Leroy was the product of Darkstone's very first breeding, along with his sister “Peanut,” AKA Darkstone's “In a Nutshell.” After purchasing our first show quality female, Bella (Aramar's Belladonna of Cara), and showing her to her CKC championship, we were struck with “the bug,” and experienced the urge to try our hand at breeding a high quality litter of our own.  The stud dog chosen was Ch. Hannibal Von Seigerhaus AKA “Hank,” who demonstrated many strong breed type attributes that we appreciated. 

Losing Leroy at around seven years of age was a significant emotional blow to us, as he was the first canine family member that we raised up in our home from literally “a newborn fur baby.” We will always remember Leroy as our “little handful,” as he literally fit in the palm of our hand when we brought him home from the vet clinic at one day of age, after his Mother Bella had given birth via a C-section. Leroy grew up to be a strapping male, being 27” at the withers, with significant bone mass, an outstanding head type, and very nice overall conformation. Leroy was very much an “old style” Rottweiler in his temperament, being extremely hard, but loving with his family and friends.  Leroy was shown only a handful of times, but easily finished his Canadian (CKC) championship.  One of Leroy's progeny, “Gizmo,” turned out to be in our opinion one of the finest dogs ever produced by Darkstone Kennel's genetics.

5.5 Years

5.5 Years