[TrinaJ]

Hi everyone, I'm new here to this discussion group.

I have a 15 week old rotty by the name of Jett. What a beautiful little girl she is. We got her a week ago and she is learning fast. We have a 3, nearly 4 year old son, and already she has learned not to jump up, already they have formed a bond. Jett is the 5th rotty I have had, and the first bitch. Our last rotty, Shadow, passed away 2 weeks ago. He never recovered from a torn anterier cruciate ligament, he lost weight, became depressed and started snapping. The vet recommend putting him down as he did an x-ray and found out his hips were shot, possibly from having not used his hind leg for over 6 weeks (while recovering). My son is very happy to have another dog and when we were searching for the right dog for our family (yes we rejected a few breeders and that did not go down well at all, let me tell you...talked about bruised egos), he couldn't believe how many Shadow's there were! He wanted to call Jett by Shadow's name, but we had to explain that there would only ever be one Shadow for us and he's in heaven now. My son wants to go and visit him one day, its so hard to explain to a child that their pet and best friend is gone.

Jett is registered and will also be shown. I am unsure as to how to go it as i've never shown a dog before. Can anyone recommend any books about showing puppies and how to get them to stand and what the judges look for? If she is successful in the show ring, we would like to breed her when she reaches around 3 years old.

I am in Australia and am a Member of Dogs Victoria and the Rottweiler CLub of Victoria. I will also become a member of The Berwick Dog Obedience Club as i would like to do some tracking with Jett.

Anyway, if anyone can help me in the showing process, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Trina