male who is winning a few shows now, i have just got his half sister who is 11 weeks old, i am going to show her to, i also have a border collie ( a blue merle) who i work in open obedience. I have been upset with all the attack storie's but most were due to human error.Has anyone else got rotts?.What do you think about all these attacks?.

Answer 8

I am a big fan of rotts. I had two and never had any probs with them they were great dogs. I now have a staf with a wicked temperament. The problem with these dogs is the people who own them. Anyway regardless of the dog you have you should never leave a child in a vulnerable situation, this is when bad things happen!!!

Answer 9

My sister in law had a Rotweiler that used to dive in to the swimming pool and pull out the children when she found them swimming. Then she would hold the child's hand in her mouth and walk them to the other side of the garden. The dog learned this all by herself. One day my sister in law heard a strange chirping noise. It was a baby bird that had fallen from the nest - and the rotty was waklking around with the chick in her mouth.

Answer 10

my daughter has one and she also has 3 kids aged 5,3,and 1, the dog is brilliant with the kids and she is really placid, she will be 4 in march and they have never had any trouble with her, in fact when they bring her to my house she hides from my cats which is really funny to see, not all dogs are nasty only the ones who are badly treated, was`nt that just so sweet? i clicked on and saw the wee lambs getting mothered by the rotty,

Answer 11

No, because I already know they are great dogs. I've worked at 2 boarding kennels and you know what? All of the so called "bad breeds" NEVER gave even one problem, but I have been bitten by 4 different labs (one bit me twice) an english setter, a husky, and a cocker spaniel