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Rottweilers originated in Germany a very long time ago. Today they are bred nearly everywhere in the world and everyone uses different dogs. Consequently, there are many different bloodlines. All however originated from Germany.
Germany breeds to the ADRK standard. Which is the official standard. The FCI standard which is the international standard used by most countries of the world (FCI members), is the same standard translated into English.
America and Britain however, have slightly different standards. But the difference is very small.
The dogs that are the closest to these standards and win the most shows and trials or produce dogs that win many show and working titles, tend to be the ones that make up the most famous bloodlines
Ofcourse, some breeding lines are better than others. And every country has many bloodlines. But I believe that the best breeding lines are the German lines. ADRK lines. These are the lines that produce the best dogs. And these are the lines that are used by everyone else to develope their own lines.
Then to my opinion comes Belgium and the Nederlands and Italy and America.
However, if we look at some pedigrees from dogs in these countries, we find that German dogs are very close back to them.
For example, Eves vom Eulenspiegel is a dog that was used very much to develope English rottweiler lines. And I have seen that Dingo vom Schwaiger Wappen is in nearly all American lines 4 or 5 generations back.
Each line produces different dogs. And dogs that come from the same bloodlines, carry the same characteristics which are typical for that bloodline. That is why it is commonly easy for someone who studies these lines to tell if a dog comes from a particular bloodline.
Every line has some strong good points and some faults that are common in the offspring of these lines. And every breeder just as every judge has a different opinion about what is more important on a dog and what is a bigger fault........
That is why it is not possible to say if some lines are better than others.
It is up to every breeder to choose their favourite bloodlines and use them to develope their own.
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