JÄGER

From Rescue to Rock Star!! ~ The story of Jäger - the dog formerly known as King:

Jäger came home with us shortly after his 3rd birthday after being at RRLA for about 6 months. A high drive, high energy, dominant and strong dog that was questionable around cats was going to be difficult to place, and RRLA was not letting him go to just any home. We were looking for a female but something about this rambunctious dog captured our immediate attention and our hearts.

After we brought him home it was clear he had received some obedience training but had not learned (or remembered) "house manners". He certainly wasn't accustomed to someone other than him being the boss, and a new home with TWO humans in charge and two curious cats was quite a shock for our little guy.

Three months after trying to bolt through our patio door to get to the cats (and some de-conditioning training) they were all sharing a water bowl and catching naps in the sunshine with the occasional kitty "slam dance" against the new dog.

In training, Jäger's dominance and high drive became very obvious causing many to question if we could ever refine him and obtain attention and control for off-leash work, much less put any AKC titles on him. With a lot of training, patience and consistency our boy achieved his RN title just 6 months after coming home with us. During the ensuing 4 months he finished his RA and RE titles - placing 1st in nearly every event with scores in the high 90's.

Now that he's settled and adapted to the structured and frequent outlets for his high energy level, he has developed into a really fun, sassy, clown of a dog that absolutely LOVES to work. Our little rescue Rottweiler and his owners (!) are loving life and working in Rally, formal obedience, tracking and carting.

We are truly thankful that the RRLA believed in him enough, and especially us, to let us 'recycle' this terrific dog. After 33 years of owning and training dogs from puppies we had some serious reservations about adopting an adult "rescue". To that we can only say, Rescue shmescue ~ THIS dog…is a ROCK STAR!