Kiene is one of those passionate people, who plays a major role in the Dutch world of dog fancy. She tells us her story.
The Zandbergen family has been involved in Rottweiler s since October 1954; at that time there were approximately only 50 breed specimens in the Netherlands. My parents were very busy. Initially my family simply enjoyed horse ownership, later breeding quality purebred Arabian Horses of the “Crabbet” and old English bloodlines (please visit our website to view the Ter Waele Arabians). Our first Rottweiler joined the family shortly before the birth of my elder brother, and our family has never been without one since! Presently, in addition to breeding Rottweiler s, I am the secretary for the Dutch Rottweiler Club. I have served as a board member for the several years. I have also been the secretary for an IPO training club for 9 years, ending in 2000.
At the age 12, I purchased my first Rottweiler bitch from “Van het Brabantpark”, which is one of the oldest Rottweiler kennels in the Netherlands. Helder van het Brabantpark HD Tc, was my foundation bitch. I began breeding Rottweilers in 1985. Mrs. Huijskens has now retired. She bred her final litter of Rottweilers in 2000. My “Helder” was one of the few bitches, which directly descended from the Brabantpark foundation bloodlines. Not only V-rated in conformation, she was also one of the only Dutch Rottweilers to successfully pass the Swiss mental test. I have been a member of the Swiss Rottweiler Club since the early 1980’s. In my opinion, the Swiss mental test is one of the best determiners of proper Rottweiler temperament.Helder van het Brabantpark had tremendous temperament, mentally very strong and hard, but also extremely honest. Her first litters were nice, though I did not keep anything for myself. I chose Falko vom Gruntenblick as the sire of my D-litter. 18 months earlier, I had attempted this cross, but heavy snow prevented my traveling to the south of Germany. Falko was a very fast dog with incredible movement. Ironically, at almost 15 months of age, he had been returned to his breeder, Mr.Gaa. Falko later proved to be a super hard, quick dog on the Schutzhund field - sometimes sharp with strangers, but fine with his own family. The breeding with my Helder was to be his last in Europe. I did not learn until later that he had been sold to Taiwan. I returned home from Germany on a Monday, and two days later, Falko was gone.
When the D-litter was born, there was only one bitch, “Ducaat”. Funny thing that, almost all my bitches were the only ones in their respective litters – Ducaat, Emirca, Karma, Margje and Patch! The Gaa family purchased “Draviet”, who would later become Am./Can.Champion Ter Waele Draviet, HD Free. I had chosen another male for them, Ter Waele Dover, but Mrs.Gaa wanted Draviet and took him home with her. At the same time, Mrs.Gaa also had young Noris vom Grüntenblick. Noris was a couple of months older than Draviet.
Shortly after Draviet was sold to the Gaa family, the ADRK changed the rules in Germany regarding the breeding of imports. As a result of that change, it became impossible for them to use Draviet for breeding. At 18 months of age, Draviet was again sold, this time to Mr. & Mrs. St. John of Roborott kennels in Canada. One year later, the above-mentioned Ter Waele Dover was also sold to Canada, bought by Mrs. Joanne (Fleming) Plumb – the owner of Can.Champion Andor vom Herrenholz. Both Draviet and Dover were influential stud dogs in Canada. Presently, the St. John family has a Draviet son, Roborotts Quiet Riot, in their breeding program. “Riot’s” dam is none other than Ter Waele Jaipura, a daughter of Int. Champion Ter Waele Emirca, BH, IPO III, Mental test Dutch Rottweiler Club & Ero v.d.Bleichstrasse SchH III, AD, HD Free.
Dutch Champion Ter Waele Ducaat, HD Free, BH, AD, has remained my “golden coin”, also her namesake in Dutch. The puppies resulting from the D-litter excelled in conformation and temperament, accompanied by outstanding hip results. All 5 were x-rayed, and all 5 were HD free. Again, I wanted to use the bloodlines of “Falko”, so I chose a son of his litter sister Face vom Grüuntenblick. The sire of my E-litter was Andor vom Herrenholz, who would later be exported to Canada. Unfortunately, the A-litter Vom Herrenholz was the only litter Face ever produced. Two years later, pregnant with a repeat breeding and nearing whelping, she fell down stairs – never to be able to carry a litter to term again.
My E-litter was very successful, being both handsome in appearance and of excellent temperament. One male, Ter Waele Erich was sold to Mr. Peter Rademacher in America. “Erich” excelled in the show ring and on the Schutzhund field. Int. Champion Ter Waele Emirca, BH, IPO III, Mental test Dutch Rottweiler Club, was the only bitch puppy in the litter. Mrs.Feder-Frentz of Vom Herrenholz kennel in Germany wanted to buy Emirca, but I politely refused. I wanted her for my own breeding program. A few months later I sold her to a friend of mine, as I was personally very busy at that time. He tried to breed her, unsuccessfully, and subsequently I had the opportunity to buy her back. Honestly, I regretted ever selling Emirca. I was thrilled to buy her back!
Despite coming back at 2 ½ years of age, Emirca began her show & working career with great results, going on to produce 4 very nice litters for me. In between her duties as a brood matron, Emirca passed the Dutch Rottweiler Club’s Mental Test, became an International Champion & achieved her IPO III, BH titles. Presently, one of Emirca’s daughters, Ter Waele Lysa, is doing well in France. “Lysa” is owned by Mr. & Mrs. Mathis. A grandson of the aforementioned Falko vom Gruntenblick was the sire of my L-litter; his name was Brando v. Hause Pronebner HD Free, SchH III, AD, IPO III Gekort bis EzA.
These two bitches, Dutch Champion Ter Waele Ducaat, BH, AD & Int. Champion Ter Waele Emirca, IPO III, BH, were very important to my kennel and the breed as a whole. Both were outstanding representatives of the breed, and garnered recognition for my kennel throughout the world, but their greatest contribution was made in the whelping box. Despite being offered very large sums of money for these bitches, they were never offered for sale. In my opinion, many breeders make a serious mistake in selling their dogs abroad, later discovering the bloodlines were lost.
Ter Waele Ducaat’s last win was at the Dutch Rottweiler Club’s (NRC) Specialty Show in 1999. Ducaat was 10 years old at the time, and despite being the eldest bitch at the show, she won her class with flying colours. Even as a senior, she could move like a machine! At 9 ½ years of age, she still enjoyed biking with me for 6 km several times a week. Emirca also had tremendous movement, which as you can probably tell, is very important to me. When choosing a stud dog I pay close attention to every aspect of his movement.
I continued line breeding, and occasionally inbreeding, in my second generation with Ter Waele Karma, HD Tc, ED Free, eyes clear, BH, AD (Brando vom Hause Pronebner, HD Free, SchH III, AD, IPO III Gekort bis EzA. & “Ducaat”) and Ter Waele Margje, HD Tc, ED Free, BH, IPO I, Mental Test – Dutch Rottweiler Club (Xander von der Karl-Adolf-Ranch HD Free, Militär Diensthund & “Ducaat”). The planning of the M-litter required a lot of work in advance as “Xander” belonged to the Austrian army. My sincerest thanks to Mr. Hans Breuer and his team as well as Mr. Weissmann, for all their help and support over the years. Margje is the last daughter of my Ter Waele Ducaat, and the only puppy from Xander von der Karl-Adolf-Ranch. Xander was carrying some very old bloodlines. I later bred Margje with Stephan v. Kaisersteinbruch (“Kaisersteinbruch” being the new name of the Austrian army’s kennel). Presently, the Austrian army owns two males from my P-litter. The Ter Waele “P” & “Q” litters are my third generation of Rottweiler s!
At this time, Winter 2003, it is still possible to breed Rottweiler s in the Netherlands. Founded in 1952, the Dutch Rottweiler Club has always maintained a strict breeding program, which members must adhere to. The program has been updated several times over the past 50 years to reflect the changing times. The latest changes were necessary to prevent the breed from being banned altogether by the Government. Stringent rules are in place, including mandatory evaluation and certification pertaining to the new Mental Test. In addition, all dogs must pass health tests and conformation evaluation. Failure to comply with any of the breeding requirements will result in a breeder’s inability to register puppies.
In May of 2002, Ter Waele Tried And True (Dutch&Int&Lux Champion Gando Van Het Brabanpark NHSB 1 99 32 08/BH/AD/HDTC/IPO III x Ter Waele Karma/NHSB 2 016 460/HDTC/ED free/Eyes Clear/BH/AD) became a Canadian Champion at the tender age of 14 months. As a special, “Tried And True” is already a multiple Best of Breed winner and group placing dog. The Ter Waele T-litter was my last litter of docked puppies. In accordance with the new requirement for natural tails, I stopped docking my puppies in April of 2002. Coincidently, it was my 21st litter, born on the 21st of April! In July 2002, at the World Dog Show in Amsterdam, several Ter Waele dogs received V-ratings and the above mentioned “Tried and True” was V-3 in his class.
I am also proud to introduce a very promising youngster from my U-litter, the first litter born at Ter Waele to have natural tails. Ter Waele Utwo, named after the famous pop group “U2”, is a daughter of DT.VDH-Ch.Donner vom Herrengarten, HD/ED Free, SchH/VPG III, BH, AD, ZTP & Ter Waele Margje, HD Tc. ED Free, BH, IPO I, Mental Test – Dutch Rottweiler Club. “Donner” was the 2001 Klubsieger in Germany and the 2001 Bundessieger, which combined with the excellent phenotype and genotype of Margje, creates exciting possibilities for the future of Ter Waele.
On the topic of natural tails, I should like to take a moment to discuss some rather disturbing trends in breed politics. I am both surprised and saddened by the blatantly negative reception the USA, and certain other countries abroad, have shown toward the exhibition of tailed Rottweiler s. In my opinion, we should become accustomed to the tail, and remember how important these dogs are to the breeding programs of the world. They should not be overlooked, for the presence of a tail! To excuse, or threaten to disqualify them from the show ring is most unfair. Discrimination will seriously impact those who choose to import and exhibit tailed dogs in spite of the current political stigma. Therefore, I am very pleased to hear, even in this hot political climate, there are people abroad choosing to import and show my puppies.
Presently, there are several natural tailed youngsters from the Ter Waele V-litter in the USA. These puppies already show great promise, and I look forward to hearing of their accomplishments in the show ring and on the training field. The V-litter is my 4th generation (Fax von Tengen, HD/ED Free, SchH III, BH, ZTP & Ter Waele Patch, HD Tc, ED Free, BH, AD, Mentaltest Dutch Rottweiler Club & MAG test). I also anticipate a litter sired by Ter Waele Posse, HD Tc, ED Free, BH, IPO III, Mentaltest Dutch Rottweiler Club in the spring of 2003 - born in the USA.
Dutch Champion Ter Waele Ducaat passed away on the 30th of December 1999, and International Champion Ter Waele Emirca died on April 27th, 1999. Both my beloved girls died totally unexpectedly, and within months of each other. Their spirits remain forever in my heart, and they will live on through their decedents. I hope this article will help illustrate my breeding program, past to present, as well as the ideology behind it. I am a devoted defender of our breed and I shall endeavour to protect the enjoyment of Rottweiler s in Holland for future generations, despite the impediments breeders now face.
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