The problem with us old folks, is we have lots of memories and stories. Cleaning stuff out, I came across the file for my last Doberman, Dietrich. So I've just got to share. I was extremely busy with my horse training back then, but took her to 2 obedience classes taught with AKC obedience protocol and there was a test of the group (all less than 1 year old) at the end. I still have the score sheets, and Dietrich got a 2nd place in her first class and 1st in her second class.
Because these were puppy classes they were by no means judged like a show, but we DID go through the motions like one. Including back in that day and time, the long sit and long down for our 2nd "beginner" class, the handlers were out of the room! I remember all of us outside the door wondering what kind of chaos we would return to. For the most part they all behaved pretty well. Of course I was insanely proud of my puppy for her behavior & it's interesting to see that she crowded and forged at the heel, same as Asha. And on her first long down, she stayed down but was creeping - another thing Asha does. LOL
I found some details of her pedigree online when I began looking for a puppy and found out that on her sires side 21 of 31 dogs were SchH3 (same as IGP3 today) and one more was SchH1. Hard working lines, mostly German. Did you know that you can go to Dog Pedigree Database to find more info about your dog? Because this is a database using volunteered information, I did find most of these names on Dobequest (DPCA) to verify that it's correct. It's not on the printout, but on the website more info like titles and registry number when you click on the I (for more info).
And here's a picture of her, not sure what year, but she was about 6 or 7 years old here:
Because these were puppy classes they were by no means judged like a show, but we DID go through the motions like one. Including back in that day and time, the long sit and long down for our 2nd "beginner" class, the handlers were out of the room! I remember all of us outside the door wondering what kind of chaos we would return to. For the most part they all behaved pretty well. Of course I was insanely proud of my puppy for her behavior & it's interesting to see that she crowded and forged at the heel, same as Asha. And on her first long down, she stayed down but was creeping - another thing Asha does. LOL
I found some details of her pedigree online when I began looking for a puppy and found out that on her sires side 21 of 31 dogs were SchH3 (same as IGP3 today) and one more was SchH1. Hard working lines, mostly German. Did you know that you can go to Dog Pedigree Database to find more info about your dog? Because this is a database using volunteered information, I did find most of these names on Dobequest (DPCA) to verify that it's correct. It's not on the printout, but on the website more info like titles and registry number when you click on the I (for more info).
And here's a picture of her, not sure what year, but she was about 6 or 7 years old here:
Also at 8 months 
Asha wouldn't have passed either of these tests at that age. I'm remembering they were group lessons, once a week for 6 weeks, the last week being the test.
