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Rottweiler

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Rottweiler
Common eik-names
  • Rott
  • Rottie
OreeginGermany
Traits
Wecht Male 50–60 kg (110–132 lb)
Female 41–48 kg (90–106 lb)
Hicht Male 61–69 cm (24–27 in)
Female 56–63 cm (22–25 in)
Coat Dooble-coatit, short, haurd an thick
Colour Black an tan or black an mahogany
Bruid size average 8 tae 12 awtho lairger litters are kent
Life span 8–10 years
Clessification / staundarts
FCI Group 2, Section 2 #147 staundart
AKC Wirkin staundart
ANKC Group 6 (Utility) staundart
CKC Group 3 – Wirkin staundart
KC (UK) Working staundart
NZKC Utility staundart
UKC Guardian Dog staundart
Domestic dug (Canis lupus familiaris)

The Rottweiler is a breed o domestic dug, regairdit as middlin-tae-muckle[1][2] or muckle.[3][4] The dugs war kent in German as Rottweiler Metzgerhund, meanin Rottweil butchers' dugs, acause ane o thair uises wis tae herd fermstockin an pull cairts laden wi butchered meat tae mercat.[1] This continued till the mid-19t century whan railweys replaced droving for herdin. Rottweilers are nou uised as rake an rescue dugs, as guide dugs for the blind, as guard dugs an polis dugs.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Rottweiler breed standard" (PDF). FCI. Retrieved 28 Februar 2016.
  2. "Rottweiler". Australian National Kennel Council. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 28 Februar 2016.
  3. "Rottweiler". The Kennel Club. Retrieved 28 Februar 2016.
  4. "Rottweiler". New Zealand Kennel Club. Archived frae the original on 5 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 28 Februar 2016.
  5. Adolf Pienkoss, The Rottweiler, 3rd ed., Borken, Germany: Internationale Föderation der Rottweilerfreunde, 2008.