Woo Hoo, Pups were born!!

 Got the wonderful news yesterday via email from our Breeder. A litter of eight puppies, 2 girls and 6 boys were born. I can’t wait to see pics :)

   Rob, Kyle and I have been tossing names around for awhile now and came up with one today we really agree on and like......

Thorne ....

My son, Kyle was reading through some

names on the internet and thought of 

Thorn(e) as in the Lost Boys movie -

Max the head vampire had a dog named

Thorn. We prefer the spelling with an 

E at the end. 

So, of course, I started investigating the

name and found out there was a famous

artist (she was famous for her dog art)

from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s era.

Her name was Diana Thorne

and she attended art school in Berlin,

Germany for many years. Dobermans are 

German and I love the era around the 1930’s....so it works for me ;) I found a couple of Dobie

drawings she had done and they're posted here... I added the name Thorne to one, she didn’t have it named :)

  My husband later on realized there is another reference he remembers of the name Thorn ....this is not so good...it did have Dobermans in the movie - The Omen - the family’s last name was Thorn, as in Damien Thorn. Oh, Boy!! Don’t think many people will remember 

that though.....Whew :)

I think Thorne sounds sophisticated (in an old English style), masculine and brave. I also looked up the name meaning and it says it’s of someone who lives near a thorny bush...lol. Heck, we have tons of those in our yard. 

Waiting for the pups to be born.....

    It’s the last week of June and any day now we will be receiving news that the litter (from which we will be picking our pup) was born. Been checking my email hourly, lol. 

    So I have decided to post why I am so hooked on Dobies. Back when I was a teen, my mother had a Doberman mix she got from the dog pound. We had her for years and her name was Satin (pronounced like satin sheets). She wasn’t mean or even brave for that matter but she was a sweetheart and I really think I am the only one in my family who saw that or even got to bond with her. She always looked forward to our neighborhood walks and was very good on a leash. She was very loyal and really wanted to be with me on our walks, not like “take me for a walk and I will forget you are holding my leash” attitude... She was a friend on the walks. My brother was hanging out with his buddies and really didn’t get to know her and my mother had other things going on to even really know anything about Satin. I knew someday I would want another Doberman, kept it inside until the time was right to pick one out with my family. 

   We (my husband, son and I) lost a great friend and the best dog that we could ever wish for, our Chihuahua mix named Roxy. Thirteen great years we shared with her and no other dog can compare but I would like to try something different from our past pets (had a female Dalmatian, too)... gonna get a gentle giant (some Dobes can be pretty big) and a lovable goofy male for a change. Dobermans have that human like quality about them and devotion and love that we desire as pet owners. Yes, there is one other reason for a Doberman, feeling safe and protected. Times are changing, crime rates are rising and would like to have a loyal guardian type of dog....the thing is, with a Doberman, you get so much more. Bonus traits and qualities come with them. They have all the best traits from most breeds all rolled up into one- a Dobie!! :)

   As researched in forums and many other sites, I read many many similar stories of their temperament from people who have Dobies and how they could never go back to any other breed. 

   This excerpt is taken from The Complete Doberman Pinscher, 1976 book... “ a keen incorruptible watchdog, an affectionate house dog, a jolly friend to children, a good comrade with other animals. The fancier who loves this breed and has time to spend with his dog will always find new and interesting sides to his character. For such a one there can be no other breed and in his case it is “Once a Doberman- always a Doberman!” 

DRU (Doberman Rescue Unlimited) Open House 2008

We went to Sandown, NH for the Open House held at Doberman Rescue Unlimited. What a turnout it was, people from all over New England (CT, RI, ME, MA, NH, NY)....Lots of Dobie lovers out there! 

When we first got there we had just missed a parade of the dogs that are currently up for adoption at the shelter. :( We got a little lost on route 111, went the other way...thanks Yahoo and Google maps, NOT! But I cheered up with kisses from an 11 year old Fawn Dobie girl...what a sweetie she was. Rob got kisses too :) 

We met a few other Dobes but I was really impressed with Theo the Dobie. What a sweetheart, very handsome and alert but mild mannered and friendly...he kept his eye on his owner Claire thats for sure :) 

They had an awesome spread of food and goodies, raffles, tours of the shelter and much more. Lots of fun and a learning experience talking with other Dobie owners. I really believe we are ready for our pup now after meeting so many wonderful dogs and learning from others. As researched we saw with our own eyes how much Dobes are velcro dogs and leaners...Luv that trait. They are extremely obedient we noticed as well. One woman says they just want to please their owners and be with them. 

At the bottom of this blog post is a short video we took of pups they let out to play (adopted already, of course)....very cute. Theo joined in the fun jumping in and out of the pool.