About Ebonhaus Rottweilers

We purchased our first Rottweiler on 14 December 1985. Her name was Torlube Lady Sheba “Ebony”.We bought her through a friend of a friend not knowing anything much about the breed other than the fact that Ian desperately wanted one.We showed her for a year, never winning a blue ribbon unless noone else turned up. After a year we came to the conclusion that perhaps she was not really of show quality.We enjoyed the showing as a hobby we could do together so decided to buy a boy who would be a better example of the breed.We looked for quite a while,buying all the dog magazines and checking out advertisements.We saw an ad for Westobri kennels in S.A. We contacted them and after a long story we ended up buying Kedmore Tortara Ryland “Jet”. He developed into a wonderful show dog winning many blue ribbons against stiff competition.We decided that Jet needed a girlfriend so we ended up buying a bitch from similar lines,Abakahn Gembar Crystal “Crystal” and we rescued a bitch called Austwala Eldora “Dora”.
We bred our first litter under the EBONHAUS prefix (named after our first special girl) in 1989.
We have bred 22 litters to date and have owned or bred 16 Australian Champions. The highlight was breeding Grand Aust. Ch. Ebonhaus Golden Gait “Zuess”.We have owned 4 New Zealand imports and have recently imported a dog from Northern Ireland in partnership with our friend, Monica Moore (Mondallin Rottweilers).
We are actively involved in the Dogworld. We are members of the Rottweiler Club of Queensland (Ian-President /Deb Show Sec),Queensland Kennel Council (Ian-Vice President), Dog of the Year Sub-Committee ( Deb-Secretary) and Ipswich Kennel Club (Ian-President/Deb- Secretary).
Being involved in the Judges Training scheme we are always stewarding, writing or Show managing. We have Group 6 Open Show licenses and Deb is soon to complete Group 7.
At present we own 17 Rottweilers, many of whom are old and happy to live out their lives on our 13 acre property at Lowood in sunny Queensland.