Rottweilers are from German origins and decades ago they were raised in green wooded environments.  We try to replicate the optimal countryside benefits that allow maximum comfort and space for our Rottweilers to engage in activities they thrive in.  These could be simply curling up under our oak trees, benefiting from calm grounded energy or having the freedom to roam our 6 acre small holdings and being entertained by the daily tasks and activities organised by our team of professional trainers.  We have lots of lawn, trees and outside cabins to accommodate the needs of our dogs.

All our housing and training is done in such surroundings. I can clearly see the move from our town house to our country home has more tranquility and calmness to our dogs that then translates into more clarity in their training and behaviour.

Our mission at Sovereign is to ensure an engineered approach to managing our dogs in such a way that it is efficient and enjoyable for the dog as well as the handler.  Efficiency is key because it optimizes the quality of the task like for example if we are grooming our dogs, we use the most useful grooming table that has anti slip matting on it with leash hooks and side draws to accommodate dry shampoo/perfumes/flea treatments etc.

All our equipment to manage our dogs is researched and then purchased using a plan that addresses the needs of our dogs combined with the up to date tools to manage our Rottweilers in an engineered method.  We use a bespoke management system that gives me and my team an outline set of principles to manage our Special Rottys.  These cover feeding/cleaning/training/grooming/veterinary/breeding/photography.  The results are shown via the quality of our stock.

Comfort compliments unnecessary barking and enhances drive in training for our dogs so we ensure that we supply a relaxing environment for our Rottweilers. We use soft horse matting as a base for our kennels and anywhere where the dogs may be sitting or sleeping on as this avoids soars on their elbow and hind legs. External cabins that we locate under our oak trees are floored with fresh quality straw for two reasons. The first when the dogs are coming in and out in the rain it acts as a dryer for their coat and the second reason is that it acts as a complete natural product allowing the energy from the ground to supply vital grounding energy to support their immune system which supports longevity in our dog’s life. We dot around purpose-built dog sunbeds for them to comfortably lay on a sunny day to soak up the vit d for their bones.

We have set up the kennel systems in a ‘U’ shape with our training ground in the centre. This allows free entertainment and education to the dogs that are not being trained to watch. We find it amuses them like watching a TV soap for humans but there is a further benefit, the dogs soak up mentally the training we are doing so we start to see them picking up training quicker because they have seen their kennel mates being trained! For whelping females and puppies, we use under floor heating professionally fitted. This is due to the fact that the fragile nature of pregnant mothers and newborn puppies need heat from the ground upwards as their bodies are not such that they can survive on heat coming from ‘top to down’ so they use it to regulate the warmth under the stomach area and limbs.

An indoor training area Is purpose built for cleaner and dryer training sessions whilst raining. We use a lot of cosy dog beds planted around our house/ office for trained dogs but twin the beds with dog cages for untrained puppies so they learn from their seniors to lay in their bed whilst me and our team are working.

At Sovereign Rottweilers we have built large group exercise paddocks on our land.  This is where we allow 5-10 dogs that are socially compatible to play with each other for 2hrs daily on our fields.  They have their outdoor cabins in there if it was to rain but this facility allows them positive self-regulated socialisation and exercise. We have 4 cameras on each paddock that are monitored by our duty manager. I have trained all of our dogs to run behind my Quad bikes around our land that makes an enjoyable running routine for targeted exercise for specific dogs. 

The kennel size for our dogs is spacious enough for them to relax as I am a believer in a calm kennel environment and allowing necessary room for our giants helps towards cultivating this culture in our kennels.  I am the only Rottweiler breeder in the UK who is continuously enhancing my training skills so the application of my dog training gives me well behaved dogs so we can afford to have some of them roaming around our 6 acre site with specific outdoor cabins situated for their beds.

To breed a dog with so much character and intelligence, adequate space is key!