I was out shopping today, and I went through a tiny precinct near to where I live. There on a park bench was a girl, and sat next to her was the most enormous Rottweiler I have seen in a long time. People were dragging their children in the opposite direction and even crossing the road to avoid walking past them. I stopped and asked "is he friendly?" She smiled. "Only the friendliest dog on the planet" So I went over, and I spent the next 10 minutes being licked, and nudged, and having paws offered to me (by the dog, the girl just shook me hand) and generally having a lovely people/dog time.
Rottweilers get terrible press. But honestly, my Dawg, is half Rottweiler, although you'd never know because his Dad was a Labrador, so all people see is a huge soppy friendly Labrador, and we don't tell people about his Mother because they back away whimpering.
Don't blame the dog. Blame the idiots that turn them into nasty, aggressive creatures by either neglect or because it makes them look "hard"
Whoops, sorry just a little soap box moment there. Er hum. I LOVE dogs and you get what you give. We have always given Dawg nothing but love and discipline when he needed it. And what we have is the nicest sweetest animal in the world. We can take him ANYWHERE and know that he will always be a credit to us. Yes he can growl, but what makes me laugh is even when he growls, his tail is still wagging. Hubby says that if anyone threatened either of us he WOULD protect us. But honestly, I'm not sure.
But we don't have him as a guard dog, or to "protect" us. We have him because he is Dawg and he's ours and we love him.
The Rottweiler today was the same. He was SUCH a handsome beast. I am just so sorry that others weren't so tolerant.
I would post a picture of Dawg if I knew how, but sadly I am deficient in many ways, and working out how to put a photo on here is one of them.
If any of my excellent friends can tell me how then please do (in idiot speak please). So Sminchin, Usky, Not Bob, Queen Mab, King Kev and all my other photographic friends. Over to you............................
