Rottweiler Puppy Training
Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix puppy; training tips, preventing aggressive behavior?
We recently rescued one and he’s now about 7 weeks old.
Training has been going well so far, but we are trying to prevent him from becoming aggressive due to the natural traits of both parents, but all the websites I’ve come across only list the traits of aggression and nothing on prevention and training.
So if anyone can give me any tips on training and if you’ve had any previous experience with dog training, if you would please help.
The dog is intelligent and well-behaved, but we’re just trying to take precaution and socialize the puppy so that he won’t be aggressive towards strangers in the future – things like biting, barking, growling that might create issues with strangers when we’re out in public.
Just make sure you never ever use force, only use positive reinforcement and give him lots of love. And he’ll love you for life. He needs to feel safe with his owner, that is a number one rule.
I think he’ll be a very happy puppy with a great owner from what I sense!
You did a great job saving him.
All the Best…
PS) I only had a poodle and he understood immediately what I wanted him to do, I never took him to obedience classes. But you should by all means take him there, just make sure they use positive reinforcement. Once a dog trusts the owner 100%, he makes a great pet.
Very important: What Mary said is also true, wait with the training like she said. I didn’t pay attention to how old he is, sorry, my mistake.