Pedigree of Ch.  Logres' Titanium, Logres' Brentina,  Ch. Logres' Tungsten,  et al.

      Logres is committed to breeding  healthy sound Dobermans of excellent breed type, who exemplify the great attributes of this wonderful breed. Our dogs are happy, loving, confident, athletic ambassadors for the Doberman breed. In  addition to having superb bloodlines, our dogs have good substance, heavy bone and strong stable Doberman temperaments.  Though we strive to produce extraordinary quality and would like to see our puppies in the conformation show ring, we are not interested in show homes per se.  As with any good breeder, we try to screen puppy buyers to assure the best possible homes for our puppies.   Sometimes we have been successful in finding good homes for our puppies; sometimes we have failed utterly (and excellent dogs have been ruined by the ignorance and/or  arrogance of bad owners).   There is really no sure way to predict with certainty  the quality of life a potential purchaser will provide.    

      However, as a baseline, we will no longer sell to people who “collect dogs”  and/or people who raise their dogs in crates and dog runs.  We prefer owners who focus on one or two dogs at a time and who understand the value of a fit healthy lifestyle for themselves and their dogs. 

      If you give combined vaccines (too early and too often), steroids, massive antibiotics for every little thing… and otherwise x-ray, prod and poke the dog to the point where you have completely  destroyed the dog’s fitness, muscle-tone and immune system, and probably given the dog cancer to boot… please look elsewhere for a Doberman.  It is our strong belief that many problems created by owners (sometimes acting in concert with uninformed vets) are wrongly blamed on breeders.

In 30 years I have never had a vet say, "Sorry, but that vaccination protocol I was pushing for the last 20 year is actually destructive to your dog's immune system. I may have created more problems than I solved." Or, "So sorry but those steroids and all those antibiotics had side effects I never warned you about." OR, "The x-rays we took to check for puppies and/or confirm full dentition may have given your dog cancer." 

Vets are quick to blame breeders for problems, and seem very reluctant to admit mistakes.  With respect to health testing, coming from a medical background, we look for health testing which is backed up by credible, published, peer-reviewed science, not theory and supposition masquerading as medical science.

Some people believe that you can wait until the dog is mature to put on muscle. We  couldn’t disagree more.  Puppies are born with a certain amount of muscle, distributed basically as determined by genetics and early nutrition (and the health of the bitch).  By 8 weeks, the symmetry of the original muscling and the muscle mass itself are apparent… and are largely a reflection of genetics and nutrition.  

 Dobermans require love, discipline, human companionship  and individual attention to thrive...  and they require room to gallop and play. So, if you live on a typical city lot and are obsessed with the image you are projecting to the neighborhood (i.e. you must have a  H & G home with the attendant chemically treated lawn/carpet) and you value this over the health and fitness of your animals… and your dogs are therefore confined to crate, your garage and/or  small exercise yard… please look elsewhere for a Doberman. For that matter, do everyone a favor (most especially the dog)  and get a stuffed toy. 

In Memory of Our Beloved Lizabeth (Cambria's Irish Rose)

March 17, 2002 ~ October 14, 2005

Because of the outrageous conduct of Jim and Ann White (which we are happy to discuss in detail, if only to warn potential future victims), Lizabeth (a.k.a. Cambria ’s Irish Rose)  was only shown at the 2002 DPCA National and the two Host Club Specialties.  She was barely 6 months old at the time and was shown in the 6-9 AOAC class.  On her first day (at the Danbury Specialty) she was second in a class of 16. At the Pilgrim Specialty (under Bill Shelton) she went Reserve Winner’s Bitch (from a total entry of 148 bitches). At the National (under Pat Hastings), she again won her class.

Above - Grace - stacked ABOVE by Mr. Jeff  Helsdon - a beautiful puppy from our Kafka -Liz litter (2004)

Below - Ch. Logres' Tungsten at 11 weeks (with his then co-owner George Murray, who handled Kafka)  (2004)

Cartier (photos above from 2005 and 2002) is our 2000  six  year-old black and rust pet,  who is unrelated to Lizabeth and her progeny)          

       Lizabeth and Kyle from 2003 (above ) Cartier Kyle and Bethany from 2003 (below)

 Logres' Brentano (BIS CH. Brunswig's Cryptonite - Cambria's Irish Rose)  and his friend Dedi McHam (Bob and Eloise) 

Brentano telling Dedi, " I don't think I'm getting anything for Christmas"