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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

My daughter has two Rottweilers and loves them.

But there is a caution on Rottweilers: these are powerful dogs that  
can be dangerous to people and other pets. In the last year I have  
heard of incidents that cause me to say that I would never get such  
dogs except as puppies. Both incidents were dogs obtained as adults.  
The results were ugly. In both cases the owners had to put them down.

I've gotten dogs as adults and pups. Pups are the way to go. I have  
empathy for dogs in pounds and shelters and newspaper ads where the  
owners want to give them away. But I will only bring a pup into our  
family.

With an adult dog you never know for sure what bad habits or  
temperament traits they possess.




On Oct 6, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:

> [Not from Roy]
>
> Oh OH...yup, big ol' second on Rotties...I've loved the few I've had
> contact with. How are they with livestock, any idea?
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:54 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
>
> > I haven't heard this mentioned.   I have owned Rottweilers.   Well,
> > trained, in my opinion, nothing better.   When living in MT, our  
> > first