Articles about great Rottweilers. Posted by Rottweiler-Dog-Breed-Store
Body build of dog Rottweiler, his hereditary characteristics and strength of backbone are determined by his head’s constitution. The shape of head and points are of primary importance for this dog breed. Several types of Rottweiler’s head are allowed according to the breed standard. They are: normal, proportional, heavy and light. Heavy type of the head corresponds to big, massive skull, heavy skeletal part and pronounced muscles. Light head is characterized by prolate, narrow skull with thin, light framework and underdeveloped muscles. Normally, Rottweiler’s skull must be medium-sized with big distance between the ears; frontal part must not protrude much. Well-developed inion features properly formed skull, however, inion must not be too prominent. Slight nasal bridge, broad at base. Forehead line is seen in profile and moderately arched. Head length is the run between top of inion to endpoint of nose. Head breath is measured at its widest part. The measuring line goes across middle part of forehead and maxillary arches disposed before the ears. Ideally, the length of snout must be a little more than 10 cm in males, and 9 cm in females. As a rule, proportion of snout’s and skull’s lengths is to be considered. Head and corpus of the dog are to be proportional to one another.
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