The Rottweiler is a breed o domestic dug, regairdit as medium-tae-lairge[1][2] or lairge.[3][4] The dogs war kent in German as [Rottweiler Metzgerhund] error: {lang}: text has italic markup (help), meanin Rottweil butchers' dugs, acause ane o thair uises wis tae herd fermstockin an pull cairts laden wi butchered meat tae mercat.[1] This continued till the mid-19t century whan railweys replaced droving for herdin. Rottweilers are nou uised as rake an rescue dugs, as guide dugs for the blind, as guard dugs an polis dugs.[5]
