My GS/Rottweiler mix is awesome. Leans towards the Rottie personality, and at night is Mr. Cuddles. Very smart, learns fast, but my God, 24-7 play. Needs persistent reminders who’s in charge but he lives to please. Will talk to me and bark when he wants to play or needs a walk. Like having a strong willed kid. He’s quite the watch dog and follows me everywhere, but he’s ok with watching the place while I’m gone. Doesn’t raise a fuss. Can’t have a better companion.

Hello. I just got a Rottweiler Shepherd as my 18th birthday present. I’ve trained my previous dogs before but I haven’t had one for two years since they passed and I don’t know if I’ll do a good job with him. What advice do you have on some training I can introduce to him so he doesn’t become aggressive and he develops wonderfully.

In reply to Harper1207.

There is always hope! Keep training. Maybe you should get a professional trainer. Even for a couple of hours to tell you what to do in this situation. And then you’ll be able to maintain training yourself. Good luck!

I recently retired in a neighborhood of dog owners, one owner had 8-10 Maltipoos and and family member dropped off to them this big “teddy bear” looking Puppy. They asked if we would give him a home. He is a Rottweiler-Shepherd mix and is hard-headed, a little “standoffish”, very playful, protective and loving …But he is 1 year and 5 months old and rarely barks. Why could this be?

Hi, I just rescued a beautiful Rott/GS mix. He is approx 4 to 5 months old and his previous owner had to unexpectedly move but was a good parent to Jax. He is quite smart and the previous owner taught him sit and paw. That is cute and all but I am having a bit of trouble getting him to stay, pay attention to me, walk on leed properly and he continues to “go” in his crate overnight even when he gets taken out at midnight and again in morning. I’ve only been working with him/had him for a week. I’m sure with proper training he will get better. Any suggestions on how to get his attention or to stop playing tug o war with the leed? Am I being too hopeful that I will be able to settle him down at this age? I have showed small dogs in the past but nothing this large haha. I do have some experience with training small breeds but this breed seems to not be responding to well to my techniques. Jax is a sweet, playful, loveable big lug and he seems to love his new environment. We sure love him! Thanks!

I just adopted a 1yr old Rottweiler cross and she is the best dog i have ever had. She obviously had a little bit of training before we adopted her, but she is also learning very quickly. Also, she is amazing with kids (youngest she’s met was about 1yr old) we have a couple of nieces and she loves to play and cuddle with them. She is such a dream come true.

My Luna girl was the sweetest, smartest and most beautiful dog I have ever known. She died of cancer at 11 1/2 just a few months ago. (It’s the rotti side that is prone to the kind of cancer she had.) I will not be getting another dog anytime soon, but when I eventually do, this is the only breed of dog I would ever have. Her awareness and perceptions were astonishing. She was never in a real fight with another dog – although she was attacked on two occasions and I intervened – and she never bit another dog or a human. Assertive and somewhat dominant at play, she was an alpha female but not aggressive.

I learned a lot from Luna: https://www.2ndwindproductions.com/blog/dream/2017/02/luna

I have rottie/gs cross and he’s an absolute dream. Loves to please and gets on with my guinea pigs, rabbit and degus, although i have to say my cat is definately the boss. The only real problem i have with him is when he’s on the lead and we meet another dog, he gets bit aggressive but off the lead he doesn’t bother at all. He loves running with other dogs, can swim like no other dog i’v had and loves playing hide snd seek!! And as they say an incredible watch dog. I get bit annoyed when i tell people what cross he is and they back away from him, i say no bad dogs just bad owners

About 3 years ago I saw a dog on one of those pet Facebook pages. She looked a lot like my other dog which is a German Shepherd/ Blue Heeler mix so I said “I have to have her” she was the cutest thing (I named her Harper). When I met the lady to pick her up I fell in love she was so cute and sweet. The lady that sold her to me did not know what breed she was, did not know how old she was and when I took Harper home and got back on Facebook to thank the lady again, she had deleted her Facebook page….Also this poor thing was nothing but skin and bones. I took her to the vet and they said they thought she was about 5 months old, I got her shots and they gave her a clean bill of health just said she needed to gain some weight. When I asked the vet what they thought her breed was they said they weren’t sure but maybe a German Shepherd mix. But anyways I have had problems with Harper since she was around a year old attacking my mothers dog and fighting with my other dog over food and toys. I now have to feed my two separately. I have been trying to work with her and she seems to get better but then in an instant she just snaps……………………………I was searching German Shepherd mix dogs on google today and a picture showed up that looked so much like my Harper and I mean exactly like, I actually thought it was a picture of her. I got on here and saw that the breed of the dog that looked like her was a German Shepherd/ Rott mix and after reading information you have put on here about this breed, it explains so much. I really think that she is this breed. So I just have one question for you….Is there still hope for my Harper? She is almost 3 years old and I love this dog so much she can be the sweetest thing and I really want to get her trained.

Our Rottie an sherphard mix is 4 spunky years old .She is a joy an funny as can be . SHE IS VERY bossy ,an pitbulls doesn’t like her. We have a fence in yard she stays in other than tbat she thinks pir bed is hers .These are great dogs vefy protectice ,she herself doesnt like night time company of any kind ,it makes her a little bit more aggresive . LOVES TO RUN AN PLAY ALTHOUGH SHE DOSNT PLAY FAIR AT ALL.But the best Dog our family has ever had.