My poor baby got savagley attacked by a rottie ealier today, sometimes i just want to throttle owners, Without thinking about my own saftey i managed to grab this quite big rottie after a lot of struggling and separate him from my poor husky but he went for him again, i am not very good at describing things but this was horrid, Oki just stood there and did nothing, he didn't even yelp when the dog bit right thouh his ear. This happened at 11am today and i am still fuming, the owner had no control as she was quite happy to allow him to come charging over without batting an eyelid, then when it all kicked off it still took her a good 10mins before she came over to collect her dog, which by then i had by the collar and shouting and shaking his collar telling him in rather a loud voice how bad he was. It isn't the first time (i later found out) that this dog has done this, why would she still allow him off the lead, in a field which is well walked by dog walkers in my area
Sorry to have a go, this isn't directed to all rottie lovers/owners i know and love 2 myself
Danielle

Sorry to hear this, there's just no understanding some idiots.

You might find that the local dog warden will be interested in this woman and her dog, if he's out of control then something should be done.

What worries me is what would happen if one of these dogs got hold of a small dog?? It would only take one good bite or shake to kill it :(

Exactly my point, and what if a child was walking a small dog and tried to intervene? 

hi there i own two rottweilers myself and they are very very obedient and would never harm a fly.i know how u feel as a staff went for my bitch not so long ago and my male having his instincts sticking up for her would have killed this staff if i had of let go.people are very inconsiderate of other people.i walk my dogs off the lead as i am very confident.they do nothing more than sniff other dogs.but every dog has it in them to be nasty.im very sorry to hear of what happend but if i was you i would make a claim as every dog owner should have insurance or like another person said contact your dog warden as this should not be left.i hope your baby is not hurt badly and i understand how unhappy u must feel.please make sure you do somethink and let us all know how you get on.regards hollie. woggot@aol.com

do you think it might be worth reporting this to either the police & or dog warden,this dog should clearly be on a lead if not muzzled.
its the owners attitude that annoys me,no wonder the dog is nasty she dosent seem bothered so the dog dosent know whats wrong.
Oki will be fine,make sure he meets some friendly dogs in the next few days, & some large black ones if poss! :)

I am sorry to hear of the attack and I would contact the dog warden.

One of the reasons I got a Rottie puppy is because of the ones I saw in my local park. They all walk off lead next to their owner, not once have I seen them show any aggression towards other dogs or people. I blame the owner, not the dog in this case as I doubt that it had the right training as a youngster. I practise recall every day at home, but as she is a baby I never let her off the lead at the local park and am socialising her gently with other dogs, big and small.

Hope that Oki is okay and this will not make him scared of Rotties in the future.

Thankyou for all your comments, I thought that i should carry on my usual routine with him, so i did go to obedience class last night and told the lady that runs it, she checked him over (although about 4 people had already done this for me including myself), he was quiet but seemed fine brightened up in the last 1/2hr  the rottie doesnt seem to have puntured his body but will get him checked again today, as for his ear, it is  very sore and has a lump but will keep a very close eye on him.This wasn't an attack on rottie's but the bl***y owner, we did meet up with a very large black shepard today and he did say hello, and even when the shepard grumbled (he got told off by his owner) Oki still stood there, he is a good boy
Danielle

I hope your Dog Warden is better than the one in Edinburgh, my Dobe was attacked by a Staffie (who was out on his own) and after complaining to the Dog warden and the Police this dog still walks about on his own for most of the day. Nothing has been done about this dog :-(

carol

this message is too pocahontas1. If you let your male rottie go im 100% sure it was would of got mirked straight damaged. Rotties are loyal, great instinct and would protect there home and other pets but man they are the dumbest breed i know of. And you saying it could kill a staffy lol it wouldnt stand a chance. Its not even a fighting breed

err its not a competition!!! :( betwween who is the toughest breed roger! :(

Roger, i don't care how bl***y dumb they are, there was absolutly no need for this attack, He wasn't provoked or anything, so please leave this post alone as you don't have anything constructive to say

Roger
Rotties are no way dumb and are one of the easiest dogs to train as apparently they are quick learners (according to my trainer at puppy class). This dog obviously had no training and more importanly, had no respect for its owner, that is a dangerous combination. As with all dogs, training them from a very young age is necessary, but with this breed and all large breeds, its essential.

this is a message for roger.i know my dog and i know my dog protects its own and i know he would of had this staffy.2 rottweilers against one the staff wouldnt have stood a chance.but i cant stand to see dogs fighting and would not of let it happen.its how u bring them up.and rottweilers are not dumb.my two do everythink on first command so what is that telling you.like they say its not the dog its the owner and i certainly wouldnt put anyone in danger if i knew my dogs was vicious.at the end of the day im giving advice to the lady whos dog was attacked im not willing to enter a dispute.i hope that somethink good comes from all of our advice and that somethink gets done.

shame on you roger there is nothing dumb about a rottie you tell them to do somthing and they will, they will do anything to please there owner.

Oki, that is terrible,really terrible.I recall taking my English Setters to a country park and they were set on by 2 out of control Rotties.The names I called their owner are unrepeatable here,but the owner still insisted that he was in full control with my bitch screaming in agony on the floor! He,the owner after finally extricating his dogs off mine told me that he was a Doctor of medicine!! my answer to this was that in that case,he should definitely have had more sense.
Anyway the following week to make matters worse I had a Hospital appt,guess who the Dr was??I nearly passed out,but went into his office anyway. He never said a word about the incident and was really OVER kind! :~)

i blame the owner of the rotti for being so stupid
i hope you are both ok
take care

Hi sorry to hear your awful news but it's not the rotties fault it's that stupid owners fault, i never forget a time when i was pregnant walking my westie carrying a glass bottle full of milk walking home from the shops and i seen this woman getting dragged along by this dog no control what so ever, she came flying up the road getting dragged by this rhodesian ridge back which started attacking my westie the only thing what saved my girl was me pulling her in a circle so fast that her feet left the floor i couldn't pick her up because i had milk in one hand and the lead in the other with a huge stomach in the way also.  I'd report this woman she shouldn't own dogs and i love rottwielers they're excellent dog but in the wrong hands their accident waiting to happen.

warm regards Susan

you cant blame the dog, rottie or not its how you bring them up. the owners are to blame, when you want to foster children its a long process, if you want a dog you just go and get one and nobody checked before hand and if the breeder who soled the rottie to this women did the right checks before hand she would nt have sold them one, so dont put a downer on rotties, they are a great breed loving and will give you 100%

I was blaming the owner mostly, but the dog did do wrong as well, I do like rotties as a rule. However I was out walking Oki this evening with OH and came across another rottie (on lead this time) just as well, coz the moment it saw Oki, it went mentel, barking and lunging to try and get Oki, I hope Oki isn't going to take a dislike to them. I need to meet a friendly one but there isn't 1 at my obedience classes.

Poor Oki and you I can't imagine how horrible it must have been.  My girl is as gentle as a lamb and wouldn't do anything in retaliation either, I know because there is a (young male) owner in my area who insists on parading his bull dog bitch, not sure which breed, but she's vicious with other dogs, up and down, past our garden fence and deliberately try to bait our girl, we didn't notice this happening because she is such a good girl and ignores it but we have been looking after a friend's x-breed (who is a lovely gentle boy) and it gets him into a real state including frothing at the mouth.  He shivers, shakes and whines.  It takes hours to calm him down and stop him barking at any slight noise.  I tell this idiot not to be so stupid (or words to that effect) and not come near us again, which he does (and he apologises), but give it a couple of days and he's back.  I'm certain he's deliberately trained his dog to be aggressive.  I have even seen the dog wandering off the lead with him.  It makes me so angry!

Why can't they just be responsible, and grown up???? :rolleyes:

I was blazing last evening after seeing an advert in our local paper>>"Given free to good home a black 4 yr old Staff,lovely looking dog".Now can you just imagine the types who will go and get this FREE dog!! Why don't people vet the homes first ???? I give up!

Hi,
You must report it to the police, they will probly not do anythink, but! have it logged.
Tell them it is off the lead and it has injured your dog, and if it had been a child well!!
I would also report it to the local dog warden. The council will have the number.
Sorry for your baby, I admit, I would have got between them if it had been my babies.
And God help it and the owner if it had bitten me!! REPORT IT!!!
Regards
Denese

Poor dog hope hes Ok after his ordeal. Im sure he'l forget about it all much sooner than you do. Sibes are little tough nuts.

So sorry to hear this Oki (still catching up on posts at the moment!).  I do hope your dog has recovered ok.  Its admirable that you have not condemnded the breed and I could understand it if you did.

You have been given excellent advice and this incident should be reported to the police/dog warden.

As you rightly said Oki, it is down to the owner.  I'm a little disappointed by some of the view aired on this thread.  Rotties aren't dumb by any means they are extremely intelligent and need a specific type of owner to get the best from them.  They need to be worked and constantly taught new things to exercise their brain.  They are not a breed to perform routines repetition after repetition so need inventive owners to make life fun.

Too many of the wrong owners have Rotties unfortunately.  I do hope your dog is ok now Oki, he's a brave boy :)

Hi,

So sorry to hear of this nasty attack on your poor dog, you usually act on instinct when these things happen and then afterwards you re-play over and over again, get angrier and more upset.  I hope that your poor dog will be ok and it does not affect him in the future.

I know that you have been advised to call your local dog warden, which is the correct thing to do, but to be honest I would also contact the police and report this matter so that they can go and talk to the owner, and make sure that the dog is muzzled whilst out or at the very least on a lead. Rotties are either great big softies or nasty little ******* if not trained and controlled properly.  Sorry to all you Rottie owners I know they can be fantastic, loving dogs too.  But if not trained properly as with all preditory dogs it can be fatal.  If this dog can attack another dog, it can very easily attack a child or an owner.  If it has no bounderies installed from puppy hood it is a risk to everyone.

For your dogs sake and also for others, contact the police too!

any dog can attack anther dog or kid or anyone so i dont think you can have a go because its a rottie. little dogs can be worse than big dogs and its not the dogs its the owner, some should nt be able to own a dog

Hi Cos,

I don't think that anyone is having a go personally because it is a Rotti, but because in this inst it WAS a Rotti and the appropriate action must be taken whether it was a  Rotti or an agressive Poodle. If a dog will attack another dog and draw blood without provication (imagine if it was your own) you would want something doing about it! The correct advice of a dog warden and police call is what should be done, it really isn't about Rotti's but an aggressive dog!  And a complete idiot of an owner, who has allowed her dog to get into trouble by not training it.

Sorry to hear this Oki. My friends male Husky was attacked a couple of years ago by a Rottie, needed 12 stitches, he was/is funny with the breed even now.

I now have Saxon, Rottie, we are trying to desensatise(sp) Serscha and it seems to be working.

When I have Saxon out I put him on a lead when I see other dogs. He is only allowed off lead if/when the other owner ask to socialise their dog with him. With very small breeds I pop a Mikki on Saxon. I do this as if a small dog had a go at him and he retaliated he might hurt it. Not that he retaliates. It's just a precaution. In an area where there are lots of dogs I put his Mikki on. Again more in case of other dogs attacking him. It's easier to extricate one set of teeth than two. I've never had a situation where this has happened, either with Saxon or my other big dogs, but just in case.