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full four and half acres and we had to reposition the
entrance. Also, we had the cost of removing tons and
tons of tipped rubbish and this took all the money
we had to build a small pavilion, so the fund raising
had to start again. That is when we had the first ‘Top
Twenty Competition’. It was so successful we ran it
for a number of years. I must mention the late Derek
King who was one of a small band of workers, Derek
had judged a number of times in the US and made
a lot of friends who were very generous with their
donations, so we were able to build our pavilion only
to have it burnt to the ground by vandals. We were
devastated. I remember standing with Margaret King
and Aline Eliott looking and feeling very tearful, my
husband who is a person of a few words said “look
you three you are Dobermann people, strong and
proud, we can clear this and rebuild, and this is what
we all did. It took a few months but we did it.
Since then we have gone from strength to strength.
We now hire the field out to other dogs clubs, it’s
hard work but worth it.
We also run obedience classes every Saturday.
Obviously, not when we have hired the field out.
We run two shows a year, a Championship and an
Open show. We also have a working committee
who organise schutzhund training weekends when
they are not competing. All in all the Dobermann
Club has come a long way from the small beginning,
hopefully the original members would be proud of the
achievements.
The original band of people has dwindled, but we
have a good strong hard working young committee
which means the Dobermann Club is in good hands
To own or be owned by a Dobermann is a privilege,
they are a strong loyal dog whose love for their family
has no ending and they would lay down their life for
you. There is absolutely nothing to compare to the
love between a human and their Dobermann.
Viv Lucas, Secretary

www.thedobermannclub.co.uk
Facebook group: The Dobermann Club (UK)

The club’s venue is on the outskirts of the village of
Digswell in Hertfordshire, is available for hire. For
further information contact the Club Hiring Events
Co-Ordinator

Mrs Jo Wall
Tel: 07900 677016 email: jo760@hotmail.co.uk

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