Definition of rottweiler
:any of a breed of tall powerful black-and-tan short-haired dogs of German origin that are commonly used as guard dogs
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The dogs involved include Kato and Kleo, a pair of Rottweilers who have been held since being ordered destroyed in 2012.
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Dawson said that happened before with the family’s rottweilers.
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McAlpline, who was identified through DNA, is also charged with cruelty to animals in the shooting of the couple's Rottweiler.
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Ralph is a rambunctious rottweiler mix who likes to bury his bones, howl at sirens and wiggle into bushes to scratch his back.
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Her rival on the other hand has grown more relaxed, holding his own against the same interviewer who has a reputation for being a rottweiler in his style of questioning.
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A rottweiler was chained to a metal stake in the yard and three more pit bulls were running freely on the property, the report says.
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Like a rottweiler that made its way to the pound complete with a microchip still registered to its original owners.
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In came the electric fences and razor wire and rottweilers.
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Origin and Etymology of rottweiler
German, from Rottweil, city in Germany
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