From structure of the head one can identify peculiarities of
Rottweiler body composition, hereditary features, strength of
skeleton. The predominants of the breed Rottweiler are shape of
its head and points. There are several types of the head: normal,
proportional, heavy, light.
Heavy head is marked by very massive skull with brutish, heavy
skeleton part and developed muscles. Light head is characterized
by prolate, slender skull with thin, lightweight framework and
defective muscles. Ideally, skull of Rottweiler is to be of medium
size, very great distance between the ears, the fronts is to be
moderately protruding.
Properly developed skull has well-defined inion, however, the
inion must not be very prominent. Passage from forehead to muzzle
is well marked. Length of Rottweiler’s head is the distance from
the top of the inion to the corner point of the nose. The length
of the muzzle is the distance measured in the junction line from
the forehead to the muzzle, from the cavity between the eyes to
the corner point of the nose.
Length of Rottweiler’s skull is the distance measured from the
inion to the passage from the forehead to the muzzle. Width of
Rottweiler’s head is determined by measuring the widest part of
the head. The measuring line extends the centre of the forehead
and maxillary arches positioned before the ears.
Ideally, the length of Rottweiler’s muzzle is to be a little more
than 10 cm in males and 9 cm in females. As a rule, you should pay
attention to correspondence of face length and the length of the
cranial part. It must be 2:3 approximately, but the ratio 1:1 is
allowed by the standard.
Normally, the skull length of big Rottweiler is 15 cm in males and
a little more than 13 cm in females, but width of the fronts is
about 16 cm in males and a little more than 14 cm in females. Head
and corpus are to be proportional to each other. Normally, the
proportions of the head correspond to sexual identity of
Rottweiler, i.e. these proportions are represented differently in
Rottweilers-males and Rottweilers-females.
Proportions of Rottweiler’s head:
1 – length of muzzle;
2 – width of muzzle;
3 –depth of muzzle;
4 –length of skull;
5 –width of forehead;
The scalp is to be closely fitting, but subdermal adipose layer is too underdeveloped. Little wrinkling on the skin of head is allowed when Rottweiler is overwrought. Strong, powerful jaws –evidence of properly developed head- are typical for adult Rottweiler.
