[Mavides]

Congratulations on your soon-to-be new addition CB!!! Where will you be getting the pup from, how old will it be, male or female, and what are you going to call it? :)

My thoughts on the yard thing - my first Rottie lived in my apartment with me for the first 8 months of his life and then we moved into a townhouse. The apartment was actually great - HAVING to walk him was a good bonding experience for us, good socialization, and great for housebreaking...but boy was it nice to move into the townhouse and have the option of having him go out to potty by himself! I had a decent sized "yard", but it was all cement except for a small planter area of dirt on each side - I first had him pottying in those, but it was such a small amount of dirt that it got stinky quick from the urine - as did the cement, even with me rinsing it off daily (plus the HOA wasn't pleased with my daily hosing)...what I finally did was built a LARGE doggie litter box outside - I surrounded an area that was covered (if you don't have a covered area, you'll want to build a cover as well) with bricks to make a square about 3' x 4'....I would then by the super generic cat litter (about 2-3 50lb bags per month) and fill my area with that. I would scoop it out daily and pick up the poop - it stopped the odor and worked great for the 6 years I lived there. Just a suggestion - maybe it will work for you as well!!! In any case, best of luck with your new pup and please keep us posted on his/her arrival and progress!!!

Oh, for the training issues, I would start searching now for a local trainer with Rottweiler experience - it's so much more helpful to have that hands on advice rather than try to learn everything by books and/or the internet!