I OWN FOUR LARGE DOGS AND ONE IS THE ROTTWEILER IM GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREED HISTORY. THE ROTTWEILER WAS DEVELOPED FROM GERMANY THE ORIGINAL ROLE FOR THE BREED WAS A CATTLE DROVER. A GURDIAN AS IT STILL USED TODAY AND A DRAFT DOG ROMAN TROOPS ON LONG MARCHES PROBALLY. LEFT BEHIND ROMAN DROVER DOGS IN SOUTHERN GERMANY THROUGHOUT. THE SUCCEEDING CENTURIES THE DOGS CONTAINED TO PLAY A VITAL. ROLE AS A CATTLE DROVERS AROUND WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE TOWN. OF ROTTWEIL AND A CENTER OF CATTLE COMMERCE THEIR DOGS DROVE AND GUARDED CATTLE, GUARDED THE MONEY EARNED BY CATTLE SALES, SERVED AS DRAFT ANIMALS. IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY CATTLE DRIVING WAS OUTLAWED, THE DOG CARTING WAS REPLACED BY DONKEY CARTS AND RAILROADS, WITH LITTLE NEED FOR THIS ONCE VITAL BREED. THE ROTTWEILER FELL INTO SUCH DECLINE, THAT IT NEARLY LOST DOG FANCIERS SET ABOVE TO REVIVE THE BREED FROM EXTINCTION, AROUND 1900 BY THE 1930S IT WAS COMPETING IN THE AKC COMPETITIONS. AT ONE TIME IT WAS THE SECOND MOST POPULAR BREED IN AMERICA,

TEMPERAMENT. ROTTWEILERS ARE CONFIDENT, BOLD, ALERT, AND IMPOSING, ALSO HEADSTRONG, STUBBORN AND OFTEN DOMINEERING. THEY ARE PROTECTIVE OF FAMILLY AND RESERVED, OFTEN WARY, TOWARD STRANGERS

UPKEEP.ROTTWEILERS NEED LONG WALKS OR JOGS, OR PLAY SESSIONS DAILY. COAT CARE IS MINIMAL CONSISTING OCCASIONAL GROOMING, TO REMOVE DEAD HAIR.

HEALTH CONCERNS.HIP DYSPLASIA, ELBOW DYSPLASIA, HEART PROBLEM, BONE CANCER GASTRIC TORSION,

LIFE SPAN. 8 TO 11 YEARS

HEIGHT- MALE 24- 27 INCHES

HEIGHT- FEMALE 22-25 INCHES

WEIGHT- MALE 85-135 POUNDS

WEIGHT- FEMALE 80-100 POUNDS

HERES INFORMATION FROM THE DOG EXPERT

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A great site to learn about Rottweilers is

http://www.der-rottweiler.com/