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This brings me neatly onto how a certain “Zena” from the Dobgrace kennels in Romania. I had
came into my life. Hugh was looking to import been looking at Cristina’s kennel for a few years
a puppy from Russia, sired by Tamerlan Iz and noticed she worked in a similar way to me.
Slavnoi Stai x Erio Pro Kimberly Krystal. I had
mentioned that I had a pick of females puppy “Grace” arrived and became a big hit in the ring
booked from Aritaur that had the same sire out very quickly. She has won almost everything I
of a beautiful bitch that I had given Best in Show asked of her, including many Best in Groups,
to at the Birmingham dobe club show but had CC’s etc, becoming a UK and Irish Ch by the
to cancel due to my male just having had an op time she was 2 1/2 years old.
for torsion. Long story short, Hugh rang Jay and
asked if he could have my pick but the choice She is now the proud mum of my latest litter to
had gone to someone in Sweden, however as Georgie Khuls very handsome and superbly
I was going to co-own and handle, I went with bred Holyhells blue steel.
Hugh and Jewel to pick the pup.
It’s been a long journey and I have achieved
My eye fell on the orange collared bitch, each almost everything I’ve wanted in dogs. Many
and every time I saw her. She became Ch/ Champions, Ireland’s most winning Dobermann
Ir Ch Aritaur Hipnotique, a previous bitch Kennel ever with over 50 CCs, Crufts wins, Multi
breed record holder with 28 CC including Best all breed Best in Shows and a CC judge in the
of Breed at Crufts in 2008. She truly was a UK and judging groups 1, 2 and 3 plus Best in
fabulous bitch, whom I had a great rapport with show under FCI rules.
in and outside of the ring.
Josh has gone on to handle many UK
She was to be mated to an outstanding male in Champions including taking over the bitch CC
USA by the name of Dabneys Phenomenon record and helping Jojavik become Top kennel
but a horrenous mix up with the importer All breeds in the UK twice.
and courier of the semen resulted in that not
happening. Zena was instead mated to Ch www.tuwosdobes.com
Supetas Ozzy Osbourne, two record holders
mated together for the first time...

That litter produced the amazing Tuwos H litter.
Three Champions, Ch/Ir Ch T. Halestorm, Ch/Ir
Ch T. Hrana and Ir Ch T. Fernando Torres. All
three went Best in Show at all breed ch shows.
Another record I believe.

Another UK Ch joined the ranks, Andy and
June Cairns T. Jackie O, sired by our Aritaur
Navarro out of a grand daughter of Fusspot
Belle...

As I mentioned previously, I only ever kept one
maybe two dobes at a time and always for their
full life, so breeding was never a big thing for me
but I usually seemed to put the right dog to the
right bitch. I prefer to look at the dog and bitch
and compare phenotype then check pedigrees
for line breeding and health, longevity.

Three and a half years ago I imported a female

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