My Pedigree

My Puppies

	Harry Potter Litter
	Dream Litter

After a short wait, we got our beautiful little show bitch, Jewel, from Kirk and Terena McDonald of Shacoram Rottweilers. She is a pleasant girl with a beautiful temperament and excellent work ethic.   She began her show career as a puppy in the Spring of 2003 taking her first point at 8 months old!

Jewel is a prey-driven, play-driven, kong-chasing, ball crazy, full of fire little girl.  She is so willing to learn and please that it has been a pleasure being at the end of her leash.

Her ease of training has been just amazing to me.  She was my second obedience dog and I knew I had to change a few things to make training for her more fun than I had with Justice.  So, we tried some different things and I found that play was something highly motivational for her.  With the guidance of my obedience trainers and club here in Calgary (Cal K9), we have come a long way and I have learned a ton from this little girl.

To her I owe so many things, and we have learned so many things together.  She is the foundation bitch of our kennel, so without her, there would be no Akamai Reg'd Rottweilers.  She is a true matriarch, and she maintains control of all of her underlings ....

Jewel is a medium sized bitch, standing 23 inches (58cm) tall and weighing 75lbs.  She is lean and muscular, moves fast as lightening (for a Rottweiler) and is incredibly agile.  She is by far, the fastest Rottweiler I have owned to this point.

Jewel finished her Canadian Championship in just two weekends in the summer of 2004 after taking some much needed time off from the ring to mature (sitting on 4 points).  She had a successful trip to Cold Lake, Alberta in July where she brought home another three points with three Best of Winners ribbons and in Indus, Alberta going Winners Bitch two days bringing home another 4 points to finish.

Right  is one of my favorite pics of Jewel herding!

We had also been working hard towards some working titles.  In spring 2004, Jewel earned her BH title, then her herding instinct certificate in June 2004, followed a few weeks later in Lethbridge, Alberta with her first two legs of her CD title going High in Class for both legs!!!  She finally finished her CD title in Indus, Alberta (same day as her Championship) with another High in Class placement.

Jewel's 197 score (pictured left with judge Marion Postgate) completing her CDI title.  This was the highest score I have achieved to date with one of my dogs!!

Then onto Edmonton and the RCC National Specialty in July; both mine and Jewel's first Specialty!!!  Judging was done by world-renowned Rottweiler Breeder/Judge Isabelle Nicol from Scotland (pictured above), who breeds under the prefix "Jacraila".  Jewel was owner-handled to a Reserve Winners Bitch placement taking home some nice ribbons, a lot of great loot and some awesome memories!!!  Jewel also earned her Canine Good Neighbor (CGN) title at the specialty!! Needless to say we are thrilled with the spring/summer of 2004!

Jewel was bred January 2005 to Multi V-Rated AOM Am/Select Can. Ch. Rothburg's Kourage Under Fire CDX Am. CD DDX BH CS CI ZtP CGC HIC, and the puppies arrived April 2, 2005 (7 girls and 3 boys).  They are all now in their new homes. To check out updates on the progress of Jewel's first babies, click here!!!

Summer 2005, after having all of those little babies and getting back into the swing of things, Jewel and I entered the obedience ring to try to obtain her CDI (Companion Dog Intermediate) title.  We did so in 4 trials with 3 High In Class placements, one of which was a 197 score (pictured left), all of which were over 190! And in November 2005, Jewel and I entered into the open ring for the first time; in a sort of experiment trial.  Well, Jewel came out of the ring with ANOTHER High in Class placement and her first leg towards her CDX title!  And she and Wicca both did another Herding Instinct test in November 2005, just for fun!  Jewel passed a second time with flying colors (although Wicca did score higher than her mother)!

February 2006, Jewel finished her CDX title with 2 more High in Class scores.  Finishing this title made Jewel eligible for the Rottweiler Club of Canada's Honor Roll for 2006. 

Jewel took some time off in the spring of 2006 to have her second and final litter.  They were sired by Am/Can. Ch. Von Marc's It's Bud Time Am/Can. CDX CGC and born June 2, 2006 (6 girls and 4 boys).  You can see more of them by clicking here!

July 22, 2006, with her second litter only 7 weeks old, Jewel returned back to work to successfully earn her Temperament Test title along with 4 of her kids from the 'Harry Potter' litter.  Jewel also finished her APDT Rally Obedience Level 1 title on August 4, 2006 with scores of 190 and a third place in trial score of 207, and this was all just 9 weeks after her second litter was born!  She not only finished her title with some amazing scores, but with an Award of Excellence!

We were further surprised in February 2007 with a certificate in the mail for Jewel;  an APDT Rally Achievement Award, Canadian Top 20 with a National Ranking of #17!  How about that?

Jewel's first attempt at APDT Rally Level 2 was a first place score of 203 and a HIGH IN LEVEL 2 award!  Whatta  girl!

  Jewel at 7 Years Old

October 6, 2007, at the Working/Herding Specialty in Red Deer, Jewel earned the second leg of her Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH or UD).  One month later, again in Red Deer, she finished her OTCH with a fourth in class placement.

 What an accomplishment, this girl can do it all!

In February 2008, Jewel missed her first UDX leg by ONE JUMP .... qualifying in open B with a 190.5. 

                            Here is Jewel earning her RA title, July 2008

She also earned the first 2 legs of her Rally Novice title with a 96 and perfect 100.  Her daughter Seeker earned her first Rally Novice legs the same days. 

Jewel finished off her ADPT Rally Level 2 title in March 2008 with a third and fourth place finishes. 

I am very pleased to announce that Jewel has once again earned a National Ranking Award in APDT Rally in 2007, Canadian Top 20 APDT Rally Achievement Award ranking #12, bettering her 2006 placing by 5!

Jewel finished her CKC Rally Novice title in April 2008 in Red Deer under judge Isobel Hutton with a score of 98. 

That same day she earned her first UDX leg qualifying in both open and utility in trial one!  Now, only 4 more to go .....

She went on the next day, after moving up to Rally Advanced, to go High in Class with the only perfect 100 for the first leg of her RA title.

Jewel finished her Rally Advanced title in July 2008 with a 97, 94 (4th in class placement) and a bonus leg score of 95! This was the third rally titled earned in 2008 for Jewel, very exciting!

July 2008 it was also confirmed that Jewel made the Rottweiler Club of Canada Hall of Fame for 2008.

August 2008 at the AKC show here in Calgary, Jewel earned her second UDX leg with a high in class in utility and also earned 2 legs of her Rally Excellent title, both with high in class scores of 97 and 99!

She finished her Rally Excellent title in Cranbrook, BC also in August.  She did it with a 97 and a 94, which was also a high in class!

In Edmonton in September 2008, Jewel earned another High in Class in Rally Excellent and a second in class the following day!

Right is Jewel and I with all our ribbons from the August 2008 AKC weekend .... rally judge Laurie Albright is holding her high in class rally ribbons and I am holding her high in class utility ribbon!