Rottweiler archive tees, sweatshirts and hoodies

The town of Rottweil in Baden-Wurttemberg sat on a Roman road, and long after the legions left it remained a cattle market. Butchers there used a heavy drover's dog to move stock and to guard the day's takings, which were said to travel in a purse tied around the dog's neck, hence Rottweiler Metzgerhund, the butcher's dog of Rottweil. Rail transport nearly finished the breed in the nineteenth century before police work rescued it. Owners know the noise: not a growl but a low conversational rumble of contentment, usually delivered while the dog reverses its full weight onto your legs and sits down on your feet. The plate keeps the head broad and the expression calm, with particular care given to the markings above the eyes, which do most of the talking.