| Rottweilers, being a very strong, athletic, and | | | | There is a limited amount of time in which to |
| responsive breed, always love a good challenge. | | | | complete this task and the entire course. Each |
| Sporting with your Rottweiler is a great hobby | | | | task is judged by a professional. |
| because it provides the Rottweiler the exercise | | | | Rottweilers excel at certain aspects of rally |
| he or she so desperately needs and is an | | | | competitions and fall short in others. While they |
| incredible bonding experience. Besides that, it's just | | | | are strong, agile, and fast, competing against a |
| plain fun for you and your dog! | | | | smaller herding dog like a Border Collie could mean |
| Amongst the traditional dog sports of carting, | | | | you're in tough competition! This should not be |
| hunting, and agility trials, dog rally competition has | | | | discouraging - the skill of any rally team depends |
| recently become very popular. It is a newer sport | | | | almost entirely on its owner's training ability and |
| and almost exclusively practiced in the United | | | | the dog's willingness to compete. With the right |
| States. It is a systematic combination of agility | | | | Rottweiler, you could leave any bouncy little |
| and obedience trials, and the competition factor is | | | | Border Collie in your dust! |
| based around race car driving, hence the term | | | | If you are new to the sport, or even new to the |
| "rally." | | | | concept of rally, that's no problem. Rally offers |
| Training for dog rally competitions is a very | | | | three separate levels of competition. The novice |
| intensive process. As with any training regimen, it | | | | level allows you to compete with your dog on his |
| is best to start as young as possible. The | | | | or her leash, which is more lax than most other |
| Rottweiler is an intelligent breed, and is thus | | | | competitions. This means you will have the |
| somewhat hardheaded. Proper obedience training | | | | opportunity to start competing in rally quickly, |
| as a puppy will make rally training so much easier | | | | rather than spending months training for your first |
| when your dog is old enough to compete. | | | | competition without any active experience at a |
| In rally competitions, your dog must race to each | | | | rally meet. Novice meets will also give you an |
| of fifteen to twenty course stations at which he | | | | opportunity to observe dogs that perform at |
| will perform the required agility or obedience task. | | | | higher levels. |