The Dog world and Hearsay, Lies, Gossip and Rumor...
Be aware that the world of Dog Breeding is very competitive and some breeders are very skilled "Sales People" with the "gift of the gab" who are prepared to say ANYTHING to discredit another breeder to ensure a puppy sale or their own stud dog is used instead of another’s. I have experience of breeders who will say they are working in with another reputable breeder for credit or so they can assume to take enquiries off another breeder from puppy purchasers. Unfortunately we live a very competitive world now and some have changed from good sports and people with integrity to those that are not and have none. One rotten apple can spoil the barrel so be aware and speak to the breeders themselves first.

I advise people to see the dogs for themselves and make their own judgments.  Do not make decisions based on gossip and the opinions of others whose motivation may be malicious or purely monetary. Use your intuition.

About Us

Masterkarn Dobermanns’ are known for their good longevity, the ability to work as the true Dobermann should and their beautiful stable Dobermann temperament. Able to do Obedience, Shutzhund, Security (carefully selected owners) and Conformation showing their soundness while stacked or on the move.  Our dogs have always been owner/handled/trained able to live with other animals and families suitable for the Dobermann breed. 

We have produced Dobermanns that have been successfully trained in various fields from Obedience and Agility to multi awarded comformation dogs as early as the late 1980's. Our Dobermanns have won multi BIS, RBIS, BIG, class in show under all breeds and specialty judges. Our German Pinschers are World Show winners, class in group winners  and Royal BOB winners under all breeds and specialty judges. Our last male Dobermann passed away in 2006 and we are now ready to and waiting for our new baby girl to arrive.

We return from our semi-retirement (due to working commitments not lack of interest) from breeding with our new breeding program with the full extent of our 24 years experience in the dog world…

 The future is bright with our future plans on track… in beautiful South Australia. Australia.

Our breeding goals at Masterkarn

We believe that comformation, health and temperament are vitally important to our dogs’ NOT just comformation. We understand all breeders will have a different interpretation of the breed standard but know that a general consensus of type is considered correct by most. We know the perfect dog will never be created but we strive for the ideal in our breeding goals. We are striving for the perfect healthy family/working dog of original DOBE type. All our litters are bred to our high self imposed and the S.A. breed club standards.

Temperament- We believe that the Dobermann is a natural independent working dog in his temperament and should be bred for that stable working mentality. The Dobe is also a family dog and should live with the family, our dogs do and we aim for that stable working/family temperament when considering the qualities of all future breeding stock. We have successfully temperament tested our dogs as early as the 1980’s.

Comformation goals considered at Masterkarn is firstly: - The correct Dobermann type set out in both the UK and FCI standard when breeding. Comformation is of utmost importance to us and we will overlook some minor points for good type. The most important is a correct Dobe head type with parallel planes, good deep under jaw with depth of muzzle of the long elongated wedge shaped Dobe head. Our target is the beautiful 50 degree lay of shoulder and correct 90 degree angulation of both the forequarters and hindquarters of the dog. We look to breed the beautiful correct moderate forechest and good depth of chest with room for heart/lung capacity. A Dobe must have a compact and short coupled body. We aim for the length of body to approximately equal height at withers and forechest to Ishium.  A Dobe must have a short back and be slightly sloping to a smooth topline. It is important to us to incorporate the breed feature, although removed from the breed standard recently- the front reach and strong rear drive that accompanies the true rotary movement often missing so much in many of today’s Dobes. We breed to the standard not alter the standard to suit us!

Health – All our dogs are tested for Hips/Elbows, Eyes and VWD in preparation for breeding. We breed only with good hips and elbows, eyes and preferably clear VWD dogs. We will use a carrier VWD dog if necessary but never an affected dog. We do a complete health check regularly on our dogs.

 Our name speaks for itself and we pride ourselves in breeding quality, healthy dogs with a life time commitment to people who decide to take a Masterkarn Show, Obedience or Companion dog. Many owners past and present have returned with family or friends to add another Masterkarn dog to their kennel or family home.

 Masterkarn kennels are an independent kennel and we recommend you read our Advice and About Dobe's page before looking for a breeder to buy your puppy or adult dog from.

We move into the future...