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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 top 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 of which we are informed. We don't just say 'tested'. 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 are proud to have awards for the highest excellence in showing and working, with strong confident characters and good health. We aim to continually improve our breeding with the best available dogs worldwide, and to produce a Dobermann as sound in mind as in conformation and health. A beautiful Dobermann with a weak character and poor health is of no value to the breed. 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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Front cover of Dog World ...photo David Knowles
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We live at a derelict seminary in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The Headmasters House is bottom left. |
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As with many Top Breeders of other breeds, for many years we rejected 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 a so called Accredited
Breeder could be a commercial breeder of 20 + litters a year. However, now the KC have removed some breeders from the scheme and have tightened up their inspections, we have now joined the scheme. We don't put gaudy bling and sparklers on 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 details on ALL results, not just the good ones. |
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Martin & Jay with our exceptional and beloved Juno - Crislea Centrefold of Aritaur, bred by Pat Newey Photo by Dean Sawyer |
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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. |
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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 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 owners, we strongly believe in health testing. All our
dogs (whether bred from or not) are heart tested annually to every 18 months at Liverpool University or other scheme cardiologist. We also 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 promise 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 very few Dobermanns being bred. We will not compromise on DCM or VWd (see health page), but take a longer term view on eliminating undesirable issues. |
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Easter & Bailey Henriksen and friends in Denmark (photo by Katja Henrikssen) |
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Our Foundation bitch was the outstanding Crislea Centrefold of Aritaur (Juno) bred by 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. Resolution 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. Sired by the American Marienburg's Dark Daimler (US Imp), 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 gave us a big profile winning 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 |
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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 and 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, Irish & UK Ch Aritaur Heracles at Brintala has only to gain his Dutch title to become an Int' Champion. Lux Ch A. Histabraq ZTP1A, 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 titled Dobermann litter of all time, 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. Histabraq and Vincent Vega are the only two UK bred dogs to gain their ZTP V1A. 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 & RCC. A. Tarantino with Asissi is the Celtic Junior Winner 2008 and won his first CACIB aged 14 months. Aritaur Tarantella has 1 CC & 3 RCC. |
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Aritaur Histabraq - photo, design and image editing by Dean Sawyer for Dog World breed supplement front cover June 2007 |
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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. Many of our dogs are owner/handled with great success, and we our breeding is of such 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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