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ABOUT US
My name is Tiaan Bekker. Together with my wife Jeanne and our three children we live on a farm near VREDE in the eastern Freestate. TIBRA is the umbrella name for our group of ventures. We are mainly breeders of registered Santa Gertrudis cattle but besides the cattle we also have a sheep and cropping division consisting of maize and soja beans. Our Rottweiler breeding enterprise is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream and we are very exited about it. The TIBRA group of operations is a sole venture and is owner operated. Welcome to our website!
The Breeding:
Breeding Rottweilers in my view is a passion. There is no other canine breed like the Rottweiler. Once Rottweiler always Rottweiler. You either love them or you hate them, no middle ground.
The arguments against Rottweilers include statements such as a lack of trust in these dogs or that they are not good with children. The facts. Rottweilers are big dogs. It has the ability to kill, so does any large dog. Respect them, they can be the best friend, and will give their life without a blink, but they are not toys.
We must face the fact that some dogs have bad temperaments and there are certain Rottweiler lines that are known for their bad temperament. By saying this one must never confuse the will to protect with a bad temperament. TIBRA doesn’t own a dog with a bad temperament.
The question of size? Size does matter. We like a large Rottweiler.If I could breed them four feet tall, weighing a 100 kg with a strong head - I would. There is one problem though, the bigger they get the more faults they have. Our goal is to breed them large without the faults. That’s why you might see we have smaller dogs, or dogs with heads that are not that strong, but we tolerate this because they have other good points. Points that we would like to breed into their offspring. Some of our dogs will never make it in the show ring because they are not “crowd-pleasers” but we selected or kept them because of their background. Their family has some trait that we want to breed into the big picture. Every dog that we breed has a strong point that we can defend.
For meaningful selection towards a breeding goal you must have numbers. The bigger and diverse your base is, the quicker you will progress towards your goal. That is a fact. We live on a farm, we have the space and as long as we can manage the operation we will expand to a point.
GALLERY
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