To hold a living creature, to see its loveliness and to breathe in that sweet puppy breath, to feel its heart beat in your hands, to know its trust in you, is to understand the special bond between a puppy and its breeder.
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Books

  • Book of the Doberman Pinscher, The - Joan McDonald Brearley; T.F.H. Publications Inc.
  • 1976 Complete Doberman Pinscher, The - Milo G. Denlinger; Howell Book House
  • 1953 Doberman Book, The - Mario Migliorini; Arco Publishing Inc.
  • 1985 Doberman Owners Medical Manual (currently out of print), The - R.M. Brown, DVM; Breed Manual Publications
  • 1986 (currently out of print) Doberman Pinscher - W.R. Sanford; Crestwood House
  • 1989 Doberman Pinscher The - Woodrow Kerfmann; T.F.H. Publications Inc.
  • 1985 Doberman Pinscher, The: brains and beauty - Rod Humphries & Joanna Walker; Howell
  • 1999 Doberman Pinscher Illustrated, The - an illustrated discussion of the breed standard, DPCA Doberman Pinscher in America, The - W.S. Schmidt; Comat Publishing Co.
  • 1940 Doberman Pinschers Today - Jimmy Richardson; Howell Book House
  • 1995 Dobermann, The - Fred Curnow & Jean Faulks; London, Popular Dogs Publishing Co.
  • 1976 Dobermann Pinscher, The - PhilipGruenig; Orange Judd Publishing Company, Inc.
  • 1951 (currently out of print) Dobermanns: an owner's companion - Mark Ladd; Howell Book House
  • 1991 In the Beginning: a history of the Dobermann - J. M. v.d. Zwan; Reestmond-Druk
  • 1995 New Doberman Pinscher, The - Joanna Walker; Howell Book House
  • 1981 This is the Doberman Pinscher - L. Ziegler Spirer & E. Miller; T.F.H. Publications Inc.
  • 1963 World of Doberman Pinschers, The - Anna Katherine Nicholas; T.F.H. Publications Inc.
  • 1987 4-M Dog Books - 1280 Pacific St., Union City, CA 94587 Tel: 510.489.8722 Orders: 800.487.9867
  • Direct Book Service - P.O. Box 2778, Wenatchee, WA 98807-2778 Tel: 509.663.9115 Orders: 800.776.2665

A TALE FOR A BREEDER

I love my little puppy, he makes my house a home, he always is my best friend, I never feel alone. He makes me smile, he makes me laugh, he fills my heart with love. Did some breeder breed him? Was he sent from  heaven above?

I've never been a breeder, or seen life through their eyes. I hold my little puppy, just sit and criticize. I've never know their anguish, I've never felt their pain, the caring of their charges, through snow or wind or rain. I've never waited all night long for puppies to be born, the stress and trepidation when they're still not there by dawn...

I've never felt the heartache of a little life in my hands, a darling little puppy who weighs just a few grams!! Should you do this instead of that? Or just pray to God? Alone you fight, and hope one day he'll grow into a dog, bring joy to another being and make a house a home. You know it's all just up to you, you fight this fight alone.

Formula, bottles, heating pads, you've got to get this right. Two hourly feeds for this little mite throughout the day and night. In your heart you know it, you'll surely lose the fight to save this little baby, but God willing, you just might save the little mite....

Day one he's in there fighting. You say a silent prayer. Day two and three he's doing well, with lots of loving care. Day four and five - he's still alive your hopes soar to the heavens! Day six he slips away again, dies in your hands day seven.

You take this little angel and bury him alone, with aching heart and burning tears, (and an exhausted groan). You ask yourself, Why do this? Why suffer all the pain? But seeing the joy that puppies bring - it really self explains! So, when you think of breeders and label them with "greed". Think what they sometimes endure to fill another's need.

And when you buy a puppy, with dollars and cents you part. You only pay with money ... we pay with our hearts.

Where to Bury A Dog

If you bury him in this spot, he will come to you when you call. Come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death, and down the well remembered path to  your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel, they shall not growl at him, nor resent his coming, for he belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them for you shall know something that is hidden from them and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place then to bury a dog, is in the HEART of his master.  ~author unknown~

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