[OnyxGold1]

I've seen a lot of european imports (from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Serbia) in my dog show travels and have not yet seen one that I have liked. What drives me crazy is the big ring tails that all possess.....and I KNOW that this is not the norm from the dogs that are shown in Europe. The one woman who comes to mind up in these parts who imports a ton of european dogs always complains to me that she doesn't know why she gets so many dogs that are missing teeth. I've also seen a lot of really light colored eyes in many of this lady's dogs as well.

Personally I think the German (& other european breeders) are savvy enough to dump the dogs that they KNOW have faults (with tail set or otherwise) onto unsuspecting foreign buyers who think they're getting a fantastic dog. Why would they want to export their best stock?

Now I do know of a lady who got a wonderful young male (from Austria I believe??) however she had contacts in the country and spoke the language due to her parentage and got a beautiful male which she imported. Of course I'm sure she paid a small mint in mere shipping but she did get a high drive athletic boy that she is currently training to a ton of things with her ultimate goal being a Sch III with him.

If your goal is to have a tailed dog then there are a lot of breeders in both Canada and the US who are primarily interested in the sieger / working venues who are now leaving tails on their dogs. I know of one litter that was just bred to a highly ethical breeder in Quebec....you could probably check the Rottweiler Club of Canada website to find it.......where she bred her young fully health tested bitch to an imported male who was imported as an adult with a ton of show placements/wins in Germany & Europe. This breeder is leaving tails on her puppies as her interest is not in CKC or AKC conformation but rather Sieger/working venues. I'm sure that there are numerous breeders such as her in the US as well.

A good way to find them would likely be to check litter listings (if there are any) from the USRC/Sieger show wins etc.

I purchased ONE pup once sight unseen from a breeder in another province and was sorely disappointed in what I got.......I told myself then and there I would NEVER be buying a pup sight unseen again.....JMO but staves off a lot of disappointment!!

Heather Peters