Dog sitting our neighbor's rottweiler. I have never met a more innocent creature in my life

😂 It’s official I am a sadistic Hoo-mum, but Tonka still loves me and his new toy even though he thinks barking at me will some how free the ball from the bottle.

Was curious as to what variation of rottweiler does my spoiled rottie girl resembles most? (Panel attached and end) she's 18 months Ps....Her snout is 9cm from stop to end of nose per standard! 😊

My 13 week old girl, Bonnie, has some mild dry itchy skin. The vet said he’s not concerned which is good. But is there anything that anyone has found helps?

Also training. We’ve learnt the basics- crate training, toilet training, sit, paw, lay down, touch, leave it and so far loose lead walking is going well. I have her booked in with a trainer in a couple of weeks, is there anything that I should be making sure she is trained with that a trainer might be able to help with? She is the most unbothered dog I have ever met, no reaction to people or other dogs (for now!)

TIA x

2 years old Urus

Good dog, Francis!

My 9 week old Rottie howling with the clarinet.

This is Max I rescued him when he was about 2 years old and he’s only part Rottweiler but I hope he’s welcome. I got his DNA tested and he’s 52.6% Rottweiler 20.4% English shepherd 15.5% Australian shepherd and 11.5% miniature Australian shepherd. He’s about 6 years old and 80lb.

It was pretty obvious he had been mistreated when I got him. When I was leaving the shelter he followed me to the truck probably cause I had a big bag of the food he had been eating but when I went to help him into the truck he just showed his teeth so the person there who was used to him helped him in then it took me 2.5hrs just to get him out of the back of my truck when I got home. He was so skinny you could see his ribs and he was scared whenever I would move my hand he would get low to the ground and lean away but he has come such a long way at least with me and people he really knows. He is the biggest needy baby and thinks he’s 10lb and tries to fit in your lap if there’s the smallest spot there. I hate that he was abused previously because he’s such a baby with me but I can’t trust him around people he doesn’t know or dogs. I can’t let strangers pet him and if he’s going to be around strangers he has to have a muzzle on. I have a fenced in back yard and always take him out on a leash because he will climb the fence and I don’t want him to bite anybody or somebody else’s pet. The worst part is he really wants to love people he will run up and sit beside somebody and want them to pet him but once they do he gets this look and I can tell he isn’t comfortable anymore and if I don’t call him to me he will try to bite when they take their hand off him. At the vet I have to hold him while they do anything to him but even after they’re done trimming his nails or whatever if I let go and they’re on the ground on sitting down on something he will run over and want them to pet him and love on him. He’s such a sweetheart and big baby I wish I could take him places with me. I’ve tried training with multiple trainers. Not really any point in this post I just wanted to share my best friend.

You hear that rottweilers require a confident leader. The term "dominant" gets thrown around, even. Well, I'm a 5'5 lady on the petite side and while I'm confident and consistent, I'm not a physically intimidating person.

My girl is currently 3.5 months old and we train multiple hours a day. She listens SO well, but I know the teenage phase is coming. I've read a book on training rottweilers, and multiple books on training dogs in general, so I'm not completely uneducated on this topic, but I want to hear from others' personal experience.

Do I really need to start getting stern with her/have a domineering training style? I'm very much a praise-focused, affectionate owner, and that's easy while she's a pup. It's not my natural style to yell, although I can absolutely be the more stubborn one when it's required.

Will my girl still listen to me when she's older and she can physically pull me/overpower me/etc? How do I communicate with her that I'm the "boss" when she is stronger?

Kobe contemplating the meaning of life after his vet appointment. 😂🫶🏻🖤🤎🐾

Hi all! My boyfriend has a 6&1/2 yr old male Rottweilerb(a smaller boi, he's 75 lbs) and the dog has been anxious as all get out since we started dating 5 years ago. He adopted Lou (the doggo) at about age 1 yr old (guessing)..

Lou was a surrender: he had been adopted and a year later the owners brought him back to the breeder, who places the ad for the dog with just a rehoming fee.

Lou has always been scared. He didn't know what anything was when my partner got him: stairs, traffic comes, wooden walkway/bridges (any kind of walkway going over water- even small ones).

He used to "fear nip" at people on occasion (not cut, just if he got a bad vibe in the first year or two he'd do a "nip" thing if they tried to pet him, not a bite, not touching skin, but in their direction so they knew "don't touch me, not cool!". He has become very well adjusted since my boyfriend adopted him and hasn't done that in 3-4 years. He lets random people walk up and pet him now even though it makes me slightly nervous, he picks up on our vibe so I act cool and calm and it hasn't been a proven in years and years.

But he is ANXIOUS. Like he pants all the time. He cries when my boyfriend leave the house or to get in the bedroom, so we have started letting him sleep on a second bed on the floor of the bedroom. My boyfriend literally holds his paw when we watch movies. The constant panting drives me a bit nuts tho, ngl.

I'm concerned because he doesn't know to relax around other dogs and cats... But he has coexisted with both. My boyfriend has another dog (a roommate) the first year or so and he lived with my 2 cats for 3 years or so. He clashes with large breed male dogs at times. But cats have been fine in the past.

Edit: And I am getting lots of comments on prey drive. Yes this was a concern but Lou has NEVER bitten or attacked ANY ANIMAL EVER. Not cats (that he lived with), not the damn mouse that was in our house (ughhh!), never ever ever attacked any animal. He has been attacked by a male dog once but did not bite the other dog.

So here is my current situation: I just adopted a kitten. I'm a cat person. Lou is very interested in the kitten. We have only let them be around each other supervised. Lou did fear nip on the kitten's direction over after the cat ran up to him, hissed and swatted him in the face and drew blood but he didn't get his mouth anywhere near the cat. This was when my boyfriend let them be alone together in a room on day 3...

And... now the kitten has gotten bigger, it has been about 2-3 weeks. And the kitten wants to play with Lou soooo much. Lou just has no chill. He hasn't nipped again... Even though kitten did attack him one other time. He just can't stop panting and staring the kitten down when in the same room (I'm usually holding the kitten).

If Lou would chill the kitten would be playing with him constantly. I would settle for peaceful coexistence and Lou not caring about the cat like he did with my last cats. Could just be because this one is tiny and new.

The kitten is Toki Wartooth (from Metalocolypse).

Toki just wants Lou to chill.

What can I do to make Lou calm down other than positive reinforcement when Lou behaves around him? We have been using training commands ("back it up, down, look at me, stay") and those work well, Lou is well trained by my boyfriend (he was a terrified pup when my boyfriend got him and he put a lot of work into training, he has experience at training big dogs but knows very little about cats).

Any suggestions??? We've been considering taking Lou in to see if he may benefit from SSRI's or doggy anxiety meds. We've considered this for years.

I've read that trazadone helps a lot with anxiety in large dogs. Anyone have any experience with this? It wouldn't just be for Lou and Toki to get along though, This was the catalyst to an issue we have been discussing for years: we want Lou to be less anxious in general and if medication would be helpful for his mental health, we may want to try it.

Tips and recc's, shared stories, etc, would be great!

** Edit: My boyfriend insists Lou does not have a prey drive or if he does, he has not seen it, and he says he isn't exhibiting a prey drive towards this kitten (I know he wasn't with my cat who died of heart failure). And my boyfriend has raised some very large (often called "aggressive breed") dogs and has absolutely seen a prey drive in action, he has some stories of former dogs that shocked me, being a cat person).

I will say yes because she is friendly as anything. but don’t want her turning violent. the vets put it in my head that they can turn very violant 😂 but I had a family one for 13 years. just want my pup to be soppy forever 😂 so asking for advice how to make sure she stays that way. have 2 kids so need to make sure she does

My rottie is 2 & is supposed to take 2 allergy pills daily. He's been taking them fine for months in cream cheese.

On Saturday he had to take his Trifexis. He HATED it but I ultimately got him to take it with pork chop.

When I tried to give him his normal allergy meds in cream cheese later that day he refused it & he has refused EVERYTHING I've tried since the trifexis betrayal. I think this was the 4th day of him avoiding it.

I tried to just kinda get it down his throat but I'm awful at it & I can't see doing that twice a day forever.

Do you have any foolproof tips or foods yours never turns down? I've tried liverwurst, sandwich meat, chicken, different cheese, meatballs, canned food, & hot dogs.

Any advice?

They’re the cutest together and of course it’s all under supervision. Aurora is absolutely enamored by Sirabi, whilst Sirabi wants Aurora to fear her, it’s hilarious to watch!