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I have never bred a litter of Rottweilers either but I WILL put down the breeding practices of SOME well, MOST of the breeders here in the USA also.

Otis has a good point. Lets look at the breeding practices of many breeders here in the USA OK?

An example of a breeding announcement that you can find in seconds almost anywhere on the net:

Multi V-rated SO and SO's pookie wookie OFA: Good CGC
will be bred to:
Insert (mostly) titled German stud from well known kennel here with many working titles and all health clearances and Ztp etc.

See any thing wrong here?? I do!!
You see, Many good German breeders will sell their studs for a good price but just try to get them to part with a good bitch---rarely happens---they keep those for themselves and their programs don't they??
Again, breeders are quick to tell you how great their bitch is but they have nothing to back it up---nothing.
Do you see a problem here?? Breeding bitches that don't even have a BST or Ztp on them---is this OK?? No eyes no heart no elbow clearances is this OK??
Then you read: puppies will be high drive and suitable for work---PLEASE!!
To many people think the stud brings everything to the party----the bitch brings just as much.

Of course we'll never know about some bitches---they get their "Multi V -ratings" before they are 2 years old and then get ofa clearance and become puppy makers---most people outside of the breeder know little about the temperament of the bitch----see??

Maybe that is why we have so many Rottweilers that don't meet the standard as far as temperament is concerned---maybe we are hiding some questionable temperaments.

Maybe that is what Otis was talking about and you don't have to breed to know the difference!!

Rich