At Ridge Rottweilers, all dogs are fully tested. We complete a hip evaluation, elbow evaluation, cardiac exam, and ophthalmologist evaluation per The American Rottweiler Club requirements.
The American Rottweiler Club
Mandatory Practices currently require that Rottweilers (born after January 1, 2008) to be bred have OFA Normal Hips (OFA Hip Certificate), OFA Normal Heart (OFA Heart Certificate), Normal Eyes (OFA or CERF Certificate); and a CHIC Certificate which requires permanent ID and published health results for hips, elbows, eyes and heart.
The ARC Mandatory Practices also require that all four of these health tests be performed at 24 months of age or older, and that the eye certificate be less than three years old at the time of breeding (or semen collection in the case of frozen semen). Rottweilers born before January 1, 2008, must have OFA certified hips (or HD-free hips as certified by foreign counterparts of the OFA) in order to be bred.
All Rottweilers are German Rottweilers; there is no such thing as an American Rottweiler.