Coming to the defense of Rottweilers

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It’s been a tough spring for Rottweilers. The recent marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles brought renewed mention that Princess Diana was wont to call her rival "The Rottweiler." Then, just as this flurry of anti-Rottweiler press was blowing over, another started with the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to the papacy. During his years as the Vatican’s theological enforcer, it seems his detractors referred to the German-born cleric as "God’s Rottweiler." This got us wondering how owners of real, canine Rottweilers feel about the way the brand name has been hijacked.

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