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This Kennel Promotes Euro Doberman Supremacy

This loosely drafted sentiment reflects my views regarding the European
Doberman in America.  The Doberman Pinscher today, as I see it.    We all have
our opinions.  Here's mine.

When we hear the term European Doberman it should suggest a stronger more
robust animal with the genetic focus required for an intense working drive.  It will
also remind us that these are Dobermans who have a keen edge for protection and
their roots have not been compromised by the breeding down for the docile qualities
of many American show dogs.    Most American breeders are now changing their
standards and are adapting to lessons given by European breeders.  We must breed
our very best American lines to these athletic Euros and train vigorously.  The dog
sport of Schutzhund has helped develop and maintain the balance and performance
levels of the Euro both mentally and physically over the years.

The somewhat larger head and rounded chest are characteristic of the thick boned
powerful Euro and their only true colors are black and rust and red (brown) and rust.
These Dobermans look the part of a well trained athlete and they generally show
the royalty of their bloodline by their appearance.  Just put it together yourself,
the typical Euro we see coming into the USA is the product of a pair of intensely
trained protection animals with pedigrees filled with titled champions, meanwhile here in America the typical Doberman is an untrained animal usually living in a house full of children with somebody photographing him wearing crazy clothes and posing him with stuffed rabbits and baby house cats.    Ok, there's nothing wrong with that if it's what you like, but only you can decide where your time and money is better spent. 

Having said all this, I'm not here to discount the well bred American Doberman.  It's
in the minds of many that the American Doberman has been bred to a higher sense of intelligence than most.  And let's not be surprised if in the near future Europeans
begin breeding the better American lines with their stock.  After all,  it has been the
United States that has kept this breed alive and well from the 1950's through the 1980's.  For example, most Doberman Pinschers found today in the British Isles are from American bloodlines.  America has been the best source for quality Dobermans world-wide for over 60 years.  But it has become a general belief here that our American breeders have let it slip during the past two decades.  Between backyard breeder experimentation and AKC shows, the American Doberman Pinscher has taken a pretty hard hit.   American Kennel Club shows are the number one reason working drive has been bred out of our working class dogs like German Shepherds, Rottweilers, and Doberman Pinschers, so understandably it shouldn't be a mystery why the American military as well as police departments everywhere insist on using European working dog stock.  Protection training is key and show is for show, but it's the Euro that has it all together and this is the reason they are here and the reason they will stay here.

Russian Dobermans:   Well, they're here too.  Maybe Chinese Dobermans are next?  The Russian Dobermans are here because Russians are here I suppose, as well as many eastern Europeans who seem to like them a lot too.    Many of these Dobermans are excellent examples of well trained working dogs and some of the these trainers and working dog kennels are considered top notch.  They are basically breeding and cross breeding with the same Euro bloodlines we all know about.   Just be careful who you purchase from as anything new can easily be exploited.      I'm not sure why we need  Russian Dobermans but they're here and seem to be doing fine, so who knows maybe I'll own one someday!

A quick word about importing a European puppy.  We Americans are cash cows to European breeders and there is no reason they should ever sell you a prize puppy, not even for a lot of money.  My suggestion for most folks looking to get a really top quality Euro import is to buy an adult champion.  It will cost you but you are less likely to lose in the deal.   This high dollar Euro thing is all about to change here anyway as the United States Doberman market continues to be flooded with Euros and that's a good thing for our breed!   Let us hope for and  let us allow this new Euro invasion to help make it possible for American Schutzhund Titles to rule the new day!

Our Accursed Albino Doberman Backyard Breeding Industry

Z Factored Dobermans

Albino Doberman Pinscher breeding is a cruel modern day plague that continues to painfully torture thousands of innocent animals everyday here in the United States.  Where are the animal rights people?   Why do "pups for sale" websites and local newspapers continue to advertise for these breeder-bandits?   If there ever was a case for American breeders,  kennels and dog lovers to get together on common ground, this is it.   This sorry mess is much more pervasive in America than most people realize.    Check it out, if someone were exclusively breeding sick human beings who were all diseased with diabetes or cancer, wouldn't you think they should be stopped and probably imprisoned?  Well, this is what we have with the Z factor Doberman.    These poor devils are the products of bad breeding practices but are still being bred and sold just the same as fancy white Dobermans when in fact they are all sick animals.  Beautiful as puppies but as they grow in age they experience hair loss, painful skin disease and worsening eye sight.  The typical albino breeder will see their pup's eyes constantly squinting but they somehow never feel the pain of that squinting little puppy.   These pups will eventually go blind if kept in the sunlight and not indoors.   As vet bills pile up many of these dogs waste away and die in backyards without attention or care. 

These breeders are nonconformists who irresponsibly sell their sick dogs to a naive general public on a vast national scale for $200, $300 or as much as they can get.  It's all about the money no matter what else they tell you.  Albino breeders are either in denial or they are delusional or they just damn don't care.  These strange people range from the seemingly educated who live in their own fantasy nightmare world of, "if I could just breed two more generations, I'll have created the perfect healthy white Doberman", to the out and out dumb ass hillbilly who wouldn't know a well bred Doberman Pinscher if one walked up behind him and bit him on the ass!   Pity there isn't a watch organization calling for the neutering and spaying of these breeders.

Not all Z factored Dobermans are white or "cream" or "golden" as they may call them, and most carriers look like totally normal Dobermans, but all Z factors will eventually throw a white pup or white litter.  The Doberman Pinscher Club of America (DPCA) asks that these Z factors be neutered or spayed, as they well should be.  If you own one, please keep him indoors, love him, pamper him but neuter or spay them.  By the way, not all of these albinos and Z factor carriers have a WZ prefix on their AKC registration number.  Some may have the prefixes WS, WE, WF, WP, etc and the only possible way we have to check the status of a Doberman from the street is to check his pedigree against the Z LIST.  If you are buying a new Doberman puppy locally off the street,  please check his pedigree with the Z LIST before you make the purchase.  (You may follow the links here or the Z List can be found on the DPCA website.)   His albino ancestors, if they exist, will certainly be there.  You may be saving yourself a big vet expense and maybe saving yourself a lot of personal grief  by checking before you buy.    A Doberman puppy without registration papers in America today will usually mean albino or albino carrier.   The introduction of the modern European Doberman Pinscher onto American soil may very well help us off-set this albino cancer by way of re-establishing a new universal recognition of what the Doberman Ideal is or should be.    Trying to be somewhat knowledgeable of pedigrees is a must for all of us in today's Doberman Pinscher world and even if that checks out fine I'm still not breeding to a blue or a fawn.   Skin disease anyone?

Lastly, another sad reality to this is that the AKC still registers albinos.  The AKC will register any dog of the same breed parents who are already registered with them so long as you will pay the AKC their fee.   The AKC seems to care less if these sick dogs are being bred and sold.  Once again, it's all about the money and not the breed.   What are we supposed to do with that?   When the American Kennel Club registers an albino Doberman they are promoting a sick and ill animal who feels pain everyday and is costing their owners a bundle in vet bills, not to mention making it possible for outlaw breeders to continue making more money and continue breeding more sick animals.  I think the AKC's policy with continuing to register these poor sick albino Dobermans is beginning to make me sick too!

 

We all have our personal tastes, our likes and dislikes for one kennel or bloodline or another and it is this diversity that helps make raising our Dobermans a treat.  All breeders are mostly following their individual pursuits in perfecting the breed but I believe the real payoff for breeders are the accomplishments each kennel line has had in helping to improve beauty, stamina, athletics and that magnificent Doberman super intelligence.  You should always know in your heart that the new litter you are now casting into the world will be just a little better for the good of it all, simply because you were there to make sure it was so!  And that is a very nice feeling to have.

Let us enjoy these wonderful Dobermans and let's have fun with it and work hard everyday and most importantly, we should look good doing it!

Thanks, Keith
Idlewild Doberman Kennel

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