IRUMR Breed Standard Flock Guardian Class

Roman Utility Molosser "Flock Guardian" AKA Roman Rottweiler "Flock Guardian" Breed Standard

Description: A large to very large noble, impressive, heavy, robust, massive, athleticly built, powerful body, muscular. The head is broad, heavy, and strong. Some wrinkling. The skull is broad and large, broad back skull. Stop deep to medium length and well defined. Muzzle broad, full and square. Lips are well-developed, thick, with moderate to large flews, and pendulous lower lips. The muzzle is full with a scissor bite. Eyes are almond shaped, deep set, expressive, well apart, and are dark. Ears are pendant, triangular, carried forward, and set well apart. Ear leather is thick and fur is soft. The nose is wide and black, unless a color other than the base color of black then the nose color is the base color like red coat red nose blue coat blue nose. Mouth is dark in color. 42 teeth. Teeth are large and strong. The neck is powerful, well muscled, moderately arched, with a dewlap. The chest is broad and deep, well-pronounced forechest with well sprung oval ribs. Hindquarters are powerful, muscular.

Front feet are compact and well arched. The tail may be docked leaving one or two vertebrae or left natural, if left natural it is curled over the back when excited or moving. Dewclaws may be cut, back dewclaws/double dewclaws are common at birth.

Coat is thick and ranges from smooth to plush long coats are permissable but not desired. Thick plush coat is more desired. The coat color is black/tan, black/rust, black/dark rust, black/mahogany and can also come in red/tan, blue/tan or black, and other colors are excepted in the Roman Rottweiler but not desirable.

Gait the rottie is a trotter. Strong forereach and powerful rear drive. Effortlessly covering the ground.

Temperament: Calm, confident, trainable, athletic, courageous, protective, reliable, and devoted. It is aloof with a wait-and-see attitude yet they can have great distaste towards strangers although they can be trained to tolerate strangers. They view their family whether that that be livestock or human or other family pets as those that they love & protect. These dogs are extremely versatile. They can be used for flock guarding, herding, schutzhund, weight pulling, carting, family protector/companion, therapy work, guide dog, agility, water sports, hunting/retrieving, police work, military work, tracking, and obedience.

Adult Size: Generally adult height is reached at a year to two years, and adult weight is reached at 4 to 5 years. The Roman Rottweiler takes longer to mature and is very slow growing than standard rottweilers because it is larger. It is more important that the dog is well porportioned in weight for it's height, than to make a set standard in weight.

Males:

Height: at least 26 ½ in. Weight: at least 120lbs. at maturity

Flock Guardian(Ideal Size) - Males 28 - 30+in.(Heavier body build)

Females:

Height: at least 24 1/2in. Weight: at least 80lbs.

Flock Guardian(Ideal Size) - Females 27 - 29+in. (Heavier body build)