Why do people need to own Rottweilers?

Question

Is it for protection?

Because I can point to a thousand stories where the dog has turned on the owner or its children and killed or maimed them.

I cant point to a single story where a dog has intercepted a knife weilding burglar and saved the day.

Nuff said ........

That stupid mother should be charged and that whole family should hang its head in shame at the way they allowed that poor 1 year old Archie to die because of their stupidity.

This was no tragic accident. This was easily avoidable, but the whole family was too dumb to see the right thing to do.

Answer 1

Used your limit up on the other account I see?
Prick!

Edit..Ta Bee.:0)

Answer 2

I own a doberman (used to own a rottie) and the doberman is also normally listed as a "dangerous bread". My first doberman was stabbed in our yard stopping a burglar from breaking in, this same dog let me paint him green with fence paint when I was four, we raised him from when he was about one he had been passed around a few times since being beaten when his first owner got drunk. My rottweiler would always sit between me and who ever she did not trust in case anything happened, it never did but she would have done anything to protect me. She never became aggressive even in her later life when she had cancer and was in server pain the last thing I remember her doing before she had to be put down was shielding my face from anyone approaching when I crying because she needed to be put down. Rottweilers can be loving, protective and huge teddy bears not all rotties attack. Well there my reasons for owning and loving these big dogs.

Answer 3

I think it is because they feel insecure and lacking in themselves. A big dog gives them some sort of credibility.

Answer 4

These dogs were never bred to be pets, so they should not be kept as pets. They should only be in the hands of professionals who use them as guard dogs etc.. Some dogs were bred for hunting or guarding, not for keeping in a 3 bed semi with kids !!!

Answer 5

There was an expert dog trainer on TV yesterday morning, she said that there's a certain type of person (other than the police and army) that tend to get these dogs, people who need to bolster their self esteem/image.
Although this was a sweeping statement, it's not entirely wrong.
PS. Although any dog can turn nasty, these dogs are bred to attack.

Answer 6

Because they can make great pets when people take the time to train them properly, don't leave young children alone with it, a big dog can easily mistake a baby for a toy/plaything, once again the dog is the scapegoat for incompetent HUMAN owners, baby lost its life cos of its grandparents, simple!

Answer 7

Because at the moment we still live in a free country. We expect people to be responsible with that freedom.

Answer 8

Lots of you are not going to like this but in my experience people who have personality disorders are often attracted to the ownership of the type of dog which needs skilled handling.There are quite a few breeds bred for their instinct to guard property and owner, without sensitive and intelligent training such animals will have the potential to be very dangerous indeed,don't anyone try to tell me an aggressive and poorly trained small dog poses the same threat as a similarly badly trained Rottweiler.......sheer muscular strength gives large guard dogs one huge advantage in an attack .

Answer 9

Any dog breed can turn and attack - they are animals and have a basic instinct. That said, most dogs who are family pets and trained well behave well. To suggest it is about the breed itself is a litle short sighted (other than the obvious breads such as pitt bull terriers etc which are banned) - I have known cocker spaniels who have had to be put down because they have attacked.

The bottom line is this, NO dog should be left unattended with children. Whenever my nieces and nephews come over to my house my dog (cocker spaniel) is locked in the kitchen. The children are told not to tease the dog (which they often try to do through the glass door!) and everyone is happy.

Answer 10

I'm a member of the "It's the deed, NOT the breed" brigade. I know many who have rottweilers who are not vicious, bloodthirsty monsters, but are actually very gentle and loving pets. The owners should have to answer as to why they allowed the boy to play with the dog UNSUPERVISED. Young children move very quickly and that can really unsettle a dog. My mum has a dog (German Shepherd) but would never allow the dog to be left unsupervised with children around and a previous dog we had DID stop a burglar trying to enter our home, so it does happen.

Answer 11

people own rottweilers because they find some thing lacking in themselves,they are saying not only do i own a big dog but a vicious one and i am in control, sadly they are not .how offten do we hear of a child bieng killed by a cocker spanial ,jack russell or the like, bitten yes but it stops there but a rottwelier will kill,rott should be banned and any one owned registered like a shotgun, but it wont happen because it would mean more work for the police, which would mean less to harras motorists