Anyone got a Rotweiller?

Youtube is your friend, tons of info on all dogs with short videos. Just type in "Rotweiller for protection"

If socialized with children as a pup, they are extremely kid friendly, intelligent, and protective.

Best dog I have ever owned by far.

Fiercely loyal to family and friends.

If it’s trained correctly it will be the most protective, loving, and loyal dog you will ever own. They are also great with children but need to be socialized when they are puppies.

ROTTIES

Best dog ever.

Crazy, I'm looking at the same 2 breeds for the same reason. Also considering GS dog or GS/Rott or GS/ Dobe cross.

I would get a german shepherd if I was you. We had a couple when I was a kid. Excellent for security and can be relied on not to tear your kids’ limbs off.

Are they good dogs or just trendy. There's so many other unique breeds but sheep just want what the neighbor has.

Boston Dynamics has some mobile machine gun turret nuclear powered* Jetson style attack dogs.

*They're not actually nuclear powered though.

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Excellent! Can I take that thing out with a paint ball? Or how does it see?

Superb dogs.

Mom has had 5.

I grew up with rotties as home protection while i was a kid. They are very easygoing around kids…. But won’t let shit come onto your property that doesnt belong there. Once when I was very young I was napping and our rottie heard someone breaking and entering. The dog jumped thru the window and attacked the guy. Keeping me safe. Years later we ended up having 7 or 8 of them. They were all very well behaved around me. They’re big babies. Wouldn’t hurt a child as long as they’re trained. I will ONLY ever get a rottie to keep my own kids safe. That being said, as adult dogs, they can have some force behind them. You’ll either want a medium to large yard or a strong person who is able to walk them daily. Don’t let your kids walk them around the block without you once they’re grown dogs. When I was 17 our beefcake of a rottie went nuts over anything with wheels. So every time a skater or bike rode by, I had to keep her leash firmly grasped or else she could have ripped out of my hand. As long as you’re stronger than a child, you’ll be alright. As long as your dog understands commands like “no” or “heel” you’ll be alright. Um, they’re also usually very quiet. Unless a stranger approaches your yard (your dog’s “territory”). They’re excellent for warning you someone approaches. 10/10 highly recommend.

I’d be inclined to agree with the GS, especially the slightly smaller version; malinois. Just amount of food consumption, not to mention they’re the number one combat dog.

rottweiler pitbull mix, very smart and great with kids. nothing is unnoticed by him.

I got an American bulldog for same reason. Honestly I was always a little worried when my kids were young around him. He never showed anything but love for them. I always told the kids no play fighting with him especially if I wasn't around. Dont pet him if he is eating or has a bone/treat. He's never show any aggression towards anyone or anything. But if you ask my neighbors or people I know but are not family and friends... he's aggressive and known to attack so stay away. He looks scary. I like to think if someone was hurting me or my kids he would attack to defend us but not sure he would. Hope I never have to find out.

I love my Rottweilers. One of the very best dog breeds. They protect my home and family. I would never allow any large dog around my babies. You only get one chance to do it right. One second for it to go wrong. Don't fuck it up.

I don't have one, but I love Rotties! They are so cute.

I'd own a Rottweiler way before a pitbull but Rottweilers are traditionally tied with a bunch of other vicious dogs for distant second place on the list of human fatalities/bites so raise them right!

When you purposefully get a mean dog breed sometimes innocent circumstances turn ugly like leaving the dog with a stranger or an unfamiliar family member opening the house door or the neighborhood kid jumping the fence to retrieve a lost ball. A lot of these dogs are like a weapon with no discernment and you relying on your ability to perfectly exclude everything from the confines of your home (that is what you are after right? Well you just might get it after all and not in a good way).

Pyrenees on the other hand are extremely child and pack and home protective but not generally vicious. More like a large protective mother that will scarethe crap out of 98% of the rational population. I'd rather have that around my kids and neighborhood kids. They are smart and just have this sixth sense in knowing who is a real threat.

choose wisely.

I don't know but I'm pretty sure a rotweiler would fuck up a person more than a doberman.

I've been around a good and a bad rotweiler and seen how they are. Loveable and scary.

Rottweiler

Good loyal pet

Prefer small dog and large caliber now

Big dogs eat too much food and produce too much fertilizer

I would by a German Shepherd if it were me. I've had a Rott, and while their good dogs, the aren't as intelligent as Shepherds, and Dobermans have issues with their brains growing larger than the brain cavity, and going insane.

Shepard's are smart, loyal, good family dogs, and easily trainable.

Just my thoughts.

There's a reason most police forces use belgian malinois now. They actually used to use Dobermans and Rotties but they take longer to train.

I still think Dobies and Rotties are good for families. Lovely dogs with a good natural protection instinct.

fanastic breed, so glad I got one....reputation is unfounded...bad owners

Got bit in the butt by a Rottweiler while working once

Left THREE messages I would be dropping by a ladies house at 6:30-7pm to collect an insurance check

Two giant Rottweilers swarmed me when I stepped on the front porch in the dark - from behind - never made a sound or barked - just BIT me in the butt!

Good thing it was winter and I had long sweater and wool coat on to cushion and it didn’t break skin - but 4 black and blue marks for a month !

The lady didn’t apologize- said that’s what they were trained to do! I bet she let them out the back!

I think a German Shepard is safer around kids

The Rottweiler bite was HUGE - couldave fit a kids head in their mouths

You should consider checking out the local animal shelter. The one I work at always has 100+ dogs and it's not even a very big city.

I see German shepherds all the time, Belgian shepherds, huskies, rottweilers, a few cane corsos, TONS of pitbull mixes, dobermans very rarely, american and english bulldogs... usually for $100 give or take.

Scariest dog I've seen was a German shepherd who was barking at foaming at the mouth! The pitbulls have actually been (and are known to be) pretty good dogs, it's the publicity and owners that get them the bad PR. Before the war on pitbulls, it was rottweilers and dobermans in the 90's.

Any dog can be dangerous, if you have kids I'd be leary of any "dangerous" breed, puppy or not.

Have a golden retriever puppy. Goldies will help intruders after they bark at them! LOL

I had a big rottie growing up, he was 165 lbs.

Huge.

He growled at literally everything when he ate but was generally very nice.

Something about eating...