rottweiler

noun

rott·wei·ler ˈrät-ˌwī-lər

ˈrȯt-ˌvī-

often capitalized

: any of a breed of tall powerful black-and-tan short-haired dogs of German origin that are commonly used as guard dogs

Examples of rottweiler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Owners of certain breeds, including pit bulls, rottweilers, German shepherds, boxers, and huskies, have been given one month to surrender their pets. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 June 2023 The Sasbs got Jack, and Terry Asten Bennett got Cha Cha the rottweiler. —

Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023 Rounding out the Ttop 10 are the golden retriever, German shepherd, poodle, bulldog, rottweiler, beagle, dachshund and German shorthaired pointer. —

Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2023 The Blue Hole, formerly a limestone quarry on Big Pine Key, continues to be a stop-off to catch a glimpse of miniature Key deer and for the memory of Grandpa, a 400-pound alligator that lived there until 1993, when it was removed after supposedly eating a rottweiler. —

Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2021 For more than a year, come rain, snow, cold or heat, Hatch and his labrador-rottweiler mix head outside between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. to meet up with a core group of eight other doggy daddies and their pooches for a 45-minute walk around the Saybrook subdivision in north Naperville. —

Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021 And in 2018, a New Mexico man told CBS affiliate KRQE-TV that he was shot by his dog, a 120-pound rottweiler mix named Charlie. —

Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2023 The fourth, a black and brown rottweiler who was tethered to the fence in the front yard greeted the visitors with a tail wag. —

Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2022 In June 2019, Kovu, a pit bull-rottweiler mix, had been picked up as a stray after a car crashed through Nieves' fence, creating a hole the dog was able to escape through, WFMZ reported. —

Alaa Elassar, CNN, 10 July 2021 See More

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