Preventing Problems With Your Rottweiler
1)Whatever you expect of your rottie in his or her adulthood begin on the first day home. This goes for any breed not just rotties. For example if you want your dog to stay in his/her crate while you have dinner begin putting him in his crate at dinner time tell him the command close the crate door give him a special toy (a really good chew toy or something like that) that he/she only gets at that time praise him/her and after dinner let her out reward him/her. 2) Begin basic sit, stay, down, let go, pick up, ect. Training first do a training session 15min a day you might decide on two or three 15min. training sessions a day. Keep training sessions short, never get mad, be patient, make it fun, use treats praise clickers, lots and lots of praise. Important things to teach your puppy is sit, down, stand, stay, come, release object from the mouth, and if you have a jumper teach them not to do that unless that’s what you want just remember you’ll have a very large dog jumping on you and your guests, after these important commands you can start training other things. The more things you train your dog the smarter he/she will become, the happier he/she will be, and of course he/she will be a behaved member of the family. 3) Do exercises everyday that let your pup know that you are the alpha dog. A. Teach the pup to sit and wait at thresholds use a leash and a buckle collar for the pup come to a threshold like a doorway make the pup sit and wait you step through the threshold wait a second or two and say OK let the pup cross the threshold make him/her sit again and then say OK or heel or whatever you would like to say. Not only will this establish you as the alpha it will also teach them not to dart out the front door and possibly get hit by a car. B. Take some quiet time out everyday for the pup hold him/her in your lap on their back rub their belly, message their feet and toes, message their gums, touch their ears, do this just for a little while if he/she squirms hold onto him/her until he/she relaxes never let him/her down on their account wait till they calm down and then you can let them down. Make him/her sit and wait then say OK before letting them run off. C. Socializing your pup is very important, since rotts have very poor immune systems and can’t really go outside until they have had their 3rd shot socializing can be difficult. In this case you might have some friends with parvo free environments come over with their healthy (friendly) dogs, cats, children to play with your pup, then when they can leave your home you can take them out to parks, pet friendly stores, places where there’s all kinds of people to socialize you pooch. D. When it is feeding time make them sit and wait before eating and on your command it is ok to eat. Allways pet the puppy all over including the face and mix the food a bit with your hands as they eat.If you free feed your dog (leaving dry dog food available for the dogs to munch on all day). Doing this exercise can be a problem however when feeding canned food you can do this exercise. If your pup is inhaling the food when you stick your hands in their food bowl take it away and hand feed them make them sit and wait for the food you give them. If they growl correct them make them sit and repeat the process if they continue growling take the food away for awhile and try again later. Whether it’s food or treats or even toys you should always make them work for it, whether that is just sitting and staying or other commands or tricks.
If you start these exercises the moment your pup comes in the door you will have a wonderful family dog that you will be happy to live with and who can be trusted.
Here is a list of German commands if you wish to train your rottie in German colossal@colossalrottweilers.com |
