page_title: Rottweiler
section_title: Technical description
hierarchical_section_title: Rottweiler / Technical description
caption_attribution_description: English: A dog with numbers for specific anatomical structures
context_page_description: The Rottweiler is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large or large. The dogs were known in German as Rottweiler Metzgerhund, meaning Rottweil butchers' dogs, because their main use was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market. This continued until the mid-19th century when railways replaced droving. Although still used to herd stock in many parts of the world, Rottweilers are now also used as search and rescue dogs, guard dogs, and police dogs.
context_section_description: The Fédération Cynologique Internationale gives the following description of the Rottweiler standard: "Rottweiler breeders aim at a dog of abundant strength, black coated with clearly defined rich tan markings, whose powerful appearance does not lack nobility and which is exceptionally well suited to being a companion, service, rescue and working dog." This breed is all about balance, endurance, proportionality, intelligence and strength. The various standards in place for the Rottweiler's physical appearance specify these characteristics.
  Head (eyes)
  Snout (teeth, tongue)
  Dewlap (throat, neck skin)
  Shoulder
  Elbow
  Forefeet
  Highest Point of the Rump
  Legs (thighs and hips)
  Hock
  Hind feet
  Withers
  Stifle
  Paws
  Tail
caption: Anatomy of the Rottweiler
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