Vita,
My suggestion is to meet the breeders and see how they take care of things. Talk to them and see how much they really care about the breed. Go to their place and see how it's kept. Ask them how many times they breed. The breeder I'm getting Niko from has a litter go last October and prior to that was 2 years between litters. He has the one going friday with no plans to breed for about a year. Meet the dogs they have there. I felt so comfortable around our breeders dogs it was great!
You should also get "The complete Idiots guide to rottweilers" because there is some info. in there about breeders. Plus, it's a really good and informative book.
We called the American Rottweiler Club and they gave us a few names to call and then we got more names and called more people. Finally, ended up with the wonderful breeder that we are getting our pup from. There was a lot of research but it payed out in the end!
P.S. In our searches we also came accross a backyard breeder. It was an awful experience, if you come accross this just leave. You will be able to tell. His dogs were kept outside in kennels, he told us they were house dogs but you couldn't get withing 10 feet of the kennel without them going crazy. The said it was an "accidental" breeding. We didn't believe that for a second. He did it for the money. I felt awful because the pups were really cute but the parents were so ferocious we wanted nothing to do with it. I had experience that with my first rott. I was very young and nieve and did not research, got a horrible rottie because of a bad line. Thankfully, my ex-boyfriend kept her and she lived in the country for a few years until she got out of the backyard and held up a school bus and wouldn't let the children off. She had to be put to sleep. She was given love and was a house dog but I believe it really is the history that counts.
Sorry for rambling.
[This message has been edited by stephk (edited March 21, 2000).]