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OMG!!! That's the funniest thing I've seen in ages!! My sides hurt!! :laugh: Brilliant photos and so funny! Thanks for sharing this

Oh dear - that spells trouble! Cheeky boy!!

Thinking of you and Kibah, and sending positive thoughts

Saw the early morning post and got excited! You totally got me, Kirislin! :laugh: Another one here who has been quietly watching behind the scenes and sending safe puppy arrival thoughts.

Yes, to the extent that we have to put them out of the loungeroom to get peace to watch things sometimes! We also had to mount the TV on the wall to get it away from the dogs. Our primary watchers are Neo and Molly, so one rottweiler and one border collie. I know of a few rotts that like watching TV :)

:laugh: Yes, incredibly subtle!

I can second Rakaaz as a very good breeder to talk to :) If not lounging NEXT to their people, they're likely to be lounging ON them :p

My experience of the breed I would agree with this. My best friends as a kid bred them and they got home on 1 occasion to find 1 of their females keeping a known adult who had dropped by to pick something up company. Apparently she happily let him in, but no way was he allowed out until they got there and told her it was ok. Rotts are pretty well known for doing this - personally, I think they have a bit of an evil sense of humour. Let 'em in, but don't let 'em out! :D :laugh:

I echo Dyzney's post - very well said and I agree completely :) The part that I have bolded would be my main concern, not knowing enough about the OP and their experience with more dominant breeds - but provided the OP was a confident leader, willing to responsibly train and socialise their dog, and the dog was responsibly bred, then a rottweiler would certainly be my recommendation :)

Yep, good way to put it - for Rottweiler, it is sort of a soft sounding V. The rottweiler is named after the town of Rottweil, which to us English people, sounds a bit like Rottvyle.

This is how I pronounce it and people always look at me like I am stupid ! Thank you ! Same :laugh: You see their brain ticking over for a few seconds, then it sinks in what I have said and they just move on. I know it actually is vy-ler but is why-ler forgivable? They already think I'm weird just for that!! For me, rott-why-ler is fine :) Most Rotty people pronounce it that way as well - I do half the time, particularly if I'm talking to the average person on the street :) As long as you don't go with rott-wheel-er, you're good. Saying rott-vy-ler will just get you a bonus point :D

Agreed. I rarely offer my breed as a suggested one in breed query threads, but can absolutely say that well bred, carefully selected, well trained Rottis make excellent assistance dogs. They have an innate need to work with people, yet make brilliant couch potatoes or snuggle bunnies when they are not required. Thirded :) A well bred, selected and trained rottweiler would excel at something like this :) Highly intelligent, desire to please, love working with (and being with) their people, adaptable, good with children.

I would estimate that around 85% of people who phone to ask us about our dogs pronounce it Rott-wheeler, it's a really common mistake and I inwardly shudder every time I hear it. Although, it's not as bad as the Rock-wheeler Unfortunately we hear that one all too often as well!

Go Mr Ellz!

Rott-vy-ler :)

You wouldn't have to fit in between them - the rotty would be on your lap :D

I pretty much spent all of the time I was there hiding with Sue, Stan, Sue and Neville in their tent! Tried to work out how to get Rave into my overnight bag, but the bugger just wouldn't fit no matter what I did! :laugh:

Just over a week ago, actually :) Wondering why the weather was so incredibly changeable on the Sunday of the champ show? It's because there was a Tasmanian in your midst! I was over to visit family though, not show dogs, and we only popped into the show briefly before heading off to do family things :) Was only there for a couple of hours, just enough to appreciate the horrid weather conditions - particularly for the poor veterans! Hoping to come up to Vic for the champ show in November next year, finances permitting :)

It's also a lot to do with the fact that the judge is a breed specialist, so is generally more knowledgeable about the breed than an all breeds judge and as a result their opinion is more valuable.

Yep, that's a good summary of a Rotty speciality too:) As HW said - the dogs (and handlers) do a lot of running (more under some judges than others) and are dressed for that purpose. The dogs run out in front and the rings are FAR bigger than an all breeds ring. Many exhibitors also use spare runners, and they swap between each other while on the move (like passing a baton, only you're passing a rottweiler) - you learn to do this as smoothly as possible so as not to break the dogs stride. It's always nice to watch a good fit handler though, who is fit enough to not have to change runners!

No, because there are always unethical breeders out there to muddy the waters. My comments are based on ethical breeders providing correct and true papers. I didn't say that a dog was NOT purebred if it did have papers (in fact I said the it was correct that a purebred dog didn't necessarily have to have papers), I was simply illustrating that without (true and correct) papers there is no way to know for certain.

I'm confused with the difference between purebred and pedigree. From my understanding a purebred dog is a single breed, i.e a border collie from border collie parents that fits within the breed standards but not necessarily from a registered breeder I was under the impression that dogs from registered breeders with a prefix were considered pedigree So all pedigree dogs are purebred but not all purebred dogs are pedigree ...correct me if I'm wrong My understanding too :) So in the above example the owner of the Labrador is right in saying their dog is purebred despite the lack of papers Ahhhh, but are they? :) The dog has no pedigree, no traceable ancestry - so although both parents looked like labradors, were they really purebred labradors? Perhaps one of them had a parent who was really a labrador/golden retriever cross... So, yes a purebred dog is a dog where both parents are of the same breed, and doesn't necessarily have to have a pedigree - but you only know for certain that a dog is purebred if they do have a pedigree and you can trace their ancestry. Otherwise you're just going on what the dog looks like and what people say the parents were :)

My parents started showing and breeding rottweilers in 1974, when I was the grand old age of 3 - I've grown up with the breed, and never known anything different. I hope to never be without rottweilers in my life, so I am very much loyal to the breed. I couldn't answer the poll though, because although I will always have rottweilers, that doesn't mean that I won't also have something else - see my signature for more details, pick the odd one out :laugh:

Actually, I lie! We did tape Neo's ear for a short time, but I think he only needed one session of taping. The only reason I remember it at all is because he's my guinea pig in my taping instructions! :laugh: DTDO - I've found my taping document, it's a PDF file - so if you let me know your email address I'll send it to you :)