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Originally Posted by newtodobes  I live in MN and was recently doing the whole researching thing. Here's what I found out. There are no good, reputable breeders in MN. |
I also live in Minnesota, and do Doberman rescue here. It's true, there are absolutely no Doberman breeders here that I can recommend to puppy buyers. Not sure if newtodobes got her breeder list from me or not, but those are typically the breeders that I recommend, along with a few other in WI and Illinois.
There are a couple of local breeders with slick websites - please, please, please don't get sucked in by a nice website. Not every good breeder has a website, and not every website is operated by a reputable breeder.
If you have any questions about a specific MN breeder, please send me a PM and I will tell you everything that I know. Just today, I was sent an email from somebody that is having temperament problems with their Aruff Doberman, and not getting a response from the breeder. And King's Ransom is pumping out litter after litter of puppies with Demodectic mange. We took in 2 of their dogs in the past 2 months - one of them was almost totally bald from mange, and is also clinically vWD Affected. Another local all-breed shelter got 3 Dobes from KR that were also almost completely bald from mange. They're all from different litters. I have the pictures, emails and pedigrees to prove it.
I haven't bought one of my personal dogs from a MN breeder since 1995. All of the good ones stopped breeding.