as for me,i was introduced to the breed in 1992 via the film, The Omen.they perform the role of "devil dogs" in that movie who attacked the actor Gregory Peck.after that icontinue collecting information thru books & dog magazines about what breed it is,that to me ' looks like a bulldog with a dobermann's body'.until i saw my 1st rottweiler a couple of years later,from our neighbor in cotabato,who's a balikbayan from germany.she & her german national husband,bought their 2 year old male rott named ringo.my 1st impression to the breed,is awe inspiring.it was a huge,stocky & muscular animal with a heavy head.my dog at that time was a dobermann,which my dad brought from manila,the 1st dog ive trained & attended dog shows with.i love these dog & its breed as well but its difficult not to compare it with the rottweiler,being stocky & beefy so with that i tend to feed my dobe more for it to resemble a rott's body,as a result i got a heavy dobe with a small head,but anyway i accepted later on that my dobe & the rott are different both in bone structure & heavy conformation as well.
My 1st rottweiler arrived on march 2003 (together with my pitbull),a female from iloilo.her name is
'Muffet of Helm's deep' aka "Chloe".these dog,opened my eyes to a new training method that is purely Positive reinforcement training & the whole set of ideals & aspirations of owning a dog & having fun with the whole thing that it can do.And with all said & done,i could actually say that a rottweiler is the dog of dogs with a good work ethic & a great loyalty to top it all off....too much for that "devil dog" thing