| Re: Am I giving him too much? Just right?
The one thing I have to emphasize, is that he has barely started his formal training so he is not finished with classes, but barely beginning. The Rottweiler should remain in obedience classes until it is at least 3 years of age even better longer than that. No instructor can predict from babyhood through adolescence and into adulthood. There are many things that can make those transitions easy or hard, but hard is when you attempt to skip elementary school, HS and college and think you can end up in grad school. Each level is buiilt on the previous learning. Even those of us that have trained many dogs to advanced titles keep our dogs in classes so you can see that being a novice this is doubly important.
Give your dog an opportunity to enjoy life as a dog. It should be a happy life with an accepted leader but being a leader does not mean being a bully and regulating every breath. I understand that you are reacting to an unpleasant incident, but the secret in all is balance. |