Welcome to the Big Sky Rottweiler Rescue home page.  Please feel free to look around.  Our goal is to re-home unwanted Rottweilers and educate the public about the breed.  We are a 501c3 group.   Most of us are located in Montana but we try to help the Rottweilers in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.   We have few fosters and try to help those re-homing their Rottweilers through referrals.  Their temperaments have been evaluated to the best of our ability and all dogs are spayed or neutered before placement.  We would be happy to refer you to trainers or help with suggestions to help you keep your Rottweiler.   If you would like our help in placing your Rottweiler, we request that all dogs are spayed/neutered, before we assist in placement. Any individual or entity wishing to surrender a dog to Big Sky Rottweiler Rescue (BSRR) will be responsible for arranging transport of said dog to the BSRR foster that has agreed to take the dog.

What's in a Tail??                          Often we get in Rottweilers with tails.  These are not mixes, they are pure bred Rottweilers.  The only difference is that their tail was not docked at an early age - they are ALL Rottweiler (including their wonderful tail). They are not less deserving, or in any way not as wonderful as the other Rotties in the world. They have wonderful personalities, but often are not wanted because 'they have a tail'.  Rottweilers are RARELY born without a tail, their tails are usually docked at 2-3 days old, after this time the bones become stronger and the nerves form.  Docking a dogs tail later in life, or even as a six month old puppy is an amputation.  Often people proudly mention they have a 'German' Rottweiler or 'German Style' Rottweiler, there are no differences in the breed standard between German and the United States (see our German vs American page)  EXCEPT German Rottweilers now have TAILS.  Yes, these wonderful dogs all have tails in Germany, they are no longer allowed to dock the tail. So our wonderful tailed rescues are 'German Style' Rottweilers in every sense of the word. You can even ILP a Rottweiler with a tail and compete in numerous AKC activities. (ILP@akc.org) You can have a REGISTERED Rottweiler with a TAIL. Tails on Rottweilers just give you more to love.  I have a rescued rottweiler with a tail, she carries it down for the most part - she does not clear tables, bang doorways or knock my kids over.  She does carry it up when she alerts on something in the yard, like a flag to let me know she has spotted something.  Every time she goes to town with me she gives me the opportunity to educate people on what a wonderful breed Rottweilers are.  Please consider our dogs with tails, on average they spend 4x as long or longer without a forever home JUST because they have a tail.