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I agree with you on your version of the breed history. Some say that the Tibetan mastiff was brought to Europe by Alexander the Great and others by Marco Polo. Perhaps both.
The rottweiler is descended by the Tibetan mastiff and a European dog. But the rottweiler was born long before the Tibetan mastiff was brought to Europe. The History of this breed is very long and detailed. It is divided into many stages. The rottweiler breed has gone through a lot, including things like parachuting with the Brazilian army! What you said about people hanging their money on the necks of rottweilers is also true.
The main story line is that this dog was descended by the Tibetan mastiff, it was kept by the Romans for a long period of time and then Legend has it that when the Romans left the city of Rottweil, they tried to kill all the rottweilers so no one else could use such usefull dogs. (Legend). And it is said that 3 of these dogs were hidden and kept in Rottweil........
Since then, the Germans bred these dogs and called them rottweilers....
So ok. I guess you are right. My mistake. The rottweiler did not originate in Germany. It only survived and was developed in Germany. But it didn't originate in Italy either. Some of these dogs were only kept and used by the Romans. We don’t actually know where the 1st rottweilers were born. Probably in the Himalayas.
But all this happened thousands of years ago. I don't see what this has to do with today’s bloodlines.
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