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ABOUT US.......We are Martin & Jay Horgan, we live in Staffordshire with our Dobermanns, Burmese cats and German Pinscher. We breed, show internationally, train and work our dogs in Schutzhund.

At Aritaur, we do not breed commercially and have on average two litters a year. We know where all the dogs we have bred are, and remain in regular contact with their owners. Our puppies are only placed with carefully chosen families and we do not over breed our bitches. We do not favour one 'type' - English, European or American over another; just a good quality, healthy, confident, sociable and good looking dog.

Aritaur are THE ONLY UK Dobermann breeders to publish total health results for all our dogs, including good and poor results. We don't just say 'tested' as another top breeder does.

We are very fortunate to have a group of wonderful owners and friends whose dedication to their dogs shows in the very many awards Aritaur dogs gain in the showring.

We aim to continually improve our breeding with the best available stud males and females worldwide, and to produce a Dobermann as sound in mind as in conformation and health. A beautiful Dobermann with an weak character and poor health is of no value to the breed. In addition to our success in the show ring, you will find character and health are higher in priority for us than just a good looking dog.

Jay is an Affiliate of the BIPDT (British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers); Martin is Chairman of the South Cheshire Schutzhund Club and a qualified track layer with the BSA (British Schutzhund Association). We are both KC/DBC (Dobermann Breed Council) listed judges.
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Dog World Dobermann supplement front cover June 2009, us with Nominator & Kalina
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Our home is in the middle of the country in the Staffordshire Moorlands between Ashbourne & Stoke-on-Trent (1 m from Alton Towers).
   
   
Photo by Dean Sawyer
  
   
                           

Martin & Jay with our exceptional and beloved Juno - Crislea Centrefold of Aritaur, bred by Pat Newey

Along with many Top Breeders across all breeds, we have for many years resisted membership of the Kennel Club 'Accredited Breeder' scheme due to the lax regulations of the scheme. Some breeders jumped on the PR opportunities without having health tested their dogs, and there was no restriction to the number of litters a so called Accredited Breeder can have, commercially breeding 20 + litters a year. Now that the KC have removed some breeders from the scheme and have tightened up their inspections, we are now members of the scheme. You will forgive us if we don't put gaudy bling blings and sparklers all over our site. Health testing is quite simply nothing more than any decent breeder should do. Aritaur health test more dogs than any other UK Dobermann breeder, and publish ALL results, not just the good ones.

Take care when choosing your breeder to watch out for 'tested' beside some dogs details. Why would a breeder put results up on one dog, but then just 'tested' against another unless they are trying to hide something. If you find a dog with 'tested' alongside it, you can now check out the results on the KC website http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/services/public/health/search/
                                                   
 
Breeders of Champions who care about the breed, health and the welfare of the Dobermann, whether a top winning dog, a great obedience worker or just a best friend - as they were all bred to be.
         
At Aritaur we breed for show and work, but for companions first and foremost. We breed sparingly, selectively and conscientiously, for strong, healthy, sound dogs capable of good physical and mental stamina whilst working or showing, with trainable and steady characters. We combine the strong English lines of our kennel with some of the best European and American lines to bring fresh genes into our breeding and to further improve our consistently winning dogs and bitches. Having seen the devastating results of (dilated cardiomyopathy) DCM on dogs and their owners, we strongly believe in health testing. All our dogs (whether for breeding or not) are heart tested on average every 18 months at Liverpool University. We also eye test for PHPV, VWd, Hips, Thyroid and Auto-immune. If you are buying a puppy you are making a serious financial and emotional commitment and our commitment to our puppies and our buyers is that we will never knowingly breed from dogs or bitches with serious genetic health problems. We will not compromise on character just to breed a good looking show dog, and we also take a view of the value of the whole dog in a breeding programme rather than on a single health result. Removing a dog from the gene pool due to one poor test when he/she may have outstanding character, otherwise superb health and excellent breed type, would result in not many Dobermanns being bred. We will not compromise on DCM or VWd (see health page), but take a longer term view on eliminating undesirable issues.
         
   
Easter & Bailey Henriksen and friends in Denmark (photo by Katja Henrikssen)

Our Foundation bitch was the outstanding Crislea Centrefold of Aritaur (Juno) bred by Mrs Pat Newey. Juno is a very tightly bred daughter of Ch Holtzburg Mayhem. One of the most special bitches who everyone loved; she gave us everything and got a lot of cookies and hugs in return!

Ch Holtzburg Mayhem was the UK's Top Stud Dog in 1995 and Top Dobermann Stud Dog in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995. A major influence on the breed in this country; many of the best Dobermanns in the country contain his bloodlines and those of his father Ch Perihelias Resolution, who was also the sire of Ch Sallate Ferris, who remains today the unbeaten UK Breed Record Holder with 42 CC's.

Juno's first litter was to Khaneve Rage n' Honour, a Ferris grandson and established our success with Aritaur Flip Fantasia JW and Aritaur Midnight Rave, who is a Champion producer. Juno's second litter was to Ch Miendy's Soba Up, a predominantly line bred dog on Jowendy's, Manzart and Mayhem. From that litter, we had our first UK Champions - two litter sisters - Ch Aritaur A Little More Soba and Ch Aritaur Surprisingly Soba.

Juno's tight breeding enabled us to outcross and bring in fresh blood from Europe. Under the Pet Passport scheme we were one of the first Dobermann breeders to take advantage of being able to travel to Europe without quarantine and we chose the excellent Belgian sire German VDH Ch Ramonburg's Valdo. By Marienburg's Dark Daimler, an American sire, his pedigree contains the cream of Belgian and American lines; Marienburgs, Ramonburg's, van de Donken, von Franckenhorst and van Neerlands Stam. In May 2001, the D litter were born.

The progeny from that litter enabled us to show and win against top competition in Europe which is now a regular fixture for us. We achieved great success with Ned Ch, Europa Jugend Siegerin, Lux & Bel Winner Aritaur Dominatrix, Top Brood Bitch Working Group 2007, whose first title at Paris Euro Dog Show 2002, was from Pierluigi Pezzano, one of the top European Breed Specialists. Dominatrix remains the only UK bred Dobermann to gain a Siegerin title. We are delighted that her grandson - A. Vincent Vega has re-claimed the title

 
Following her many successes, we took Dominatrix to Finland at Christmas 2003 to mate her to the internationally acclaimed Russian male Int, Multi & Russ Ch Tamerlan iz Slavnoi Stai. The 10 puppies born in February '04, were the superb 'H' litter, led by UK & Ir Ch Aritaur Hipnotique BOB Crufts 2008 who has just equaled the UK bitch breed record with 28 CC's. At 19 months she became the youngest ever Dobermann to gain both her UK & Irish crowns and has too many wins to mention here. Lux & UK Ch Aritaur Heracles at Brintala is currently aiming for his Dutch and Irish titles. Lux Ch A. Histabraq 1CC gained his SchH3,(and is the sire of CC winners), Hermione in Sweden who is a twice BIS Winner and dam of the Euro Youth Ch 2007, and Ch Aritaur Helina won her title in May 09. The H litter is the most winning litter since 1953, with four Champions, two Multi Champions, the Bitch Breed Record Holder and the highest ever scoring Schutzhund Dobermann in the UK. As a result of this mating, Tamerlan became the first dog resident overseas to become Top UK Stud Dog 2007.

In 2005 we took Dominatrix to Paris for her second mating to Int, Multi & Fr Ch F'Hiram Abif Royal Bell, giving us the excellent 'N' litter already producing CC winner at The Dobermann Club 09 with A. Nominator. His brother A. Notorious has his Sch1 with the highest scores possible at that grade in the UK.

Dominatrix had her last litter in Feb 2007 to a son of Tamerlan, the lovely young Hungarian Ch. Tom Dober Hagi. The 'T' litter puppies (shown from July 2007) have already won many classes; Aritaur Tomahawk Marillium gained his ShCM in 2008. A. Tarantino with Asissi is the Celtic Junior Winner 2008 and won his first CACIB aged 14 months. A. Tarantella has 2 RCC. Now aged 8, Dominatrix recently won her 6th Irish Green Star, beating other much younger competition.

Aritaur Histabraq - photo, design and image editing by Dean Sawyer for Dog World breed supplement front cover June 2007
 

This fine example of one of our males (right), is 'Moby' (aka Aritaur Full Monty), in partnership with Phil Lowther & breeder Martin Horgan.

Our dogs stay with us for life and are not re-homed when they can no longer be shown, worked or bred from. When you choose a breeder, you may find it most interesting to ask where their old dogs are - if it matters to you?!

If you want just a dog just for show rather than companionship (get a life), a couch potato (get a cat), kennel or guard dog (get an alarm system) and don’t call us!

 

We are proud to have a reputation for breeding Dobermanns capable of working whether in working trials, films, Schutzhund or agility. We are adamantly opposed to backward mentality of some breeders that show dogs should not receive at least basic obedience. It insults the intelligence of this breed. Click for TRAINING tips.

Unlike some other top winning kennels, many of our dogs are owner/handled with great success, and we are proud that our breeding is of such good quality to gain the highest awards on merit.

If you are considering owning a Dobermann but are unsure if you are right for the breed, we offer an FAQ's page. You should also try to visit a local dog show to meet the breed in an environment other than its' home. You are welcome to call us if you would like more information.

                       
 
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