• I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I have a rottie. If someone told me she bit them, I’d want to know what the hell they did to make her bite them. She’s never shown any aggression.

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      10 months ago

      Rottweilers are chill as fuck with a very high anger threshold but also have a very strong protective streak and the build to back it up. That can go haywire if the owner is an idiot, paranoid, or such. If she recognises you as pack leader and you’re not then there’s not really much to worry, though some German states require character tests for all Rottweilers or they have to wear muzzles. If something like that is available where you are I’d definitely recommend it, they’re a working breed consider it vocational training.

      And they can growl like fucking Cerberus. Why bite when a little intimidation does the trick.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Because the only time breed is correlated for aggression is tiny terriers, but that was likely due to the same gene making legs shorter. It’s really hard to breed for/against aggression, but it’s easy to breed for stuff like stubby legs.

      The difference is size. A 120lb aggressive dog is more dangerous than a 60lb aggressive dog

    • coco@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      My old doggo mastiff/ unknow race mix doesnt like to be patted upon i earned peiple not doing that b4 getting closer to my doggo

      She doesnt bite but give some kind of soft bite to warn

      I wont tell the amount of people thinking my doggo is petable whose beeen bitten off including careless childrens at dog park

      To each their behavior

      Surelly blast me but my doggo is my bodyguard for some reason