“German Shepherd breeding at it’s finest - Hillview Kennels.”  

The Hillview Kennels Team

Pete Kovach

Hillview Kennels is proud to have Pete Kovach as a trainer and member of our team. Pete has been training German Shepherd Dogs for over twenty years, and has competed at the national level with several dogs. In the 1990’s, Pete lived in Germany. Pete trained with a schutzhund club and worked for a K9 security company, Wiking Wach und Werkschutz gmbh, owned by Hans Schultz . Pete has trained dogs that have competed at the German BSP multiple times and who have qualified for the WUSV German Team.

More recently Pete has trained and competed with well known dogs such as Zidane vom Haus Sevens and Jabina Falco. Additionally, he was the training partner for Eric Eisenberg who with his dog Buddy vom Burg Kurzwallen, won the 2007 USA National Championship and competed at the 2008 WUSV World Championship. Pete is currently competing with his Zidane vom Haus Sevens son, Dasko Daelenberghutte, they qualified for the WDA Nationals with a score of 284. Pete is also a certified helper with both the USA and WDA.

Hillview Kennels believes that great dogs come from great breeding and great training. Pete is valuable member of our team and demonstrates our commitment to producing and proving the quality of our breeding program.

Sandro Sechi

Sandro resides in Germany with his wife, Julia, who happens to be Roland Seibel’s daughter, and his son Fabio. He has been in the dog sport since 1997. He trialed his first dog, a white German Shepherd, Crack of Moonlight, 20 times at SchH3. He showed him at the Regionals twice before retiring him. Sandro then trialed Duke vom Baumgarten SchH3, FH1 many times.

He started doing helper work in 1997 at a Rottweiler club. He met Milan Skoric in 2000 and started perfecting his skills while training with him. Sandro also trains with Roland Seibel and Fritz Biehler. Sandro is world renowned for his retrieve training and is widely sought after for his protection training.

Sandro also performs tests on dogs that are in Germany before we purchase them. We are fortunate to have a team player that really cares about the success of our trainers and dogs. We look forward to many more seminars with Sandro Sechi in the future.

Roland Seibel

Hillview Kennels is very honored to have Roland Seibel as part of our team. Roland is truly one of a kind, he is so talented, yet so humble. He has been involved in the sport for 35 years and he has titled 30 dogs at 120 trials and trained under the best in the world. Roland’s highest score at a trial was 300 points!

Roland has competed and made it to the podiums with both German Shepherd Dogs and Rottweilers. He has been in many championships, the ADRK Deutsche Meisterschaft, the DVG German Championships, IFR World Championships, FCI Championships, andthe WUSV. Roland also competed 4 times at the SV Bundersieger with his German Shepherd, Janoch von der Grube Waldecke, they also competed at the FCI World Championships, the WUSV, the VDH German Championships. Not only is Roland a competitor, but he is also a breeder and a judge.

Even though Roland lives in Germany, it doesn’t seem like there is an ocean between us. He is always in touch via phone or email, always asking about our team. We trust and value Roland’s opinion and seek his advice when we are selecting the best working German Shepherds Dogs in Germany. Hillview Kennels believes in providing the best world class trainers for our seminars, Roland Seibel seminars should not be missed.

Kimberly Brown

Kimberly Brown is Hillview Kennels in house trainer. She is very hands on with all of the daily tasks at the kennel, from whelping, imprinting, grooming, conformation showing, schutzhund training, and detection training.

She recently finished her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice at the University of West Virginia. She has completed an internship training law enforcement dogs. Kimberly was raised in Wisconsin, where she spent the majority of her time in the family’s kennel business. At fifteen she was recognized at the top Junior Handler in Wisconsin, a title which she held for 3 years. She also taught obedience, conformation and agility classes. Hillview Kennels is very proud to have, such a young, promising and talented trainer.