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Esmond
Rottweilers began in Franklin, Wisconsin in 1995. This is where
our A through H Litters were born. In fall of 2000, Mike and
Ann met at the Oxford County Kennel Club Dog Show. We were
married the following year. At that time, Ann, along with her
Esmond Rottweilers moved to Bobcaygeon, Ontario, which is where we
remain at this time.
Bobcaygeon
is located 166km Northeast of Toronto at Lock 32
on the Trent-Severn
Waterway in the City
of Kawartha Lakes.
We are blessed
to live in an area consisting mostly of trees, lakes and fresh
air. It truly is "God's country" and we couldn't ask
for a better place to raise the dogs. The area is filled with
wonderful people and is extremely dog friendly. We are thankful
that our well behaved dogs are welcome in many of the local
businesses and restaurants for socialization opportunities. |
"Success
is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
If
you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
~ Herman Cain
Our Team
Even with all
of our successes, being a breeder is not easy. Having an
excellent support system is what carries us through the bad times and
helps us enjoy the good times to the fullest. Thank you to all
who have been our "support" over the years...
You'll notice a
co-breeder/co-owner on many of our pups...Tammy Ausloos of
Wisconsin. Tammy and I currently co-own Goldi,
Flirt, Nevar,
Tie and V.
Tammy has been a wonderful friend and our relationship is proof
positive that co-breeding/co-ownership can be a beautiful thing if we
choose the right people to work with. You'll see Tammy out and
about doing Agility and Rally with the dogs we co-own. Thank
you Tammy for being such an important part of our lives! I
can't imagine our breeding program, or my life for that matter,
without you!
We've also
co-bred litters with Pearl
Thompson, Norma
Dikeman, Julia Foster,
Cassandra Levy, Donna Wielert, Chris/Bev Vanstone, Tony/Becky Dove
and Valerie McGraw. Don and Pearl Thompson are the breeders of
our girl, Gambol. They have
been excellent examples to me as I found my own way as a young
breeder. I can't thank them enough for allowing me to share my
life with Gambol and for their friendship and encouragement during
those twelve years. Norma Dikeman and I began our relationship
when I tried to breed into her lines almost eight years ago.
She later helped us to acquire Beca as
a lovely addition to our breeding program. Thank you Norma for
always reminding us that working abilities and longevity must come
first. Julia Foster started out handling my dogs at the odd
show that I couldn't make it to. Since then, she has grown into
a very valued friend. Because hers is a different breed (GSDs),
Julia has been able to offer me an unbiased viewpoint in regard to
breeding and temperament and has often helped me to stay on course as
a breeder. Thank you Julia for always being there and for
caring for our dogs like they are your own. I met Cassie Levy
the same weekend that I met Mike. Cassie, thank you for your
unwavering support for Mike throughout the years and for your
friendship now. Cassie and I co-own Emma
and Ely. Donna Wielert has been a
friend for the past twelve years and eventually we found her a
beautiful girl named Bailey who far
exceeded all of our expectations. Our most recent co-breeder
relationships have been with Chris & Bev Vanstone who own, Caygeon,
Becky and Tony Dove who own Mia and
Valerie McGraw who owns Bianka.
We can't thank each of them enough for allowing their lovely girls to
contribute to our breeding program. From these co-breedings, we
hope to produce our next generation of Champion Working dogs.
Thank you to
the wonderful stud dog owners we have forged relationships with...
Darline Collins, Deb Cherney, Debbie Howard, Eleanor Jackson, Tina
Church, Stuart & Sue Larsen, Bruce & Lorretta Sobotta,
Valerie McGraw, Chris & Chalase Peddicord, Stacie Fults and Kathy
Howse. Without their involvement, we wouldn't have many of the
dogs that you see here.
A special thank
you also to the breeders who have used Yngo and continue to let us
enjoy those puppies throughout their lives... Becky Giddings
(Lakina), Steve and Betsy Milligan and Carol Beasley (Spirit's/Ikon),
Dave Makar (Rudez), Pauline Karalia (Deerwood), Donna Anderson
(Hemlock), Kathy Lovan (Halo), Cheri Hagen/Sandy Overgaard
(Stoneridge/Pepperhaus) and Gwen Kelly and Valerie McGraw (Kando/Eis
Haus). As most know, I was hesitant to offer a dog at outside
stud. Thank you to each of you for making this such a
satisfying experience.
Most
importantly, thank you to the best family we could have. Mike
and I have both spent one too many holidays at dog shows and have
attempted to "squeeze in" just one doggie event during
nearly every family visit. I am very thankful to my parents,
Ralph and Kathy Felske, for always supporting me in my doggie
endeavors, not the least of which was moving to Canada!
The quality of our dogs is a reflection of your high standards and
conviction that I would succeed in whatever I chose in life. We
are also grateful for the ongoing support of Mike's daughters, Sarah
and Cassie. The kids have spent many long days at shows and
trials, attempting to appear interested in the goings on.
They have had to arrange more than one Christmas Day around
breedings, yet never complained. The support of both of
our families is what has allowed us to enjoy the successes over the
years. Thank You! We love you!
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We also owe a
huge debt of gratitude to our outstanding veterinarians. We are
blessed to have Dr. Kerstin Kelly of Fenelon
Animal Clinic, caring for our day to day needs, often at odd
hours or on very short notice, Dr. Steven Choles of the Barrie
Animal Hospital for offering Homeopathic care, Dr. George
Hillis (and Mary!) of East Oshawa Animal Hospital and also Dr. Robert
Hutchinson of Animal
Clinic Northview doing our reproductive work and Dr. Michael
Luethy, of Illinois, who has been cardiology clearing our dogs since
the 1990's. Without their guidance, our breeding program would
never have become as successful as it is.
Lastly, a
sincere thank you to all of our wonderful owners for always loving
your dogs...without you, we couldn't continue to do what we love most
in life.
~Ann & Mike |
Personal Updates
Mike is now
licensed to judge Rottweilers, along with the rest of the Working
Group, with the Canadian Kennel Club and has judged Rottweiler
Specialties in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. He is also
licensed for half of the the Toy breeds. Mike shows our dogs in
conformation, tracking and schutzhund and works as an automobile wholesaler.
Ann continues
to do the breeding and has recently gone back to work as a Financial
Advisor after a seven year hiatus spent training and showing the dogs
and developing the Felske-Jackman
web design business. Our plan is to exhibit and breed
less in the future, while continuing to mentor others in our breed so
that they can move forward with the lines that we have worked hard to develop.
Sarah recently
graduated from nursing school and has a job she loves working in the
Emergency Room at Ross Memorial Hospital and Cassie is in her second
year at Queen's University. We couldn't be more proud of the
women they are becoming. We are also happy to announce that
Sarah and Cory have a wedding planned for May, 2010!
With all of
this going on, we will be at considerably less shows in the
future. However, we do plan to attend the large specialties and
hope to see many of you there!
Pupdates...
We are proud to
say that, as of
March 17, 2010, Our dogs and pups have
earned the following titles and
awards...
24
AKC Championships, 32
CKC Championships, 2
Am
BISS, 7
Can.
BISS, 2 Am
BOSS, 4 Can BOSS, 7
AOM/Select, 14
UKC Ch's, 2
UKC Gr. Ch, 2 UKC BIS
41
AKC CD's, 3
Can. PCD,
23
Can. CD's, 21
AKC CDX's, 9
Can. CDX's, 6
AKC UD's, 1
Can OTCh, 8
UKC CD's, 1
UKC CDX
20
AKC TD's, 12
AKC TDX's, 11
Can
TD's, 4 Can TDX,
4 VST/AKC
Tracking Championships,
2 CKC Urban Tracking Dogs
18
AKC NA's, 17
AKC NAJ's, 10
AKC OA's, 12
AKC OAJ's,
7 AX's, 6
AXJ's, 2
MX, 3
MXJ, 5 NF,
2 OF, 1
XF, 8
Can. Ag.N's, 4
Can. Ag.NJ, 3
Can. Ag.I, 3
Can. Ag.IJ
8
U-AGI's, 5
U-AGII's, 4 U-ATCh's,
2 U-AChX, 1 U-GRATCh, 1 AAC ATCH
8
AKC HT's, 8
AKC
PT's, 2
AKC HSAs, 41
HIC's, 8
HCT's, 4
JHD,
1 HTD1s,
1
Flyball
Champion, 2 Carting Started, 1 Carting Intermediate
40
Novice Rally, 29
Rally Advanced, 22
Rally Excellent, 5 Rally
Advanced Excellent,
1 RAE2
20
V-1's, 23
Other V-Ratings,
2 Sieger Titleholders, 2 Siegerins, 4
Youth Siegers, 2 USRC Select, 6 Best
Puppy in Sieger Show
3 Sch1's, 4
Sch2's, 14
Sch3's, 2
IPO3, 5
FH's, 2
FH2's, 5
AD's, 22
BH's, 3 BST's,
1 UKC FO
52 CGC's,
22
Can.
CGN's, 53
TT's, 24
Registered Therapy Dogs, 1 Draft Dog, 1 Certified Search and Rescue Dog
9 ARC Top
Ten Agility Dogs, 4 ARC Top Ten Obedience Dogs, 3 Top Ten Schutzhund
Dogs, 3 Dog World Award Winners & many High in Trial winners
plus, 12 MRC
Hall of Fame Award Winners, 1 ARC Gold Sire, 4 ARC Gold Dams, 2 ARC
Bronze Dams
7 ARC
Versatility Excellent Dogs, 4 AKC VCD1s, 3 AKC VCD2
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