Rottweiler kept as a guard dog

Just to add.....People who keep any dog as guard dogs SHOULDNT let them around children!! They have been brought up to attack and will attack regardless. My rottie IS NOT a guard dog but is a loving loyal family dog

I think your wrong!! I have a 11 month old baby and a 17 month old rottweiler and my rottweiler has never ever once growled at my baby, in fact he protects him from harm, like if my baby is crawling towards the fire my rottie will stand in front of the fire to stop my baby from getting to it ( the fire is just a show fire not that the dog knows that though)!! not that I would ever leave the two of them together, I would never leave my child with any dog alone!! my rottie was attacked my two border collies without warning while I was out walking him with my baby in the pram, just goes to show any dog can attack so why put the blame on rotties??? its all about how dogs are brought up

I care and foster Greyhounds and have walked with my neighbours Rottie for years however last week he without warning savaged one of my dogs. My issue is that he is a big powerful dog unleashed and wondering unmuzzled and unsupervised, my dog walker was dealing with the attack alone in a field with no one aware of what was unfolding. My dog was left with a broken rib punctured lung and 10inch gash in his side.
It is not the dog, but owners have to be more responsible keeping in mind the breed distinctions, I would not allow my dogs loose on a rabbit farm.
The dog in question is now muzzled and my dog is making a good recovery, but it was totally avoidable. What made it worse is initially the owner would not take responsibility for what had happened with a number of excuses given, we excepted none and requested it be muzzled or on a chain form now on.

For one almost every breed of dog has history and reports of attacking and killing people, even weenies. It's not about the dog, there are NO breed of dog that is aggressive it is sheerly the individual. I for one have never seen a rottweiler that wasn't abused be vicious without rightful cause. In fact 2 nights ago a rottweiler that I hardly even know saved my life from a pack of coyotes that got the drop on me. The dogs name was murphy and he belongs to a man who lives up the street from me, and the dog never was vicious in fact he always acted like a clown, those coyotes were the first time I ever saw that dog go mean, and it saved my life. I for one think rottweilers are one of the best breeds on this planet

nicci247. Oh dearest nicci247.

Cut to the quick I am. Pained beyond telling, so it is. How could you be so cruel to me?

Will Congo survive such a heartless and virulent attack? Can he summon the stiff upper lip and benign demeanour expected of a man of his station and condition after these execrable epithets?

Probably because, as I have suggested, this is merely a friendly debate and the world would be less interesting without you.

But you are not though are you my dearest. You are what is more commonly known as s*** stirrer with your sarcastic implements.
You seem to forget that you have made me the way I am towards you.
You don't like me, and I don't like you either.
Let's call it quits.

Oh nicci 247. I expected better of you.

I anticipated much more than mere abuse, infinitely more than flat, shallow impudence and insolence.

Vindictive, vengeful, vicious vituperation hardly becomes you.

After all, we are only discussing dogs.

Congo; You can scoff until your heart is content. You are nothing but a cantankerous jumped-up imbecile, and that is my erudite opinion of you.

nicci247.

"Ensure" I would suggest but please differ if you have a more erudite offering.

I know of no dog-hater in my – limited – social circle however I am sure they exist. My stance must be one of indifference and puzzlement as to the need to ‘own’ one of these creatures (although you in all fairness have attempted to explain in the past and most succinctly if I may be so bold)..

How to determine if a dog is a threat or not? That is the question. To trust and not cross the road may be foolhardy but that would potentially involve one in several traverses without due cause. I am grateful the occasion arises infrequently. How difficult life must be for the common man.

Glenda; there is nothing wrong with my language. It is readable english and kept clean. It is also the truth, which maybe painful, but is not a sin to speak it.
Since there is no follow-up comments from the police or any other person as to how the dogs managed to get out,and what set the dogs off, we can only speculate,hence the reason I said the blame was down to one of the three mentioned.
I'm far from cold hearted at what happened. It should have never been allowed to happen. But it did, and someone is to blame, and it wasn't the dog's. But they paid for the faults of others.
Now you tell me, is that fair ?

nicci247- you say the blame can only be put on the owner-jordans parents-OR JORDAN. for christs sake he was a small child savaged by rotweilers. please be more carefull of the language you choose to use-it makes you come across as being really really uncaring !

Congo; There is a constant argument between dog haters and dog owners. The dog haters say that the Rotti and a few other breeds can't be trusted at all as they have a habit of attacking for no reason. I along with many other Rotti owners and owners of other breeds that have also had aim set on them, know it isn't true.
Once a dog has attacked someone, the police shoot it or get it put down without asking questions first. That action has come under fire as you can't do studies on a dead dog. You will learn nothing about it's mental state or get to the bottom of why it attacked.
Take the attack on Jordan Gillon.He shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near the Rotti with her pup's. Those dogs were only doing what is natural to them, and that is protecting their young. Nobody claims that Jordan was told to stay away, or he was told and ignored what was said to him, but the blame can only be put on the owner, Jordan's parents, or Jordan.

I don't see why you or anyone else should have to cross the road either. But even I with my dogs in tow, would rather cross the road than take the risk of being bitten by a dog that is clearly being aggressive.It's called common sense. I wouldn't cross the road just because a dog was walking in my direction no matter what bad press it's breed has had.
If you can't trust a dog because of what you hear or read about a breed, then your 'obvious analogy' should be to take other precautions like you said. You can insure your safety by crossing the road.