WHY ADOPT A RESCUED ROTTWEILER?
My parents always advised me never to buy a used car, because I would just be buying “somebody else’s problems.” Unfortunately, that’s how some people view rescue dogs-as dogs that weren’t wanted because they had problems and didn’t make good pets. For the vast majority of rottweilers in rescue, that’s just not true! While rottweilers are definitely not a breed for everyone, most rottweilers that come into rescue were not given up because they were “bad dogs” or because they had behavioral problems, but as a result of people who buy dogs without thinking about the time, effort, training and expense involved in keeping a rottweiler. Sometimes a rescue ends up in a shelter, gets dumped along the side of the road, or, if they’re lucky, end up in rescue. The most common reasons a rottweiler ends up in rescue are: • The owners didn’t have time for the dog. • The owners didn’t do their homework on the breed and ended up with more dog than they bargained for. • The owners can’t afford basic v
