Ravenscrest Rottweilers & French Bulldogs

"We" are Drew Schroeder and Pamela Boles. We are both practicing trial lawyers and together with our dogs, we live in Vancouver, British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada 1/2 an hour north of Washington State (2 1/2 hours' drive North of Seattle).

Since I (Pam) was very young there have always been animals in my life. In addition to 4-H, Show horses engaged my time for many years--Futurity winning Arabians, polo, competitive hunter/ jumper, US National Champion Morgan Horses and most recently BC Reserve Champion Quarter Horses. It was a natural extension for the dogs which had always accompanied my equine pursuits to eventually enter the showring.

As a teenager, I imported Vizslas from the top winning stock in the US--I owner-handled one of these dogs to one of, if not the first Best Puppy in Show Vizsla in Canadian History (Ch. Hacienda's Cherokee Chief aka "Raider"). Raider won numerous Best Puppy in Group wins and group placements before he turned a year old. Then there was "Dolly" --Am & Can Ch Hacienda's Georgia Brown-- one of only a handful of American Champion bitches ever in Canada. Law School intervened as did the early years of practice. Dolly went to live with MaryLois and Peter McGuiness of Toronto who had lovely Vizslas of their own breeding. "Raider" was my constant companion for 16 1/2 years-- until 1996. He accompanied me to class at law school and left an indelible mark on those with whom he came into contact. He loved our veterinarian, Dr. Terry Eisen of Kitsilano Animal Clinic and in the last year of his life loved to spend the day visiting at her offices lounging in the sunshine or sitting in her client chairs greeting all those concerned patients who came through her door--particularly the cats for whom he had a longstanding affinity.

Drew had the "cocker spaniel while growing up" experience-- a wonderful companion to him and his 5 sibings. His own four children Michael, Danielle, Sam and Jamie took priority in his life for many years and now that they have grown and are pursuing their education and interests.

Three years after Drew and I became a couple, he suggested that we "look at getting a Rottweiler". He loved a female rottweiler who visited at his beachhouse years before--little did he anticipate the consequences of those words. After a lengthy search Khan arrived. Paris joined us shortly afterward.

Our home is on approximately ½ an acre on the Westside of Vancouver close to the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and the confluence of the Fraser River- if that's not enough opportunity to swim for the dogs, there's always the pool...

We don't show every weekend--or even every month--our philosophy is focused on enhancing our dogs' sociability, personality and experience. When traveling, the dogs relax in style in our 37 foot rig (pictured is Rumpole by one of two fireplaces)—now that’s camping!

We are indebted to Perry Payson of Bixby, OK . Perry handled both Khan and Paris to finish their American Championships in very fine style and with the greatest of sportsmanship-- winning 7 majors (including the 4 point Northstar Specialty Winners Dog) along the way. We would also like to extend our thanks to Cynthia Seeling professional handler for all of her encouragement and exceptional expertise in handling Paris in Canada. I would also like to thank Michelle Pinsker-Yeadon who has handled Kona from time to time to significant result and to Tony Carter who throughout 2007 will be specialling Burton in the US We are honoured that every winner at every Rottweiler specialty in BC for the last 3 years (i.e. 2005 & 2006 RCC BC Regional Specialties and the 2007 National Specialty) to win Best Canadian bred Rottweiler in Specialty has been a Ravenscrest puppy...all from one litter! Those dogs are Miles, Radar and Burton respectively

Pamela is working towards her judging qualifications in both Canada and the United States and to that end has judged at all-breed sanction matches, junior handling competitions and Sweepstakes including the 2005 Pug Dog Club of Canada National Specialty in Winnipeg Manitoba and the November 2005 Alaska Rottweiler Club of Specialty in Anchorage. Most recently, Pam judged the CRRC “A” match in Oregon.