| The working Rottweiler
The ADRK (the German organization club that maintains the desired standards and official registries of the true German Rottweiler), the FCI (an internationally recognized federation that oversees most dog breeds with official registries, establishing breed standards, helding sport trials, and so forth), and even the AKC (our own domestic dog registration club), classified unanimously the Rottweiler within the WORKING group.
What are working dogs? Working dogs are intelligent and strong dog breeds, whose ancestors were bred and trained to perform useful functions such as guarding and protecting lives and estates, drawing sleds across snow-swept lands, performing water rescues, aiding policemen and soldiers to protect and serve, guiding the blind, and so forth.
Today, such working tradition is still maintained and preserved in the Rottweiler, and even expanded to modern neccessesities such as SAR, explosives detection, narcotics detection, etc. The capabilities of the Rottweiler are simply amazing.
The Rottweiler excels as a working dog, including also sport trials, proving itself in many working fields and leaving no doubts about it. It is an intelligent, powerful, seviceable breed, capable of many utility jobs. There should no be arguments or disagrements regarding this issue, but there are. Some people are focusing and concentrating mainly in conformation for the show ring, and maybe even obedience competition. Thus, limiting the traits and abilities of the great Rottweiler. I disgree with such position. Conformational structure is absolutely important, don't get me wrong, but so are the working skills of the Rottweiler. What do you think?  |