Raising Your Rottweiler Puppy
Once you have selected your Rottweiler pup you will be starting a life long relationship with your new Rottweiler pup. A Rottweiler pup is typically very active and will require your constant attention for the first two years of their life since this is the most critical part of their life when they are developing their character.
The Rottweiler is easy to train but they are also a bit slow. Not in the mental sense, rather the Rottweiler wants to see how much they can get away with before they need to comply with your commands. Therefore, after you establish that you are in charge you will find it easy to train your Rottweiler pup as long as you treat them right. You should never bully your Rottweiler pup. Bad training can lead to behavioral problems and doesn’t necessarily mean abuse and harsh behavior, but it can also mean soft and indecisive training.
Just remember you should never bully your Rottweiler pup. Bad training can lead to a lot of behavioral problems. Abuse and harsh behavior aren’t the only forms of bad training, as it also includes soft and indecisive handling.
Just remember that training a Rottweiler pup requires a lot of patience and control. If you handle the training well then ideally by six months you will have a Rottweiler pup that is completely house trained.
Be aware that when you start training your Rottweiler pup they like to use their mouths a lot. The puppy will bite and sometimes pretty hard on whatever fits into their mouth including your feet, hands, furniture and everything that drops on the floor. This is why it is extremely important to train your Rottweiler pup to stop these behaviors before it becomes a permanent habit for the dog.
You will have to admonish your Rottweiler pup every time you find them biting things in order to train them out of this habit. If a pup bites you and doesn’t react to your vocal correction then tapping with a rolled up newspaper is often sufficient enough to deter any further attempts at biting you or other people.
It can be a bit hard to restrain a Rottweiler pup and since it will be at least two years before you have them completely under your control it is a good idea not to have small children around during this time. The youngest child that you should have around a Rottweiler pup should be seven or eight years old at the least.
No matter what the age of the child you should never place them in charge of the Rottweiler pup since the dog will sense their inexperience to control them and immediately act up. There is a lot of work that goes into training a Rottweiler pup but it is worth the effort, as you will gain a lifetime companion in return.