Hello, we are Tess
and Richard Starr. Tess has owned Doberman Pinschers since 1984, Richard's
family had pets growing up, but didn't get involved in dogs until he married
Tess.
Agility is our dog sport of choice. We can't say enough about this sport, it's fast and fun and allows you to become a kid again and just run and play with your dog.
In addition, the competitors are supportive of everyone's efforts no matter what
their skill level or ability is. That isn't always the case in other dog
sports.
Before discovering agility Tess competed in Schutzhund, Obedience, a little herding and trained an Urban
Disaster Search Dog for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
with Northwest Disaster Search Dogs.
We mostly do NADAC trials. We find them to be the best value for our weekend dollar and the most fun. Also they offer classes without jumps like Touch and Go and Tunnelers which our German Shepherd Dog, J.J., enjoys a great deal. But we also do some USDAA and AKC as well as a little Flyball with the Doberman Pinschers. They don't share J.J.'s dislike of jumping.
We are members
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Top Dog an agility dog club located
in Olympia, Washington.
Currently we own:
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Ares NATCH Ares Vom Kamau |
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Morrigan NATCH Montwood's Morrigan V Arista |
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J.J.
Jaeger Jarl Von Bruin 1 Elite Touch & Go Leg, 50 Elite Tunnelers Points |
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Additionally we have had the pleasure of owning three wonderful Doberman Pinschers:
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Perp
He was a Urban Disaster Search Dog
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Bella Bella was an early victim of CVI (Wobblers) which cut
her career and life short.
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Demon She suffered from seizures and had to be retired with 2 out of 3 CDX legs. Her favorite thing in the world was to play tether ball.
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Since you've come to this page and are still reading, you must be interested
in either Agility or Doberman Pinschers. If you are looking for a puppy, or for information on the breed,
we strongly encourage you to contact the
Doberman Pinscher Club of America and/or the United Doberman Club.
Both these clubs are excellent resources and have many good breeders
to choose from.
If you are not sure if the Doberman Pinscher is the right breed for you check
out Is the Doberman the right breed for me?
The Doberman is a working breed and not for everyone, it's better to do the
research now then get a puppy and find out you have made a mistake.
If you know you want a Doberman, but a puppy is not necessarily a requirement
please consider adopting a "rescue" Doberman. For a listing
of some of the rescue organizations try DPCA's National COPE Website
with links to Rescue Organizations. One other great resource for Doberman Information is the e-mail list DoberWorld-L
A word of warning, we do not endorse the breeding or selling of "White
Doberman Pinschers", nor the selling or breeding of "Oversize Doberman
Pinschers", that are incorrectly called "Kings",
"Gladiators", or "Warlocks". Information on The "White" Doberman and "Z" factored Dogs
can be found here.
If you are interested in Agility there are several really good resources on the
internet. Here are a few:
NADAC - North American Dog Agility Council, our favorite agility venue and open to both purebred and mixed breed dogs
USDAA - United States Dog Agility Association, also open to both purebred and mixed breed dogs.
AKC - American Kennel Club, only open to purebred registered dogs, but they offer a large variety of activities you can do with your dog including agility.
Clean Run simply the best agility magazine on the market and they have a wonderful website and e-mail discussion group.
and finally The Dogpatch Doghouse
(a good starting place for dog information). Especially The Dog Agility Page
I hope you have enjoyed my home page and found these links interesting.
The pictures on this page are from many friends and relations and some
wonderful agility photographers including:
My sister Sue Lynch, Tien Tran, Matt Sachs , Joe Camp and Todd Coon
who hold the copyrights to these images.
