no offense to your breeder , but that is
a pretty dumb thing to say to a puppy
buyer!
Rotts with strong herding instinc will
herd and bump children and pets without
a single minute of training. And in fact
it is 1 of the clues I look for to
determine if the dog has the instinct!
My Xena was herding the other pups in
the litter at 12 weeks! Fiona herded the
kids on their bikes (our kids in our
driveway) at 1 year old.
The pups with really strong herding
instinct will also circle you as you
walk attempting to herd you- I have 3
right now that do this.
All in all I feel the training would
give a strong instinct dog an
appropriate outlet for these urges and
then you can teach them to not herd the
children if you want and they will
understand that it is sheep they are
suppose to do that with
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Diane
Frontier Rottweilers & Shiba Inu
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