Our predators are dealt with natures way....

[JimnJanet]

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You know what they say about first impressions Shelly. In truth, The Rotties would do everything they could to git in yer lap and befriend ya.(unless you meant me or mine harm) Deacon, would tear into ya in heartbeat. But he's leanring.
As i originaly said tho. My dogs are DOGS, therefore they have no desire to harm anyone that comes near my "pack" unless you have bad intentions towards me or mine.

How funny - I think the BIG dogs can smell my FEAR!
I should really GET one myself as a puppy and get over it already.... I don't know why ROtties scare me!

A friend of mine has a big black dog, I think he's cross with a rottie and something else (longer fur), but heck he saw me coming and would bark like crazy - but if he saw my son - well he was all tail wagging and big smiles - just weird... then him and my son would take off together, go dig holes or whatever, I would be a nervous WRECK and my son would be all OVER the dang dog, lying on him and hanging on his tail.. that dog never ONCE even looked at my son in a "funny" way.....

That underlined line Shelly is EXACTLY why the dog(s) bark at you. Dogs communicate with body language and WITHOUT emotion.When you display a negative emotion they react to it. Your son, has no fear and the dogs sense this, there fore there is nothing for them to react to so in turn they are relaxed and jist a DOG.
Rotties especialy are very keen to emotional changes in us as humans, especialy fear.This triggers them to immediately put there gaurd up.If you would present yourself to that same dog by totaly ignoring it WITHOUT EMOTION, you will see an immediate change in his reaction to you.By ignoring him you are taking control of the situation. The key to this Shelly is NO EMOTION !!!! When you are intimidated by a dog they will sense it and immediately attempt to take control of the situation.
Dogs are wonderfully HAPPY different animals when they are just allowed to be dogs and not expected to be "humans".

 

[living2ride]

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It's the same with my rat terriers. They will bark and intimidate strangers who are obviously made nervous by their yapping. However, the people that come, get out of the car and confidently ignore them (no "Oh it's okay doggie. Come here doggie," either. Just completely ignore them.) get them to shut up and trust them within seconds. Once they've been ignored, THEN they want to be friends and will come up to the person for petting. Before that, they just back away and keep up with that *#%& incessant barking.

 

[lacyloo]

I love rotts and always have had one. They are so sweet,and never losted a bird to them

 

[Marlinchaser]

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Hey thanks for pointing that out, now I not only have to worry about brutus eating my arm I have to worry about Duke spitting on me.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

I love the pictures of the Rotts! I sure miss mine.
They have always been my favorite breed, but my Great Pyrenees are a close second!

Jean

 

[nccountrygirl]

We had a Rotti, Sheba for 11 yrs till she past in 97. One day my ex came to the house DRUNK to see the kids. My DD came in the house and said Mom guess who Sheba is letting pet her, well I did not know that the moron was all in her face. I was putting groceries away when I heard my DD scream, Sheba had chomped his face, never barked or growled just laid his face open. He had to get 55 stitches to close the bite. Sheba was not a mean dog, ( she was my big baby) she just did not know him and she did not like the smell of alcohol in her face. The hospital called animal control there, I had to show proof of her Rabies vaccination and her shot records. We were told that they could put her down but that since she was in her yard chained up it was my ex morons fault that he got bit.

 

[JimnJanet]

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Rotties, as do many other breeds, know if your intentions are bad or good.People cannot hide thier emotions from a dog.

 

[living2ride]

I got my beloved mixed breed, Abby, when I was 16. At the time, I lived at home with my alcoholic father. When my dad was drunk, he was either a happy jovial drunk, or a beligerant verbally-abusive drunk. (Depended on whether he was drinking beer or hard liquor.) Anyway, as soon as he walked in the door at night, Abby either jumped up to greet him, or ran into my room and hid under the bed. This is how I gauged whether or not to come out of my room before he passed out for the night. Later, when I married, Abby came to live with us, of course. When we were trying to conceive, I noticed one day that Abby would NOT leave my side. She was annoyingly being my shadow. About 10 days later, I found out I was pregnant. We were attached at the hip my entire pregnancy.

A couple months into trying to conceive our second child, she started behaving that way again. I told my dh I was pregnant. He asked how I knew. I told him Abby told me.

He thought I was nuts, but sure enough, I was! Dogs are very intuitive. Sometimes we are so busy that we miss it... other times, we get the message... "Just a dog..." HA!

 

[JimnJanet]

Aren't they just absolutley wondefull creatures ?!?!?

I personly couldn't immagine my life without them.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

It is so nice to meet a fellow pack leader. I use to raise great danes love those big breeds. Now I have chihuahua's that are not normal LOL They don't bark or nip they just hang out and love everyone. I do miss my big babies though.

I would also like to say Thank you to your son and to let you know I will keep him in my prayers