Foreword by the IFR-President

Dear Rottweiler Friends,

The decision by the Meeting of Delegates of 2015 to change the IFR-Constitution led our Federation into a new phase of its existance.

The IFR was founded to worldwide preserve the breed specific characteristics of the Rottweiler.   This was necessary as the breed was fast gaining popularity all over the world and was now being bred and kept in diverse countries, in as many diverse cultures and was therefore possibly subject to just as many diverse expectations and then not necessarily those that defined the breed in its original characteristics as a utility breed.