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The Dobermann breed owes a huge debt of gratitude to Elly and Fritz Sauermann of the v. Ellendonk Kennel. This husband and wife team were training experts who had already achieved considerable success working with German Shepherds before turning their attention to the Dobermann. They produced countless outstanding working and show champion (Sieger) Dobermanns, the most famous being Bingo v. Ellendonk, SchH3, FH, angekört (ZVA) .

Bingo is widely credited with improving the character of the Dobermann in Europe. He won the 1977 D.V. Meisterschaft at 2 years of age and is the only Dobermann to have ever recorded a score of 100/100/100 in Schutzhund. He also passed the Körung for life with highest ratings for hardness & working drives. Succesful progeny of Bingo include: Cora v. Papenkamp who won the DV Meisterschaft in 1981, 1982 & 1984, Bonni v. Nettetal who won the 1986 & 1987 DV Meisterschaft, and Nicolai v. Kloster-kamp , 2nd at the 1987 DV Meisterschaft , etc. Even today, more than half of all DV Meisterschaft participants trace their heritage to this truly outstanding dog!

Bingo was the son of Jago v. Beelen & Palma v. Ellendonk

Jago won the 1972 Bundessieger title, gained his SchH II, and passed the Körung for life

Palma won the 1975 D.V. Meisterschaft and passed Körung for life with top marks for hardness & working drives

Palma was the daughter of Miko v. Fürstenfeld, SchH1, Int CH. & Iris v. Ellendonk, SchH1

The excellent combination that produced Miko (Bordo x Citta v. Fürstenfeld) was made 5x!
Some notable dogs from the combination:

Mecki - SchH3, 1965 Bdsg., 1965 Dutch Winner, International Champion

Mascha - SchH3, 1965 Bdsgn., German & DDR & International Champion

Vilja - 1967 Bdsgn.

Verry - 1970 DV-Lstsg.

Vello - 35x SchH3 & angekört (ZVA)

Vello was sire of Bryan v. Forell

(Bryan was sire of Guy's Hilo v. Norden Stamm, thus grandsire of Ali v. Langenhorst)

Vello was sire of Bonni v. Forell

(Bonni was sire of 1978 & 1979 DV-Lstsg. Pero v. Frankenland, SchH3)

Vello was sire of Dascha v. Forell
(the dam of Jago v. Beelen, thus granddam of Bingo v. Ellendonk & Bronco v. Zenn)

It is a matter of interest that Bingo, Bronco & Ali were combined in the pedigree of
1993 DV-Lstsg. + DV-Sg. Hertog Conan v. Manensheide, SchH3, IPO3, angekört (ZVA) resulting in Conan carrying 7 distinct links to Vello.

Conan remains the only Dobermann to date to win both the DV Working Championship and the DV Conformation Championship. The first combination of Conan & Gina v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, IPO3 (the "N" litter v.d. Weyermühle) produced the highest number of angekört Dobermanns ever in one litter!

Ningicosan v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH2, IPO3, angekört (ZVA) is the sire of our foundation bitch, Qastra v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, AD, IPO 3

**Pascha v.d. Weyermühle, BH , from the repeat breeding of the "N" combination, is the sire of our "D" litter Germania.

Pedigree of Bingo v. Ellendonk -- Linebred on Lump v. Hagenstolz
Jago v. Beelen	Chico v. Forell	Odin v. Forell	Falko v. Hagenstolz
			Iris v. Forrel
		Cita Germania	Caesar v. Weideneck
			Reni Germania
	Dascha v. Forell	Vello v. Fürstenfeld	Bordo v. Fürstenfeld
			Citta v. Fürstenfeld
		Kira v. Romberg	Bingo v. Dornberg
			Ilka v. Romberg
Palma v. Ellendonk	Miko v. Fürstenfeld	Bordo v. Fürstenfeld	Lump v. Hagenstolz
			Inka v.d. Nornburg
		Citta v. Fürstenfeld	Lump v. Hagenstolz
			Carmen v. Felsingpass
	Iris v. Ellendonk	Fred v. Blütenstadt Orsoy	Alf v. Hagenfreund
			Asta v.d. Hochheide
		Dixi v. Krakau	Dirk v. Goldberg
			Elke St. Clemens

Iris' brother, Immo v. Ellendonk, SchH3 won the 1971 D.V. Meisterschaft

Both Iris and Immo were the products of TWO D.V. Meisterschaft winners:
Dixi v. Krakau, SchH3 (DV-Lstsg. 1964) and Fred v.d. Blütenstadt Orsoy, SchH3 (DV-Lstsg. 1961-62-63)

A prolific brood bitch for the von Ellendonk kennel, Dixi also produced the
1966 DV- Lstsg. Gerra v. Ellendonk, SchH3

Gerra produced among others, Trux v. Ellendonk, SchH3 who competed in the Meisterschaft several times, Tasso v. Ellendonk, SchH3, angekört and Tanja v. Ellendonk, SchH3 (who in combination with Vello v. Fürstenfeld produced
Boy v.d. Mühlenbirke, SchH3, angekört (ZVA), 1976 DV-Sg .

Gerra's brother, Gero v. Ellendonk, SchH3 sired Satan (SchH2) & Sanko v. Ellendonk, SchH3 who both passed the Körung with top ratings. A repeat litter combination of the "S" litter also produced DV-Youth Sg. Ulfas v. Ellendonk, SchH1, angekört

Gero v. Ellendonk in combination with Palma v. Ellendonk also produced
World-Youth-Sg. Xyla v. Ellendonk, SchH1, angekört

In combination with Vello v. Fürstenfeld, Xyla produced Armin v.d. Eich, SchH3 who was sire to Austrian working champion Österr-Lstsg. Armin v.d. Hochstede, SchH3, and grandsire of Österr-Lstsg. Fello v.d. Hochstede, SchH3

Xyla's sister, Xandra v. Ellendonk became a foundation bitch at Fritz Fischer's Kennel
v. Kirchbühl .

Xandra was frequently mated with 1974 & 1975 Top German Stud Dog
Falk v. Rotbachtal, SchH III, angekört . Falk was a Fred v. Blütenstadt Orsoy (multi DV-Lstsg.) grandson who passed the Körung with highest rating for hardness & working drives.

In 1982, DV/SV/ADRK Judge Ottmar Vogel commented in his famous book Zucht und Sport mit dem Dobermann that Falk possessed truly extraordinary hardness. In 1998, Herr Vogel re-asserted his belief after years of judging and personally breeding German Shepherds, Rottweilers and Dobermanns, that Falk remains truly the hardest dog he has ever known.

The combinations of Falk v. Rotbachtal, SchH3, angekört & Xandra v. Ellendonk produced the 1980 DV-Lstsg. Flax v. Kirchbühl, SchH3 , Cora v. Kirchbühl, SchH3 ( Cliff v. Kirchbühl, SchH3 over 50x ) and Esta v. Kirchbühl, SchH3, angekört

Cora Kirchbühl & Bingo v. Ellendonk produced Ilo v. Kirchbühl, SchH3, angekört (ZVA) . Ilo made SchH3 with scores like 99/96/96 and competed in the 1981 DV Meisterschaft

The combination of Falk v. Rotbachtal, SchH3, angekört & Zira v. Frankenland, SchH1 (a Bordo v. Fürstenfeld granddaughter) produced Dixi v. Kirchbühl, SchH2 , foundation bitch at Manfred Lerner's von Bayern Kennel

Falk was also the sire of 1976 DV-Lstsg. Jaro v.d. Stollburg, SchH3, angekört (ZVA) and the grandsire of Cora v. Papenkamp, SchH3, DV-Lstsg. 1981, 1982 & 1984

The combination of Satan & Vesta v. Ellendonk, SchH1 produced Yago (SchH1) & Yuko v. Ellendonk, SchH1 who both passed the Körung with the best ratings possible.

Vesta was the DV-Sgn. and is a Gerra v. Ellendonk (DV-Lstsg. 1966) granddaughter through her mother, Jessy v. Ellendonk, SchH1 (whose siblings included Jenny v. Ellendonk, SchH3 and from the repeat litter, Kora v. Ellendonk, SchH1, Bdsgn. )

Jenny v. Ellendonk, SchH3 became the foundation bitch of the v. d. Räuberhöhle kennel, thus finding her way into the early litters of Ottmar Vogel's Kennel v. Wilden Markgraf

Vogel paired his foundation bitch, the Vello v. Fürstenfeld & Jenny v. Ellendonk daughter, Bessy v.d. Räuberhöhle with Falk v. Rotbachtal and produced his "B" & "C" litters

Bina v. Wilden Markgraf, SchH3, FH, angekört (ZVA) ,
the mother of
1983 DV-Lstsg. Hektor v. Wilden Markgraf, SchH3

Conni v. Wilden Markgraf, SchH3, angekört (ZVA) foundation bitch of the
v. Nassau-Oranien Kennel.

Returning now to Satan v. Ellendonk's contributions, Satan also sired Akim v. Vaciweba, SchH3 who passed the Körung with top ratings. The combination of Akim & Alfa v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3 produced
Boris v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, angekört (ZVA)

Boris in turn sired the important brood bitch Gina v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, IPO3 .

The combination of Sanko & Palma v. Ellendonk produced the "Z" litter & "A" litter v. Ellendonk: Zastra v. Ellendonk, SchH1, angekört, Zamba v. Ellendonk & Afra v. Ellendonk, SchH3, FH, angekört (ZVA) were notable

Zastra & Yago , combined to produce the "B" litter v. Orakel ( Black v. Orakel, angekört, & Belle v. Orakel, SchH1, angekört & Bellinda v. Orakel, SchH1, angekört )

Black v. Orakel was the grandsire of important brood bitch Hera v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3 through his son, Argus v. Geronatal, SchH3, angekört .

Belle v. Orakel, SchH1 & Brutus v. Nymphenburg produced David v.d. Rothenbuch, SchH3, angekört --sire of Askan v. Kiepenkerl, SchH3, angekört , multi DV Meisterschaft participant (Askan's dam was Dana v. Ohmtal, a full blood sister to Ali v. Langenhorst)

Zamba v. Ellendonk combined with Jago v. Beelen to produce Britta v. Karmanshoff , the dam of 1985 DV-Lstsg. Anuk v. Nettetal, SchH3 .

Anuk bred to Bingo v. Ellendonk produced 1986 & 1987 DV-Lstsg. Bonni v. Nettetal, SchH3

Satan v. Ellendonk & Blanka v.d. Au, SchH3 produced both the "B" & "C" litters v. Niederkassel :

Biene - mother of Ali v. Langenhorst, SchH3, angekört (ZVA) Ali was an International & German Champion, 1982 Bdsg., 1983 DV-Sg. & 1982 IDC-Sg. Sire of countless titled working dogs, including the "C" litter v.d. Mooreiche .

Cona - served as a foundation bitch for Kennel v.d. Weyermühle . She was titled to SchH3 by Norbert Schmitz and lived to 14 ½ years of age.

Cona was also foundation bitch at Kennel v.d. Klingenstadt where she produced the "A" and "C" litter who were blood siblings (sired by Bingo v. Ellendonk) to the "A" litter v.d. Weyermühle . Cäsar v.d. Klingenstadt was sire to 1992 Finnish All Breeds Working Champion Papin Amatzon, IPO3, HK3, JK3 and thus grandsire to Doberwaches Amatzon, SchH3 FH AD IPO3, ausgebildeter SEK-Polizeidiensthund

Bryan - passed the Körung with top ratings & titled to SchH3 with scores such as: 99/97/99.

Bento - passed the Körung at 2 years of age with top ratings

Bessie - passed the Körung at 2 years of age with top ratings & SchH3 with exceptional scores.

The "A" litter v.d. Weyermühle (Bingo v. Ellendonk x Cona v. Niederkassel, SchH3):

Arco - SchH3, passed the Körung with top ratings and competed in the D.V. Meisterschaft (owner: Klaus Kölbl, breeder of v.d. Mooreiche kennels) unfortunately died young in car accident

Anouk - SchH3, passed the Körung and competed in the 1986 & 1987 D.V. Meisterschaft (4th place in 1987 with 93/96/97) Anouk scored 100/97/95 in the 1986 Nordrhein Prüfung & 100/99/95 in the 1987 Nordrhein Prüfung

Anouk is dam of the "G" litter v.d. Weyermühle from which came later brood bitch
Gina v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, IPO3 & famous brother Gero v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, angekört (ZVA)

Alfa - SchH3, broken teeth early in her career prevented later work. Her breeders consider Alfa to have had the stronger character of their two original brood bitches

Alfa was dam of later brood bitch, Hera v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3 , 2nd place in the 1993 Nordrhein Prüfung with 99/97/98

Hera was dam of our foundation bitches Qastra v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, AD, IPO3 & Snoopy v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, IPO3, Politihund Kåring .

Asko - SchH3 and sire of Gero v.d. Mooreiche, SchH3, angekört (ZVA) who twice came 2nd in the D.V.Meisterschaft. Gero sired the Saarland Police Meisterschaft winner, the 1997 D.V Meisterschaft winner, and the "B" litter v.d. Doberwache

Amor - many times titled to SchH3, FH, IPO3

Amor was the sire of Kleo v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH2, IPO3, 1996 IDC Weltmeister, GSV-Polizeidiensthund (Scent ID Police Dog)

Kleo is dam of:

a. Doberwaches Amatzon, SchH3, FH, IPO3, ausgebildeter SEK-Polizeidiensthund (trained Anti-terrorist Police dog, sire of our bitch
Snoopy v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, IPO3, PH Kåring

b. Bronco v.d. Doberwache, SchH3, FH2, IPO3 , member of Finnish FCI Championship FH2 Team.

Bronco's brothers, Bingo & Bastian are police dogs in Finland. His sisters Brista & Branca passed the Körung with top marks, and Brista has competed in the D.V. Meisterschaft.

Bronco is the sire of our "E", "G," "H" & "J" litters.

Ascomannis Hassan recieved his PH Kåring in 2003 and is an active Police Service Dog. He is the only Dobermann serving on the Danish Police Force.

Amor was the sire of Adux v. Merkureck, PSP Polizeidiensthund/NRW = Police Dog in Nordrhein/Westfalen (brother Andy and sister Anouk competed in the DV Meisterschaft)

Adux was sire of:

a. Mannix v.d. Weyermühle, PSP, RGSPH Polizeidiensthund/NRW

The combination of Mannix & Ohra v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, angekört produced:

** Alf v.d. Urftquelle, PSP, Polizeidiensthund /NRW

** 1999 IDC Weltmeister Alfred v.d. Urftquelle, SchH3, FH, IPO3, angekört (ZVA) , who in combination with our Qastra v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, FH, AD, IPO3 produced our "A" litter Germania .

b. Alex v. Bachtal, SchH2, angekört whose mother Eycha v. Falkensee, SchH2 was also an Ali v. Langenhorst daughter

**The combination of Alex & Snoopy v.d. Weyermühle, SchH3, IPO3, PH Kåring produced our "F" litter of which Ascomannis Ferro has already attained his PH Kåring at less than 2 years of age with 105 /110.

The "C" litter v.d. Mooreiche combined the Bingo v. Ellendonk daughter--
Brista v. Reuschenburg, SchH3, FH, with a Biene v. Niederkassel son--
Ali v. Langenhorst, SchH3, angekört (ZVA), and produced:

a. Cheska SchH3, IPO2 - foundation bitch of the v. Merkureck kennel and dam of
Adux v. Merkureck (see reference to Amor v.d Weyermühle )

b. Cora SchH3,FH,angekört (ZVA) , competed in the D.V. Meisterschaft and was dam of
Gero v.d. Mooreiche (see reference to Asko v.d Weyermühle )

c. Chiela SchH3, angekört (ZVA) passed the Körung with highest rating for hardness & working drives and competed in the DV Meisterschaft.

d. Castor, SchH3, angekört (ZVA), Int + Dt CH. passed the Körung for life, competed in the D.V Meisterschaft. He attained some exceptional SchH3 scores: 99/87/99 & 100/97/100

[..It is irrefutable , however, that great genetic influence is only created by narrowing the width of the genetic spectrum (inbreeding). The bloodline pedigree speaks a very clear language if one compares what genetics animals posses, by looking at the combinations of their ancestors. But , it does depend on how that is done. It is not inbreeding , or incestbreeding that is the problem, but man (=breeder) in all his inadequacies . Because in any kind of close inbreeding, the breeder must know ahead of time if success is even possible. When the genetic spectrum is narrowed, not only the positive characteristics of a breed intensify, but also defects and flaws which may have been hidden appear to a larger degree. Especially in these cases, one will see the quality of a breeder and how thorough his observations are, as well as how realistically he views his own breeding stock. Only through the strictest, self-imposed standards when it comes to selecting breeding animals will a breeder succeed in improving his offspring, in appearance as well as in temperament. .]

[.It is also very difficult to recognize the entire temperament of a potential breeding animal. So even as a breeder, one has to engage in training in order to recognize differences and differentiation of genetic predispositions. As a rule, one can only get a clear picture if the Dobermann has been in training for about two years. Appearance on the other hand is recognizable a lot earlier, and it is certainly easier to measure. The breeder often accomplishes that already when he exhibits his dog in the young dog class of a show by getting the judges evaluation. On the other hand, the ability to handle stress (which is a major factor in the inheritance of temperament) can only be evaluated after advanced training towards the clean performance of certain exercises, especially in protection work. Many dogs will then show very quickly that they are not as strong nerved as one initially thought. Since the ability to handle stress is closely related to hardness or the degree of robustness , it is of great importance for the breeder. A robust Dobermann is uncomplicated and not overly sensitive, so he is easy to keep for a breed fancier on one hand, on the other hand he is easy to train for dog sport participants. Only if a breeder succeeds over a long period of time in producing a Dobermann who satisfies in both categories (temperament and appearance), will he assure himself success and recognition. .]

Ottmar Vogel, Zucht und Sport mit dem Dobermann (Dachau. LPC München, 1986) 69-70.

All English Language rights reserved by Lisa Schuller who has been granted by the author, the exclusive right to publish and distribute for sale throughout the world, the English Language edition of the above named Work. Publication planned in 2006, of the English language translation by Armin Winkler, edited by Lisa Schuller.

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