Falk is a German import and was exactly what we were looking for to add to our breeding program. He is a medium sized male (our goal is not to produce giant Rottweilers, but medium sized solid working dogs) and is V-1 rated (Vorzuglich, or “excellent”) a show rating given at German style shows. Falk passed his ZTP (“Zuchttauglichkeitsprufung” or in English a breed suitability test). This test ensures that the dog is suitable for breeding. The test checks the dogs’ conformation and must be found free of any disqualifying faults, and their hips must be ratted at least normal. Once the conformation is found correct, then there is a series of tests to evaluate the dogs’ temperament. These tests consist of “gun sureness” the dog must not react to gunfire. There is a protection test where the dog must engage a man. Falks’ grips, guide ability, ability to handle stress, and his blind search and hold and bark were all in the very good category. The other aspect of the dog that is tested in the ZTP is the dogs stability around the public. Falk also has his BH ( Begleithunde, or basic companion dog). A dog must have this certification prior to going on to earn Schutzhund titles. It is a combination of obedience (both on and off leash) and temperament test. Falk has his AD (Aus dauerprufing, or endurence test). For the AD the dog must run 12 miles at 6-10 miles per hour. This is to help prove that the dog has the correct structure and endurance to be considered for a breeding program. Falk also has his Schutzhund 2 (protection dog level 2) or what is referred to today as IPO ( International Auditing rules, or International exam rules) This dog sport was (is) used as a gauge to determine a dog worthiness for breeding. It tests the dogs stamina and endurance, agility, tempermant, nerves, courage, intelligence, handler loyality and desire to work. Ok, enough of the dog title lessons. We really liked Falk and felt he lined up well with Izzy. We loved his type, drive and size.

Izzy is a medium sized female with OFA “good” hips and“normal” elbows. Izzy has her CGC (canine good citizen) and is currently training for invasive bug detection. Unfortunitly due to the owners life style and time allowance Izzy is not Schutzhund titled. Normally we would not consider breeding such a dog, but as we have lots of firsthand experience training with this female we were egger to have a litter of puppies out of this outstanding female. Izzy has pronounced prey drive, with good fight. She brings big full calm grips. She has excellent food drive and is very bitable. Izzy is great with people (she is a social animal), yet brings a natural hardness of character and confidence. She is the type of dog we love to work with here at K9 development and I would love to have her as my own! We love Izzy’s type (her look) and she is exactly the type of Rottweiler we are striving to produce. Izzy is not only an excellent working dog, but is great a family pet.

Our litter expectations are medium sized working dogs with pronounced drives and good health. It is important while we want to breed a correct dog we are in no means breeding to produce show dogs. As dog trainers we love and want to produce solid working animals, that are versital enough to fit in a varirity of roles. I think we will achieve our breeding goals with this litter. We are so excited about this breeding that we will be keeping a female for ourselves! The breeding is a outcross, we did this for health reasons. As a fan of line breeding it becomes desirable to go outside of your lines for genetic diversity. The only common lines in this pedigree are Int/Dt. VDH-CH, O-BJS ’93 Matcho von Burgthann SCH3, FH3, AD, BH, Gek and Hero Von Hohegeiss Sch3, AD, BH, Gek. So it’s a 5-5 line on these two famous Rottweilers. The problem is this far back in the pedigree we are probably talking about these dog influencing three hairs on the pups tails! Again the goal was a outcross for diversity reasons, but one can’t help but to mention those great dogs of Rottweiler histories past.