I am also the new owner of a, now 3 month old female rott, and she is the best. Within 2 days of having her home I had her trained to sit, watch me, lay down, go potty (outside!), stay, come, and sit to a open hand of food until she hears the words "take it". They are extremely smart dogs and learn very quickly if you spend the time with them. I am a mother of three young children and we also have 1 turtle, 1 rabbit, 2 cats, 2 guinea pigs, 2 rats, 5 hermit crabs, 5 hamsters and 3 fish....am I forgetting anything? They call me Mrs. Doolittle at Petsmart. Our puppy gets along with all of them, especially the children, is very gentle and loving. She did the playful chewing and snipping for a couple of days but we trained her not to do that also. You have gotten yourself a really terrific dog...just love it and spend time with it and work on training while she is young. She'll do great and everybody will be happy in the long run.