How important are working titles? Are some venues more important than others?
Working titles are of the utmost importance. When a dog earns working titles, especially at the advanced level, he has proven, to some extent at least, that he is both physically and mentally sound. The show ring was originally designed to ensure that each breed retained the physical characteristics that would enable it to do the job it was bred for. The Rottweiler is classified in the Working Group…comprised of breeds whose foundation was based on carrying out a task. In our breed, those tasks changed over centuries…from guarding the Roman armies, to working livestock, to pulling a bucher’s cart to market, to police work to “sport” work. The ability to adapt to these changes are a testament to the versatility of the Rottweiler. To that end, it is important that breeders continue to prove that the Rottweiler has the physical and mental ability to perform any one of these tasks prior to being bred. Indicators of working temperament are many and varied. For this reason, competitions
