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  1. Ravenbird

    Doberman history tidbit

    This is why I love pedigrees so muck, I mean much. 😅 It does get addictive. Tail Male I presume. It's time consuming, but fun to do all the male lines.... @Rits, Trendy is f'n gorgeous. Full stop. Did you know that a sloping croup on QH's was developed for quick powerful speed and drive...
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    Lipoma between chest and front leg

    I've had Asha on L-Carnitine for a year or more, as a heart supplement, nice to know it targets fat cells as well! 👍
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    Opinions on conformation?

    I'm always trying to learn, thanks for a more in-depth description @Nordika. My initial post here was asking which picture in the illustration most matches the profile of the photograph of a real dog. To me the front outline perfectly matches the pigeon chest. As you say, one photo does not and...
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    Update on Us

    Awesome photos - thanks so much for colorful updates!!!
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    Weekend adventures (photo-heavy)

    Adventures in the Black Range on the way to Albuquerque... Waiting outside with the dogs while J goes inside for take-out dinner: Great park a block over from the Scent Work trial venue: At the entrance to the school was this wonderful bronze. I now have photo-proof that Asha is good...
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    Nosework Thread

    Other photos of spaces in out Detective runs...
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    Nosework Thread

    We went to Albuquerque to a scent work trial - this trial only had 2 judges and held entries only for Novice, Advanced and Detective. No Excellent or Master trials. Since J & Reckless are chasing their 10th Q for Detective and Asha is eligible to enter Detective (has at least one completed...
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    Random Pet Photo of the Day - 2026

    Great photos, glad you put these up - so many of us have great memories of him and your training stories and those that are new here deserve to at least see a few of his pictures!
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    Lipoma between chest and front leg

    Not much difference that I can tell, if any. In addition to the mushrooms, I have added some other supplements from 4LR, probiotics and hip & joint formula, and the bone powder to add to my fresh meat topper since I can no longer find chicken feet locally to balance that. Not sure if it's the...
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    Doberman Feet

    Thanks for waking up a good conversation @Nordika!
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    Doberman Feet

    Yeah, since it was a photo from the 80's or 90's, I couldn't make it big without it getting pixelated. My question is if the dogs from several generations ago were not born with extremely tight & upright feet but could do extreme athletic skills for years, why would breeders tend toward...
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    Doberman Feet

    I'm agreeing with the standard. A cat foot is not a bad thing! Abusing standards by exaggeration is not ok, I don't care if it's a flat face on a Boston or over-angulated back legs on a GSD. When it stops being an advantage to the breed and their reason for existing, it needs to not be rewarded...
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    Doberman Feet

    I appreciate a good cat foot, but like so many other things it can get exaggerated until it's not functioning as intended. Seriously.
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    Venues, a good explanation

    I look forward to this, thanks for sharing!
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    Asha turns 7

    Of course she doesn't think about birthdays, but I'm terrified by how fast the last 7 years went by! I remember waiting and waiting for the litter report after hearing from the breeder that whelping was beginning and she would email the results "soon". So there was the longest 24 hours and the...
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    Venues, a good explanation

    It's why I put the 🤷‍♀️ at the end of my statement. 10 grand to get someone's opinion of perfection??? I've never shown conformation, although I was interested in trying it a few years back, I knew I couldn't afford AKC, and there were no UKC or IABCA's anywhere close to try it out and...
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    Random Pet Photo of the Day - 2026

    @remy's Remy has a shape like that - thick and heavy-looking but not overweight at all, plus totally athletic, and all American in his immediate pedigree. And I think @Ddski5's dog was also American but massive looking. Mine (female), is about 3/4 Euro has been right around 69 lbs all her adult...
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    Definitions of training terms: Drive and Threshold

    Some very nice dogs in Vals papers! Where did that pedigree format come from? I have always wished Dobequest would show repeated names in bold or otherwise color them. The pedigree online query for horses shows repeated names in colors so at a glance you can see the general makeup of line...
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    Definitions of training terms: Drive and Threshold

    not a big deal, I just love to study pedigrees.

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