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The History of Jobe's Dobies My parents had a passion for Irish Setters and introduced me to the world of dog shows. My first show dog went Best In Show (BIS) in Bermuda. What a great way to start! All our Irish Setters were purchased from Wales. I continued showing Setters in Colorado throughout the 60s. I moved to Washington State during the summer of 1969 where I purchased our first dobe, Freddy, who as we found out later, was a puppy mill dog. I showed him a few times and quickly learned that is was difficult to be competitive in the Doberman breed ring if you weren’t a professional handler. I was very fortunate to take handling lessons from Jane Bennett Anderson, a woman I respected and admired. Only later did I find out she was a highly regarded Doberman breeder and AKC judge. Margi Cox, Marj Brooks, Bob and Pat Hastings and Mary White were just a few of my mentors who freely shared their knowledge of the Doberman breed with me. In 1976 I purchased a puppy, Heidi, who was out of Ch. Durel’s Black Power and Vivians’ Tish of Exodus. Tish, by the way, was the foundation bitch for Laurie Adrian’s Elexas Dobermans. I created the kennel name JOBE (pronounced "Jo-Bee") and gave Heidi the registered name of “Jobe’s Wildfire”. I was living in Ohio when I decided to breed Heidi. I had admired Tonya Childs, Briarpatch Dobermans. Many of Tonya’s dogs were sired by CH. Mikadobes Cupid. I decided I liked the puppies out of Cupid and so I met his handler George Rood and his owner Linda Duff. In 1978 the breeding between Heidi and Cupid produced nine black puppies. I kept a bitch, Jobe’s Life’s Inspiration “OJ” that would later become Champion. Jobe’s Life’s Inspiration, and a dog, Jobe’s Obi Wan Kenobi “Tubby”. In honor of OJ, I changed my kennel name to “Inspiration Dobes”. In 1982 I bred OJ to the lovely dog, American and Canadian Champion Koven’s Michael. The breeding produced 7 black puppies. I kept a bitch, American/Canadian Champion Inspiration’s Runwild C.D., R.O.M “Kilo”. Kilo finished fast with back-to-back specialty majors. She finished her Companion Dog (CD) Obedience title with an average score of 198 out of 200 and passed her temperament test with flying colors, which allowed her to receive a Register of Merit from the Doberman Pinscher Club of America. This was back in 1983 when it took 48 bitches to make a 3-point major. I bred Kilo to Am/Can. Champion Freespirit’s Blackgammon, a dog I had admired for a long time. He floated when he moved. From this breeding, I placed Bruno, Inspiration’s After the Fall WAC in a good home . Bruno was major pointed but was never finished. Kilo was leased to Mary White and bred to Am/Mex. Ch. Electra’s the Windwalker. Kilo’s last litter was a breeding to Ch. Gerent’s Eldo Radley Dob Mann who was the sire of 70 champions at that time. From this litter came the magnificent bitch Ch. Jobe’s Straight from the Hart C.D., R.O.M. “Casey”. Casey finished her CD with an average score of 198 out of 200. I kept her sister, Jobe’s If Looks Could Kill “Heart”. I bred Heart to Mary Rodger’s Dutch Import Dexter Vom Franckenhorst in 1988. This was the best litter yet. In that litter were Ch. Inspiration’s Blackout C. D., C.G.C. “Saxon” (who finished easily and was a Therapy dog that also had legs towards Agility titles) and Inspiration’s Loud and Proud WAC. C.D. C.G.C. “Adam”. Adam was major pointed. I co-owned and showed these two dogs. From that same litter, I kept a dog and a bitch. The dog, Inspiration’s Lethal Weapon “Riggs” was pointed but hated to show. I placed Riggs in a fine “pet” home and he lived to 12 years old as a coach potato. The female, Inspiration’s Flashdance “Kila”, that I co-owned with Mary Rodgers, died tragically of torsion when she was one point away from attaining her American championship. I bred Riggs to Heart and produced a bitch, Inspirations Carlia V TLC that I later bred to Briarwood’s Against the Wind. This breeding produced 4 puppies in 1991. I kept a fat puppy full of life and named him Inspiration’s Invincible “Fabio”. Fabio means courageous in Italian and the name really fit him well. He was 29 inches at the shoulder with tons of bone and fluid movement. He was the dog I had waited 25 years for! He finished his American Championship quickly, at the age of 18 months, with a five point major under a breeder judge and another four point major at the Doberman Club of Wichita Specialty. He also finished his Canadian Championship with ease. I retired him after a few more breed wins. Fabio passed away at the age of 10 in 2002. My remaining Dobe from the Inspiration Dobes bloodline was Inspiration’s TellitLikeitis WAC “Ryan”. Ryan was a nice black male and I had high hopes for him but he died of complications from surgery, which was performed to remove half a tennis ball he had ingested. I have only frozen semen left from 39 years of breeding Dobermans. I am looking to find a compatible bitch to use Ryan’s semen and once more have the Dobes with the physical attributes and temperaments that I adore. I looked long and hard to find another Doberman and finally found a bitch “Tia”. I showed Tia for 8 of her points including a 4-point major at the Doberman Club of Missouri and had Marj Brooks finish Tia with another specialty major for 4-points. She is now recorded as AM/CAN CH.Holmrun’s Emerald Marquis WAC. Sadly, in June 2007 Tia passed away after turning 5 years old in April 2007. Our latest addition is a wonderful little girl Aire, Aire is a German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP). Back in the 1980’s, I showed German Shorthaired Pointers, so I am very familiar with the GSP breed. Also, I owned a magnificent BISS male GSP, CH. Jon-Kel’s Dakota Renegade. I needed a change for a time while awaiting the whelping of the litter where I got my current Dobe. Pele was born October 2007 his registered name is “San Martino’s Game On V Jobe’s”, he is a magnificent male, and I am looking forward to his show career. I have decided to go back to the beginning. Since I am starting all over again in Dobermans I have decided to use my original kennel name of JOBE’S pronounced (Jo-Bees). I am looking forward to a few more good years with the breed I have come to love.
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