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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / eye problems in rottweilers
« on: September 13, 2008, 10:02:59 am »
The whites of my 1-1/2 year old rotties eyes get all red and the outside gets all matted.  This has happened twice and I bath them a couple times a day and it goes away after a couple days.  Does anyone have any ideas on whats going on?

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Proper age for acquiring rottweiler puppy
« on: August 24, 2008, 02:06:19 pm »
Desill is 17 months old and he does the same thing.  We got him at 15 weeks old and he had had 3! owners, 1 an abusive and one who kept him in a crate all the time. He is very shy around men in particular because of this.  When I brought him home he growled and backed away from my husband and son, but after they calmly petted and talked to him and fed him for a couple hours he was fine and he adores them now.  We worked really hard to socialize him, I am able to take him to work where he meets a lot of people and we walk him all the time.  But he will still walk up to some people and jump back as if afraid.  My main thing is that he mouths people he doesn't back off of.  This can be scary for strangers when he grabs their hands.  He doesn't bite but they don't know that!  I have read that this is a rottie trait.  He is   very attached to me and likes to just hold my fingers in his mouth.  I don't know how to draw the line between what's ok behavior with me and what is not with strangers.  He is our first rottie and he is the best dog we've ever had.  They are so sensitive, and smart I hate when I hear of people who try to make them mean.   Any thoughts on the mouthing stuff?

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  My rottie would never make an the agility training and has always had problems getting into my jeep liberty.  I pull up the front passenger seat as far as I can and he jumps in on the floor of the back seat, the same to get him out.  Part of the back seat folds down so I can do that to then get him into the very back.  Works better than slipping off a hill I think.
chrisg

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