Codysmom said:
Scudamore, Catawba, and Toledobes?
I like the look of all of their dogs. I know that Toledobes is in Nevada, but hubby is out there a lot and it may actually be easier to get one of their dog and bring it home then get down to NC where scudamore is.
MaryJo do you know susan Miller at catawba? I love the square faces on her doberkids.
does anybody have any info on the others. I would like to learn to show and get a good show pup sometime in the next year.
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Well..Toledobes is one of the oldest active doberman breeding programs left, Judy Doniere has been breeding dobermans for over 50 years. She's very pro active about health testing-in fact, she's a distributor for Alba Holter Monitors.
However, she doesn't do that much breeding anymore, and there's generally a pretty long waiting list for her puppies, due to the reputation of Ch. Toledobes Serenghetti (99 All Breed BIS wins).
I know she has a litter on the ground right now-but I doubt she'll have another litter after that for 2-3 years..she doesn't have that many breedable bitches left.
I wouldn't count on traveling to Las Vegas to pick a puppy up from her..due to her judging schedule, Judy doesnt actually whelp the litters anymore, that's done by co owners..so puppy buyers would wind up traveling to wherever the co owner might live..her current litter was whelped and is being raised in Ohio.
Mary Jo can probably tell you more about the Catawba dogs, it's a fairly new breeding program, with the dogs staying primarily on the east coast. The only thing I'll say about them is a friend of mine (an experienced show home) made an inquiry about a show prospect to them last year, and was sent pictures of puppies she was attempting to sell as show prospects. We weren't impressed. Then about a month later, she sent pics of another puppy from the same litter of MUCH better quality..making us wonder why she sent the first pics to begin with-was she willing to sell them as show prospects to someone who didn't know any better? It was just kind of a weird situation, and one my friend decided not to get involved with.
Scudamore has been around for awhile, but I don't know that they could be considered a breeding program that produces viable show prospects on any consistent basis.