I am asking this because just a few minutes ago my 4 months old rottweiler was asleep and my cousin was coming down the stairs and Tyson stood up and growled. He only growls at these sort of things sometimes.
I am wondering, will he do this all the time when he ‘matures’ ?
What age will he REALLY show his protective instincts?
Never if you train him PROPERLY.
If you encourage his protective instincts then you will have a problem on your hands.
If this is what you are hoping for then you will get more than you bargained for, as this is what can lead to problems if you think this is ok.
I teach my dogs that I look after them, not they look after me. They’d be there if I ever really needed them. But if you let them think that they look after you then you have lost the leadership – end of – you’ll never control a male rottie like that.
Firm – fair boundaries with you at the helm.
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Never if you train him PROPERLY.
If you encourage his protective instincts then you will have a problem on your hands.
If this is what you are hoping for then you will get more than you bargained for, as this is what can lead to problems if you think this is ok.
I teach my dogs that I look after them, not they look after me. They’d be there if I ever really needed them. But if you let them think that they look after you then you have lost the leadership – end of – you’ll never control a male rottie like that.
Firm – fair boundaries with you at the helm.
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we had a female rott and she did that at 4 months then she did it more so i would say like a year old, mayb sooner depending on dog. we also have 2 new rots female and male and once he got use 2 us mayb a month later he was being protective they r both 2 years old and she is being protective now. i love rotts they r a good pet
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He might of been spooked, my friend as a rottweiler and she is the sweetest to people she knows real well, tell your cousin not to give him the time of day, this will make him want your cousin’s attention, this always works with happenstance(my friends rottweiler) he’s probably not gonna get worse if he knows the person, also don’t let people get right in his face, this aggravates the dog and will make him bite or attack.
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Experiance
define protective instincts? unprovoked fear aggression is not protection.
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…do u want him to show them or not?
rotts are a very protective breed… my rott was about 9 months at the time and whenever my boyfriend (or my dad, an uncle, the mail MAN.. any male really) came over.. he would go crazy and bark until no end… of course i never trained him not to be protective because the main reason we got a rott was for security.. (i fell in love with the breed after i realised how sweet they are)
but i always thought it was the cutest thing! protecting his owner…
it depends on how u train them i guess… right now hes showing u protective instincts
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Just because it is a Rott doesn’t mean he will be mean. You have to train it. Either to completely stop the aggressive behavior or instill controls on the aggression.
I strongly suggest that you stop the behavior while the pup is still young. & if in the future (when the dog matures at about 2 or 3) train it in aggression that way you have control of the aggression & no one gets hurt. A non trained aggressive dog is just trouble cause you cannot control the aggression.
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Dobiz_Rule hit the nail on the head!
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my 6 months old female rott….didn’t do it..she is not very protective..when somebody come to my house,she just swing her tail (happy), n sit infront that peaople just wait for the food T_T…i really very scared if i don’t have a protective dog’s…so when the protective instinct come???or should i train her??