I know this is not about nutrition, but hopefully someone will have some good ideas:
A female friend of ours (who's not too internet savvy)will be getting a 3 year old female Rottweiler from a breeder shortly. Neither we or she has seen the dog but, through very reliable sources, this is the information we have:
She is a very "soft dog" (for a Rottie) - very sweet, gentle and well trained, with titles in both novice and advanced Rally-o. She has very low prey drive, but is highly protective, with a very high defense drive. She does well with kids, friendly people and friendly dogs but, as sweet as she is, she will absolutely not back down from a threat.
In the area in which we all live, there are a fair number of aggressive, poorly trained and behaved dogs. Fortunately, most are usually on lead.
The problem is that our friend is not very large, and is concerned that if, when passing by one of these dogs on a walk, and he snarls and lunges her way, her new girl will react. She's never owned a protective dog, and is concerned that she doesn't want to have to physically restrain her new girl.
She wants (and needs) the protectiveness, and doesn't want to change this quality in the dog. Assuming everything we've been told is correct, any ideas? (She asked the breeder, and didn't get answers to her satisfaction.)
Thank you!
A female friend of ours (who's not too internet savvy)will be getting a 3 year old female Rottweiler from a breeder shortly. Neither we or she has seen the dog but, through very reliable sources, this is the information we have:
She is a very "soft dog" (for a Rottie) - very sweet, gentle and well trained, with titles in both novice and advanced Rally-o. She has very low prey drive, but is highly protective, with a very high defense drive. She does well with kids, friendly people and friendly dogs but, as sweet as she is, she will absolutely not back down from a threat.
In the area in which we all live, there are a fair number of aggressive, poorly trained and behaved dogs. Fortunately, most are usually on lead.
The problem is that our friend is not very large, and is concerned that if, when passing by one of these dogs on a walk, and he snarls and lunges her way, her new girl will react. She's never owned a protective dog, and is concerned that she doesn't want to have to physically restrain her new girl.
She wants (and needs) the protectiveness, and doesn't want to change this quality in the dog. Assuming everything we've been told is correct, any ideas? (She asked the breeder, and didn't get answers to her satisfaction.)
Thank you!