Is waiting to a dog is over six month a better time to buy them?

Question

Rottweilers
Can you rename them or retrain them

Answer 1

There are disadvantages to getting an older dog.

1. The dog has had time to develop bad habits and those bad habits are pretty much ingrained at 6 months old.
2. The dog has been given a name not of your choosing
3. You usually don't have any idea what his life has been like before coming to you, no idea if he has been mistreated or even trained to be aggressive.

The advantages are:

1. You don't have the pressure of picking out a name for your pet, it has already been done for you.
2. If you are still getting a young older dog (under 1 year) it will still be very trainable.
3. An older pup has more capacity for learning, more time can be taken at each session to train.

Don't change the dog's name, even if you hate it. Try instead to incorporate it. I adopted an older kitten whom had been called B**ch. Stupid name, right? So, we changed it slightly to Mitch. My younger son finally came up with Itchy, and it stuck. The dog will be confused enough without trying to learn a new name too.

Answer 2

6 months is not too old to get a puppy. A lot of people do prefer to get them younger, but as long as the dog has been well socialized to people, it won't really make that much difference. You can rename them, as they respond more to your tone of voice anyway than the actual NAME. What do you mean by RETRAIN? Basic commands such as; sit, down, stay, come, there is no need to change any of these... They are all commands a dog should learn anyway. The saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks", is just a wives tail. You can teach any dog at any age to do just about anything you want it to do - within it's physical abilities, of course. They respond to consistency, love, and a lot of praise. Treats don't hurt either :)

Answer 3

you can rename and retrain...hopefully at that young of age there will not be much retraining.... i prefer to get them at an older age...their personalities are really showing..you can see how they are going to be conformationally...and some or all of the housetraining is out of the way

Answer 4

Teh main problem is it's much harder to break habits you dond't like. Training to the way you want is harder and longer.
I myself much rather have a puppy at 8 weeks to 10 weeks so I can train and socialize as I want.
YOu can rename the dog but again it will take time for it to learna new name.

Answer 5

Its easier to train them if you get them earlier, usually 10 weeks is a good age. Training is still possible at older ages, it just is a little more complicated.

Answer 6

i'd get him/her at about 10 weeks, it's easier to adapt them to your families needs as opposed to trying to retrain it.

Answer 7

get one at about 8weeks thats when they're ready to leave theyre mothers and you can name them whatever you want and train them so that it will adapt and be brought up into your lifestyle