Comments on: A Different Perspective: Rottweiler vs Labrador

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:15:48 +0000

We have a special needs non-verbal autistic daughter. Rottweiler I feel was the best choice. He goes with work to me all the time, visits new clients, and is a big clown at home. We need a dog to be her voice and a deterrent. At 10mos and 110lbs, “Tank” has proven to be just that. Loveable enough to be good with people in general, protective enough to scare the crap out of someone who may try pull anything with my daughter.

Training includes inhibition training (which is why hand play is so important!), playing rough, working on release commands.

He’s smart, brave and a lover of our family and two cats. A gentle giant. I love labs, but can’t see a better fit moving forward. Happy we have him!

By: priyanshu

priyanshu — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:50:56 +0000

I have a labrador, i love him very much..

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:44:40 +0000

In reply to Irving Zisman. It's honest of you to say so, and I'm sure you are not alone in being attracted to a breed that others may fear.

By: Irving Zisman

Irving Zisman — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 23:32:26 +0000

I prefer rotties. I honestly think it’s because so many people are afraid of them (I have always been drawn towards anything controversial).

By: Jan Edwards

Jan Edwards — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:52:20 +0000

I disagree with your comment about English v American labs. We have show and working labs here. Show dogs are heavier, not athletic like our workers. We have always had gun dogs and our present one is slim, breed standard height of 24″ and very intelligent. The most obedient and easy to train lab. Ours came from a working kennel where all dogs go shooting and retrieving, except when breeding. my son had a show dog, much slower, heavier and stubborn. Friendly and great with kids but useless on a drive or picking up out shooting.

By: Ann dever

Ann dever — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:35:01 +0000

We have had many rotties, as well as two black labs. Our rotts got along great with our other dogs, cats and kids. All the rotts were obtained when they were “older” -over 2- except for our first two who we took home when they were little pups. We also took home the two black lab brothers when they were about 8 weeks old. One lab was always mellow and easy going however the other was extremely skittish and as he grew older, he became aggressive toward his brother and other pets and in the household. Despite trainers, behaviorists and numerous attempts to work with him, we had to rehome him to my sister (he was the only pet and lived down the block) Everyone was surprised that it was the lab in the “family” who was attacking everyone (he was neutered, lived inside always etc. was almost 4 years old and healthy…had vet check him out).

By: jesusa

jesusa — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:08:59 +0000

Hi you article is very informative but I still have this feeling that I made a wrong decision. I already have a 4 year old female Lab and just yesterday i bout a 3 month old male rottie. i have 3 cats and 3 shihtzu at home. im affraid that one day I go home that something happened to my little pets. It came to my mind that maybe I might need to rehome the rottie. Can yougive me some advice?

By: James Dilger

James Dilger — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 03:41:35 +0000

I used to have both a pure Lab and a 3/4-Rottie+1/4-Lab. And I would have to say that I agree with most everything in this article. Although my Rottie was fixed, she topped out around 115 lbs. I got her at 6 months old and she was a very loving dog. She had one aggressive incident, but that was likely more due to my leaving for military training and not choosing an appropriate caretaker. She was very loving to everyone while I was around. Both dogs tended to want to run a lot, and would go out the door and run around the neighborhood. Both dogs were very attached to their “pack.” She passed away in May 2016 from an apparent heat stroke after about 9 months of arthritis problems. She was 12.5 years old. My lab passed away shortly after his 15th birthday last fall. He had been having arthritic problems for almost a year. He topped out at 105 lbs, but had since slimmed down to 85 lbs. I learned things from losing her that I could incorporate to make my remaining time with him last as long as possible, namely more regular exercise. I now have a 4 month old lab puppy, who I am doing my best to train correctly, make him a good dog and keep him fit so that I can hopefully have as many good years as possible with him.

By: Cynthia Gosselin

Cynthia Gosselin — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 01:56:18 +0000

I own a Rottie. She is six. 110 pounds of love. Great with kids and other dogs. But l was aware of her power and she is not my first dog. The breed l would not recommend to first time dog owner. Even tho people meet her and want one just like her. Hard work. Stubborn. But so worth it!