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Originally posted by Mick Trainer
Michela,
Whilst it would be nice if all Rotts, GSD and dobes would protect their owner in such a situation, this is just plain fantasy. |
(Aw, Mick! I almost slid away clean without anyone challenging my last post!)
I know that it's a fantasy, but my trainer and his assistant are convinced otherwise. :( What can I do? There is only one other trainer within a 300 mile radius of my house that advertises a specialty in PP, and that is a man that I've been
most urgently cautioned away from by others; he reportedly employs violent methods.
At this point, what I know for
sure is only what everyone else on the forum knows: that in a lot of cases the Rottweiler's size and reputation will deter a potential aggressor. Whether Diesel's nerves and natural instincts would lead him to aggressively and successfully defend me from a very determined assailant
without training, I do
not know. Right now I'm trying to take comfort in the fact that he's a very confident boy, has been guarding me from a very young age, and has had a tendency to try and prevent even my husband from touching me.
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There are a number of times when Rotts, GSDs, Dobes and many, many other protection capable breeds are found wanting in real life senarios.
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Ouch!
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The realism is the most do not have what it takes genetically to defend their owner even with the correct training and extremely few have what it takes to do so without such training.
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OUCH!!! Quote:
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I am the one people called when "I got attacked and my dog did nothing".
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Hey, cut it out, willya?! You're scaring me!! :p ;)
Thank you Mick! I'm still waiting for you or one of the other trainers on the forum to get the urge to live la dolce vita, and set up shop close to my house. :) In the meantime, the local Rottweiler club might be able to suggest someone. I'd be willing to travel a considerable distance for a great trainer, but I'd like to have some very strong references from a reliable source before I start. I think I'll also write to the American Street Ring association, and see if there are any practitioners here in Italy.
Michela