Rottweiler CareCare of your rottie starts with a good all natural food or a food that does not contain harmful ingredients. Getting your rott pup on a large breed puppy food until 18 – 24 months of age is good DO NOT give your rottie regular puppy food it will cause him/her to grow too fast causing strain on his/her bones and elevating the risk of hip displaysia. Then after 18-24 months old getting your rott on a large breed adult dog food is best. We feed dry dog food and we give canned dog food. Another thing is not allowing your rottie to jump from heights higher than his/her shoulder because this as well can cause stress on their joints. It is very important to keep you rottie pup inside your home until they have had their 1st three shots. Letting them out in your own back yard is ok as long as you know that it is completely free of disease even then I would wait until at least the 2nd shot. Remember parvo can be airborne and even though your backyard is safe the wind can bring the parvo virus into your home as well as flies. Do not force your puppy to exercise before the age of 18 months old, you can start them off on agility training before then but don’t ask them to jump over anything for example you can use a broom stick and teach them to walk over it with a command of over and when they are old enough to start jumping I suggest getting a hold of a demo dog that already knows agility the new rott will see the other dog doing it and will feel more confidant to try obstacles. Maggie is my demo dog. Keep their toenails trimmed unless they wear down on their own, long nails can cause pain and effect their gait. Preventing Hip DysplasiaHip Dysplasia can be the cause of 5 factors: A. Genetics B. Too much exercise at a young age C. The kind and brand of dog food you feed D. Overfeeding E. An injury Genetics: A history of hip dysplasia in the family will likely result in pups with hip problems. Too Much exercise: We puppies are young their bones are still forming and too much strain on the bones can actually cause hip dysplasia. So how much exercise is ok and how much is too much. A lite amount of play not too much running, a short easy walk around a small block is ok I think a 1 mile walk is too much. Absoulutly no jumping off of anything especially anything taller than the puppy's shoulder. I even worry about then walking up and down the stairs so I will carry them just to be safe. The Type and Brand of dog food: Go with a good quality brand of dog food like don't feed brands like Ol Roy or Pedigree. Poor quality brands don't have the right nutrition so your puppy will be lacking needed nutrition and sometimes ingesting chemicles. And with a rottie choose either a Large Breed Puppy type or Adult type. Do Not feed regular puppy food it will cause your puppy to grow way too fast causing the bones to grow way too fast and causing joint problems including hip and elbow dysplasia. Overfeeding: It is important to keep your puppy lean not underweight but lean. Keep extra weight off carrying extra weight again causes emince stress on joints especially growing joints and is an invitation too many other diseases as well. Rottweilers continue to get heavier until around 4 years old so don't worry if your puppy isn't big by a year old he or she will get there eventually Maggie is still getting stockier and she's only 3 years old, she's gotten quite a bit heavier than she was at a year old. Injury: Injuries if sustained by the hip may eventually turn into hip dysplasia. So again be careful do not allow the puppy in places the he/she may fall and get hurt. If you have a rambunctious adult do who is bigger and may accidently hurt the pup supervise their play time. Never pull on a puppy's back legs always moniter play time with children as they may be too rough with puppy.
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