Dolce Rottweiler Gilbert, AZ

Female rottweiler who is probably between 1-3 years old. She has been under socialize, but she is currently living with our dog trainer Karen with Dynamic Dog Training AZ who is very good at working with dogs who have low self confidence and are afraid and she makes them the best version of themselves and she always hands us back a much different dog then what we gave her, and always for the better. She is learning all her basic commands and is getting leash trained, and will soon be ecollar trained. Karen normally charges about $2000 to train dogs that have an owner. But she has a soft spot for the Rotties (she owns 3 rotten rotties) and whenever possible she will take a special dog from us, that needs her. Karen will give her new owner a training session to teach you how Dilce has been trained so that you can continue on with training and karen is always good to offer advice and direction if you ever need additional help with Dolce. Please follow Dolce's progress on Dynamic Dog Training AZ Facebook or Instagram page.

UPDATE #1 10/24/22:

Strengths:

Dolce has her full obedience training, she's fully e collar trained, she goes on hikes with the long line and I don't have to hold it anymore, meaning she's got really good recall and even more importantly, she stays with me. She has a really strong Place Command and a good walk. She's calm in her crate, she's calm in the house on free time. She loves to play with a ball and tug. She's energetic and loves running, jumping, hiking and car rides. She did great at Tractor Supply. Humans: If she meets people on HER terms and very slow, she does well. Once she trusts you, she's a love.

Weaknesses:

Humans: If you rush the meeting and do it on YOUR terms she acts like a scary dog but has not bitten.

She hasn't had the opportunity to be aggressive but she acts food aggressive to dogs. She has never been aggressive towards me around food or a chew bone. There is some sort of barrier aggression. If she's crated and I'm leashing up another dog, she growls. I can e collar correct and she stops. She could be growling about something in her crate and instead I decide to let her out of her crate and her demeanor automatically changes to fun loving . Sometimes dogs can approach her crate, sometimes it pisses her off, but it's always ok for her to approach another dogs crate .

Unknown: Dogs: She's been fantastic with Bruno (male rottie) but he kind of ignores her and is as chill as they come. She's curious about Hurley (Chi/Jack Russell mix) she smells him but has never been aggressive and he's also a good dog reader and has stayed calm around her. He has also given her a low growl for smelling him too much and she walked away). Tuesday is my female rottie, she has no chill meeting new dogs so she is higher energy but I can control her well. She didn't react at all to Tuesday for two walks and on the third walk Tuesday was minding her business, smelling a bush and I saw Dolce curl her lip a little bit while standing next to Tuesday. I pulled her away with the leash and nothing happened.

Dolce has been full of mixed messages (humans and dog) but the longer I had her, her messages were becoming more clear to me. After the Rotten Rottie party I felt like I had a good idea of her human issues. The remaining question was how she was with dogs with higher energy. Can she play with another dog or would she take high energy play as a threat and be defensive? I feel like she wants to play, I also have seen impulsive anger from her and because I work alone I wasn't comfortable with allowing play to escalate. Sooo, Shelly reached out to Amanda at Paw Creek Training who has experience with some gnarly dogs and also has on-site help to test her out with other dogs so that we can figure out the perfect type of home for her. I personally took her there this morning and dropped her off. Amanda will have her for two weeks. I miss her.

She loves to play so if she can live the rest of her life playing safely with a dog sibling, I don't want to deprive her of that just because I can't personally test her. She's so lucky to be taken care of by such a caring village. She will be ready to be adopted around November 7th. Adult only household. Dogs to be determined.

UPDATE #2 11/16/22 Dolce was with Amanda for 3 weeks. In that time she fully trusted Amanda and her husband and would play with her husband. Amanda's diagnosis was that she is very insecure and reactive under human or dog pressure, but not aggressive. She never tried to bite. She did snap once. Because of her lack of socialization and the genetics she was dealt, she's socially awkward; she doesn't know how to be a dog and she's learned that being reactive creates that space where she finds comfort. She hung out with at least 3 of Amanda's dogs, when I picked her up from Amanda I watched her body language. She was fine with the other dogs approoaching her but she never engages. Amanda saw two small moments of possibly wanting to play when Amanda's dogs were trying to get her to play but she's just not ready for that. She gives a lot of signs when she's uncomfortable. Her body stiffens but she's easy to redirect back to her handler. Keep in mind, Amanda's dogs engage with her, if they get nothing back, they walk away. When I picked her up after the three weeks she was excited to see me! She was excited to be back at my house and did hot laps around my back yard! She was excited to see my husband. I went right back to structure with her. Training drills, duration Place, waiting at doors, etc. I started hikiing her again with my two dogs, Bruno and Hurley. She did great with them but they are also chill and not putting pressure on her. Her recall is stellar. She is energetic and loves to hike with us. She wants to play in some form but she doesn't play with my dogs, so she takes her long lead I have her on, carries it in her mouth and shakes it while she's running on the trail! Today was the first time where we came back from the hike, all three dogs came into my house together (Dolce off leash) and coexisted together. It was a great moment and I was so happy to see her be like a regular dog, hanging out with other dogs, safely.

New Home/Owner Requirements: No kids. Her new owners must be willing to be trained by me and manage Dolce as instructed, with a e collar. Her new life with you will be filled with structure: Crate, Place, waiting at all doors, walks in heel position, training drills. She will gain trust and confidence in you this way, and you in her. The initial meeting with Dolce will not include petting her. It will probably take a few days of her being in her new home to be comfortable enough to be pet. She can be the only dog or she can go to a home with a existing male dog who is super chill, trained well enough that you can teach him boundaries and does a good job at reading other dogs body language (she doesn't engage for play...he walks away, doesn't pester her to play). Because of this, if you're looking for a 'playmate' for your dog, Dolce is not your girl. If you have the right dog, and their relationship grows slowly and safely, it is possible she will play one day but we can't know for sure. Dolce is a fun, funny, happy, sweet, energetic dog over all. But she will be someones project dog. I think with time and patience she will really transform into a wonderful companion.

Our Adoption Process... If you are interested in adopting one of our fun loving not so rotten rotties, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire that will allows us to get to know you better and to make sure the dog you are looking at is a good fit for your family and lifestyle. You can access our questionnaire by going to our website, www.rottenrottie.com click on the forms tab, and fill out the questionnaire and submit it online. After we review your answers, if we feel that the dog that you are interested in, is not a good fit for you and your family, we may recommend a different rottweiler companion. After we determine which Rottweiler(s) is the best for you, we will set up a time so that you can meet him or her at their house, where they will feel most comfortable and act as they normally do. We will require a home check to make sure the dog is going to a good home. An adoption contract will be signed to finalize the adoption and we do ask for a rehoming fee of $500 for most adults, $350 for most of our seniors 6 years and above for any rottweiler mix of any age (except puppies) . Our fees for puppies fluctuate depending on how much we had to invest into them or their litter, and weather they are purebred or a mix. These funds are necessary so that our organization may continue to rehome rottweilers. ALL of our dogs are sterilized, fully vaccinated and microchipped, heartworm tested negative and come with a collar and a leash. We have also addressed any injury or illness that they had when they came to us, or received in foster care. These problems will be disclosed to the adopter prior to adoption.

please be advised that in almost all cases we will not adopt our dogs to folks who live in different states. On rare occasion, if we feel that it is a PERFECT for both you and the dog, we sometimes will break that rule for our neighbors who live in Las Vegas. If you live in Vegas and would like us to consider you, please fill out an application.