Linedog, I could not agree more..As I have stated before, and O Story has pointed out, the rottweiler is not the best dog for Sch due it's size. If someone wants a sport/sch dog, a working line GSD or Mal is the choice. Kind of like bringing a truck to a dragster race..Form and function.
Unless you are competing rottweilers vs rottweilers..
I have worked all the breeds at a very high competitive level and for me the rottweiler is still my favorite to own and work due to the pure power of the dog. Having said that, I too like a nice looking strong rottweiler and not a light boned doberman type which is typical of the 80-90 lb pure working males rotts. These dogs do not fit the type and also are not that great of workers anyway compared to the GSD's and Mals. So, if you love rottweilers and that is why were here, why not look for the total rottweiler in looks, temperment and working ability. I am a public safety professional and do not EVER see PD's buying rotts anymore for police work or even GSD's anymore, they are all buying Mals because they are cheaper, have minimal health issues and last longer and simply perform better for that function.
For the rottweiler lovers here, I highly recommend you read/ study and learn about the total rottweiler and the best of them are produced by excellent ADRK kennels and a few select kennels in other countries that try and follow the German standard. You can have a typey, strong looking rottweiler with excellent temperment and can do the work in Sch and perform a BST but they must have the proper genetic background. Even the pure show people will have more fun with a tempermentful rottweiler that actually has some drive and will stack easily and has prey drive. The mastiffy statues that do nothing in the ring but stand and look pretty and cannot move well or have proper temperment are not correct to the breed standard for the rottweiler.
I would like to see more owners AND breeders test their dogs with at least a BST before breeding to PROVE their dogs are correct in type and temperment.
With our latest addition, we chose to research and find the ultimate breeding, Kor und Leistungzucht. Both parents and all four grandparents are Sch3 and both parents have proven themselves at the ADRK Korung, the ultimate breed test for the rottweiler. We are very happy with the outcome.. Like Linedog, I would NEVER consider a breeding without both parents being sch titled and have ztp's. The amount of breedings with the buzzwords of 'excellent working prospects and will have have super drive' from untitled, unproven parents is nauseating..
The lines are still there where people can have both type and temperment but the research must be done, breeders must commit to this and judges must reward proper type/temperment.. JMO
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Originally Posted by linedog  I agree with Feuerhaus, the minumum standard I look at in choosing the parents of a working dog (schutzhund) is the minimum of the German standard a ztp or bst on both and a sch1 and ztp-bst on one at least. I really don't care what show ratings the dogs have accrued if they don't meet this minimum. I like a good looking dog so of course I also look for V's and such, but I have had it proven too many times to me why this minimum is there. if it is not met, by far the majority of the dogs can't do the work.I also feel the female has as much or more influence on working temperment as the male does. I realize that the tendency now is to breed show and go litters, but the go better be there on both sides of the pedigree. the continuity of working temperment in each generation is extremely important, it is also important that it be proven. |