At the age of 12, the Rottweiler grabbed my attention and I haven’t looked back since. At 16 years old I purchased my first Rottweiler puppy, “Hector”.  After many years of studying this great breed, I was fortunate enough to live in Germany, the heart of this great breeds origin.  While in Germany I attended numerous shows, both conformation and working and actually saw many of the great German Rottweiler Champions, German studs, Foundation females and their prodigy.  By being able to witness the consistency and inconsistency of many different German Rottweiler studs in what they reproduced, I have been able to get an excellent grasp on many different bloodlines genotype and phenotype.  I have been a Rottweiler owner for more than 28 years and have imported many very nice Rottweilers.  At Schwarzbachtal Kennels (black-stream-valley) located in the Maryland, Virginia and Delaware area our goal is to produce the best overall Rottweiler possible, a Rottweiler with big bones, excellent head type, powerful body yet athletic with good working ability and solid nerves.  These Rottweilers will exhibit outstanding confirmation and the ability to work and compete on the Schutzhund field as well as in the AKC arena.  It is imperative that these animals are temperamentally sound and socially capable of being an intricate part of our everyday families.