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Webmaster:  Here is some background information to the upcoming developmental stages and behaviour of your dog:

3-16 weeks
2-3 months
From 4 months
4-6 months
± 6 months
8-15 months, average 11 months
12-24 months
2-3 years

As you can see your dog is growing into the pack and leadership stage. He will slowly start challenging you and your family to determine his position in the pack. This is natural dog behaviour.

Dogs tend to group and organise themselves in a pack, which includes your whole family. Dogs see humans as part of the pack and therefore dogs’ pack behaviour should be considered in homes in order to prevent unnecessary social tension. Dogs are gregarious animals i.e. they need social contact. Once the pack leader has been decided they will follow him loyally. In dogs, the leader is most often a male. Each pack member also has a set place according to hierarchy. This is known as the biting or pecking order. Such an order will remain undisturbed, unless a member is added to, or removed from the pack, or a member with a lower rank challenges one with a higher rank.

Challenges are common when the higher ranks are unable to maintain their position because of old age, disease or human interference. Humans must always be aware of and acknowledge the hierarchy of dogs. Pack hierarchy is dynamic and not static. It may change after some time. That is the reason why some dogs show aggression after they have lived in peace for some time e.g. when your Rottweiler puppy is allowed certain liberties with your higher-ranking Labrador, because there is threat to the top dog’s status. Many behavioural problems develop when some dogs are not treated like pack animals.

Common behavioural problems are usually normal but unacceptable dog behaviour. In your case these would be e.g. leadership (intermale, dominance), and hierarchy dominance (excluding the leader). At a later stage these could develop into excessive dominance and competition, and may include fighting for a better position in the hierarchy or for leadership. Dominance over the owner could follow these tendencies.

To prevent these problems from even starting, you should be a responsible dog owner and consider the following:

Socialise your dog by providing positive stimuli from a variety of people, as well as other animals and different environments. Puppy socialisation classes may prevent many later behavioural problems. During the socialisation period, your dog forms relationships with other dogs, and also with other animal species, and with humans. This may have an important effect on adult relationships. Negative experiences during socialisation may have an effect on mutual trust between your dog and other animals and humans. Young dogs that are exposed to a variety of positive influences during this period, are often better socially equipped than dogs which grow up in a closed environment.

Provide discipline i.e. training and learning processes that set routines. Join a local dog club for some elementary household obedience. It is recommended that all dogs should have basic training, but it is very important to train all large breeds of dogs. Set routines for your dogs and determine every animal’s place in your household. Your dog will feel comfortable with regular training and exercise. Ensure social contact with the outside world i.e. by attending training classes, going for regular walks outside your property, providing a playmate of similar physical size and age, and routine quality play and attention times with you and your family.

Webmaster:  You will find pictures of two undocked Rottweilers in the Körung 2001 section of our website.  They are Quinny vom Friedensdorf and Urmel vom Vilstaler Land.  You will find many other pictures of undocked Rotties on breeders' websites, especially in Germany.  The easiest way to find these is by either visiting the ADRK website and navigating to the "Züchter-Links" with their navigation bar, or by following the Rottie Ring Webring from our home page.  I hope that you will find what you are looking for.

Webmaster:  You will find a copy of the original building plans in the kennel section.

Webmaster:  I have included a copy of the original building plans in the kennel section.  I hope that they will be useful to you.

Webmaster:  Thank you, Sylvia.  I've tried to make the navigation of my website more uniform when I re-worked it. 

Webmaster:  Hello Brenda!  I hope to add a section to the website soon, describing our trip to the ADRK Klubsieger Zuchtschau 2000 in Germany, the IFR2000 Show in Belgium, as well as my trip to the ADRK Frühjahrskörung in Germany in 2001. 

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