Doggon' Beach

It's a funny thing that happens to dogs  when they meet the beach! It some how magically changes them in to crazy creatures. They find the energy they didn't have and sprint huge circles or bounce like super balls all around. Once I saw a nice little couple with their Golden Retriever pup, I recognized them from an earlier encounter at the local gas station where they had asked me for directions to the motel they had booked. They had only been married 3 months, and had only been dog owners for about a month. Boogie was his name and he was about 6mnthes old. Boogie was appropriately named because when they opened the hatch on their SUV he came shooting out like a rocket and hit the ground running, I don't know if they ever caught up to him. I watched him until he was out of site, chuckling cause Boogie done boogied!
         We loaded up our pack one at a time and took them all to the beach. I took the camera to catch the beach crazies on film but was only able to get a few shots of Scrappy and a short movie because he was moving to fast to get a clear shot! I got none of the other two, as they were to crazy to hold still for even one shot! For a short time we wondered if big old FatBoy was going to get back in the car or not! But when the engine turned over he panicked and ran back to me almost knocking me off my feat! Seems strange to me how such a big dog, with such a big tuff woof could ever be scared of anything, but he was, trembling and whining.
I have been reading my new books and studying the web lots to get a better understanding of the Rottweiler breed, and so far I know this; they are guardians, protectors of things. They are a breed that was designed by man to do a specific job and from what I can tell they have not varied in their characteristics in all this time. How very different they are from the Bully breeds I have known all my life.
Now that I have a better understanding of what he is, I can better who he is. Dogs are not people, they don't think like people nor do they behave like people. Most folks don't get that. I have seen people who get frustrated and mad because Fido keeps pissing on the floor and beat the crap out of him, then state that he should get it by now we have told him over and over! Well it doesn't work that way. Puppies are like babies in  the sense that they don't have full control over their bladder yet. Would you expect your 7 week old baby to go use the john when he has to go? Probably not. Yelling is another thing. Your dog is more about to listen to you if you talk softly than if you yell. After you yell at him long enough he is going to do what the kids do and block that sound out. I believe in positive training. My dogs have all been trained with a clicker, and yes I do reprimand them but not with a big club and never for things that I don't have a right to. So it's important to recognize that your dog is a dog, and 2nd he is what ever breed he is. Do your home work and I mean study and learn all that you can about the breed of dog you think you want to own long before you go out and bring one home. If you don't you are looking at a huge chance that neither you or the dog will succeed in a quality life together.