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My sister "rescued" a Rottweiler (sp?) from a neighbor that was moving and couldn't take the dog. Big animal, 115lbs. My sister has 2 kids; 8 and 6 yrs old.

I found out through my Dad (sister didn't tell me) that she adopted this dog. Called her and read her the riot act.

Even if the dog was awesome, it wasn't hers since it was a pup, and would assert itself as the alpha at some point and the dog would make a "mistake." Problem is, with a dog that size and kids that small, that mistake might be terrible.

My sister poo-poohed me, told me I didn't understand how nice a dog it was, blah blah....

2 weeks after our talk, the dog growled at Bob, my brother-in-law, one night when he came home from work. Thankfully she heard the words I had said, and got rid of that dog. God forbid if it had turned on one of the kids. A dog that size only needs a second to really hurt or kill a small child.

I'm sure its hard to deal with the prospect of putting her down, but the consequences are too high to not.

YMMV

Good luck.