You now have your gorgeous young puppy at home and you have it's bed and at this point it's home picked out for it.

IT may not like it, as long as it is warm and comfortable; WHO CARES you are the boss.
Whinge whine all they like but unless you have been remiss in allowing them to relieve themselves THEY STAY where put.

That is Lesson 1

Lesson 2 -- When something done correctly ALWAYS praise both verbally and physically, probably physically more so initially when possible via a pat. Dogs seek contact. Total Verbal control comes later but the two grow hand in hand, until verbal takes over as the main praise and discipline giver.

Lesson 3 -- NEVER ever sook a Rottweiler, never tell it something is ok by cuddling it when it is not sure, IGNORE the event and tell it not to be an idiot, (as long as no harm can come to it) because the dog needs to understand that trust in you is safe for it. For dogs like all animals and humans have a Flight or Fight drive and their complete circumstance dictates whether and when they enact either and you are the controller.

Lesson 4 -- Teach your dog to come, EVERYTIME you call it, we use HERE as a command for several reasons, it works far better from 100 metres than 'come', it is demanding not asking.
'Here' being a gutteral type word is similar at close and distance, does not denote tonal changes from having to scream the word as against the the word 'come' which changes significantly when shouted for distance over the softer tones used at short distance. Therefore the dog does not think it is in trouble, because commands are always delivered in a similar tone.

Lesson 5 -- Never EVER call your dog to you to chastise it, although it is a human thing to do, to say come here, so I can eyeball and chastise you it is not the way to treat animals, it will only cause problems, the least of which is the dog is going to NOT come.

Lesson 6 -- USE and hold eye contact when disciplining your pup, do not look away till it does and when it does, a simple good dog, and walk away is good then 5 seconds later call it to you and and pat or play with it briefly.

Lesson 7 -- Dogs CRAVE contact for working out respect and position, verbal, tactile and
Eye contact, not food: food is only ever a diversion and incentive, it does not gain respect or control, in fact used wrongly it gives control to the dog and sometimes becomes a reinforcement for the wrong behaviour.

Lesson 8 -- Positive reinforcement is a catch cry for todays training--YES positively no pat if you get it wrong and a correction to make him do it right and Positively a pat when and immediately he does it right and then STOP!! A win is a win don't do the human thing and grind them into submission. 24 hours to think on it they will almost do what you required of them without asking.

Lesson 9 -- 5 most important words.
AAAARRGGHH In gutteral tone like the bitch that should have raised them says NO, STOP!!
NO is the second -- extension and human version of the above.
GOOD is the third -- For all pleasing and correct behaviour
OUT is the fourth - -Move from position and/or stop behaviour IMMEDIATELY
HERE is the fifth -- Immediately come to You.
All the above words are to be followed by good and a pat immediately the desired behavior happens.

Lesson10 -- As smart as Rottweilers are they are not dictionary literate, you can spit out 50 words and they will understand and respond to ONE, so keep it simple.

Lesson 11 - -When your dogs comes up uninvited for a pat---TELL him no or out whatever your chosen command. And call HIM up 5 seconds later for a pat, YOU dictate the pat and love not him. However for this to be effective you need to be aware of what is happening with your dog. You are not rejecting him, simply maintaining control, at times it may be correct to pat him immediately.

Lesson 12 -- Dogs work and operate on base instinct, in some ways todays society understand that no longer, but if we want proper and effective communication with our dogs we must become simpler, more realistic, and understanding of base drives instead of societies seeming target of instant gratification and result, take it slow, there is always to-morrow!

This is very brief, perhaps more a statement of attitudes, than actual training however if you use these statements as a guide it should help you raise stable and secure dogs that will be a credit to the Rottweiler breed and yourself.