I adopted a 4 year old rottweiler from a girl who I worked with. She breeds rotts, and she had four of them and decided, after a divorce and personal issues, to give me the youngest male.. Cujo, the rottweiler is the biggest baby. I blame a lot of this on her physical abuse to him and the others. He is shy and just wants to lay in your lap to be petted. He is scared of pretty much everything silly - plastic bags, garbage cans, guitars, plastic bottles, etc. When I first got him, he was great. He listened to everything I said. He would come, sit, lay down, stay, kennel up. He would stay by my side for walks. I feel like he is no longer this well behaved anymore. He rarely comes to me when I call him. He pulls and drags me all over the place, and he has become very interested in other dogs; he is very hard to control, and will whine. I can't get his attention at all. It's embarassing and I feel like people think he is mean because he is a rott so I don't take him out anymore
Suggestions?
2007-03-06
16:05:37
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I've had him for 3 years now. I also adopted another male dog a year ago.
2007-03-06
16:07:55 ·
update #1
My second dog is not a rottie. It is a very submissive labradoodle. They get along great! Why wouldn't I take in an abused rottie? I had already known him for two years, and i took him from a co-worker, not a friend.
2007-03-06
16:13:15 ·
update #2