Michelle's Rottweilers

“Our matching starts with our initial conversations and learning about your experience with dogs, the breed, why you chose the breed, the environment the puppy will be living in, your goals and/or desires for the puppy, what you would like to see in a Rottweiler and what you would not, and many other of those type of questions that will give us a better understanding of your desires and why you chose a Rottweiler to be your family member. From that point, we watch and interact with the litter throughout the day, watching every little thing they do and making notes in the process about who is doing what. It all really starts in the box! As they get older, especially around 4 weeks on, we are really starting to pay attention to their characters, drives, and individual personalities. As they grow more we start watching their structure and movement and other little details that may make one stand out above the others in both show and work. We also make notes on the ones that are more alpha, more driven, shy, submissive, etc., as well as the ones that are always happy go lucky. These are the things that help us be able to group the pups into different categories. We would never want an alpha, high drive, object possessive, independent pup in a home with owners new to the breed and 5 young children. Thanks just an accident waiting to happen! But, it can be avoided by proper puppy placement. For the most part, the majority of our pups will be a perfect fit for the average household; unless it's a breeding for a specific purpose like protection sports, to bring in certain character traits, to bring in a bloodline known for its clearheaded but intense work ethic, or any other type of examples that would produce dogs that require knowledgeable and skilled handlers. It will always be specified about those individual type of breedings and those will not go to your average home and will usually have a list of committed clients before the breeding even happens. Once we have seperated them into their proper groups, we will take all the puppies from the group that best suits your needs, desires, and environment, and bring them together. Once together, we as a team, will evaluate each puppy and I will let you know their strengths and weaknesses, as well as what puppy may be acting one way now (ex: sleepy, playful, etc), but is usually a totally different puppy, or may not be acting dominate or driven, but they're at the higher end of this group. We will also be there to answer questions and to advise the entire process. In the end, we, as a team, will have decided what puppy is THE puppy!”