Southeastern Breeders

[coletteslove]

Hey, all. This thread may be long, I’ll put a TL;DR at the end. Sorry! (i think my first post deleted itself oops)

I thought I’d ask for some personal experiences from some of the members here on a few of the breeders I’ve found since this is my first Dobe and I’m not super experienced in buying a dog from a breeder. I live in Georgia, which honestly has a great bit of reputable breeders, but I’m also willing to drive to neighboring states or even flying to somewhere a tad bit further like West Virginia and then making the drive back. I personally don’t really want to put my new puppy on a long flight (ex. NV to GA) because I don’t wanna stress them out too badly so early on.

I won’t be reaching out to the whole list but I want to start narrowing down options with what I have here.

(Note that the puppy will be raised in an apartment, so if you know if any of them have absolutely sold or 100% will NOT sell to an apartment dweller, let me know! Nothing against them at all, they’re allowed to sell to who they want, I just don’t wanna waste their time ‘cuz I know they’re busy lol!)

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georgia:
allthemore, stonewood, aludra, coruscate, kettle cove, pamelot, marbendale, von hohenhalla

tennessee:
alcher, lanser, oldfort, valorosa, pheonix

alabama:
blackjack, clg, winmar

north and south carolina:
schohaus, goldgrove, mikadobe, treasure seeker

florida:
water’s edge, cadbrae, desert mirage

kentucky:
swift run, melrae

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TL;DR: Simply looking for breeder opinions on any of the ones listed, or if anyone knows any other in any states close to GA let me know!

 

[Gpcoguy]

I got Rose from Pamelot in 2020

 

[Ddski5]

My situation was a decision between Pamelot and Melrae.

Heard a lot of good things about Pamelot. I called and talked to her beforehand-a very nice lady. I enjoyed the conversation we had.

If you can get one from Melrae’s Dobermans…you won’t be disappointed. I think there are 6 Melrae Dobermans here?

I went with Melrae because she had a red female and I made the mistake of looking at the pictures.

Good luck.

 

[coletteslove]

I got Rose from Pamelot in 2020View attachment 155843

Tell her I said hello!! She’s a very pretty girl.

 

[JanS]

Both of ours are from Melrae and they are very well rounded dogs and the breeder is great too.


She has a litter right now but I don't know if they're all spoken for or not.

 

[Ddski5]

Both of ours are from Melrae and they are very well rounded dogs and the breeder is great too.
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She has a litter right now but I don't know if they're all spoken for or not.

Elroy
Olive
Freyja
Annie
Ripley
Remy

Are all these Melrae’s?

 

[JanS]

Are all these Melrae’s?

I don't think Remy came directly from Melrae but he has the same lines. Our Phoebe came from there too.
Edit to add, Revel came from there and @LucyXIII 's Angel is the newest addition.

 

[coletteslove]

Both of ours are from Melrae and they are very well rounded dogs and the breeder is great too.
View attachment 155850

She has a litter right now but I don't know if they're all spoken for or not.

I adore Melrae’s dobes so much! They’re gorgeous and seem like great companions!

I saw that she has a litter right now and I swear it’s so so so hard to not be like “I want one NOW” (they’re so adorable!). I saw a few Melrae dobes on a few other online apps too.

 

[coletteslove]

Elroy
Olive
Freyja
Annie
Ripley
Remy

Are all these Melrae’s?

Wow! Well I guess I won’t need to ask her for buyer references because I’m already getting it right here!

(P.S. Remy is such a cute dog name! It reminds me of the rat from Ratatouille and I’ve been planning on naming my dobie Colette from that same movie!)

 

[JanS]

I don't think Melrae would have a problem with you being in an apartment as long as you tell her what you plans are for the pup.

 

[coletteslove]

Sweet! I checked out her puppy application and I really, really like the fact that she supplies larger text boxes so you can go into detail about my plans and research. A few of the other breeders’ applications I saw were more multiple-choice based and didn’t give much room for me to explain how I’d keep her satisfied without a yard.

And thanks to the other replies I received! I don’t want to email every breeder on the list and then only pick one and drop the others as that’s a bit rude. I think I’ll be starting with the Melrae route now, though, since personal buyer references are very important to me when it comes to picking a breeder, especially after previous cases of “reputable breeders” actually being horrible scumbags that real buyers tried to report.

 

[remy]

Elroy
Olive
Freyja
Annie
Ripley
Remy

Are all these Melrae’s?

I don't think Remy came directly from Melrae but he has the same lines. Our Phoebe came from there too.
Edit to add, Revel came from there and @LucyXIII 's Angel is the newest addition.

@JanS is right. Remy’s dad is from Melrae. His breeder’s foundation bitch was from Melrae too, so there is a little bit of her lines on Remy’s dam’s side as well.

 

[remy]

I’m not sure when she’ll have puppies again because she recently had a litter, but Adamas Dobermans is located in Georgia. She is a professional handler so don’t be worried if it takes her a little while to reply, especially with the Doberman National coming up.