Immer Treu German Pinschers, Sequim, Washington

Contact Immer Treu German pinschers (Howard and Lorraine) at this Email Link or at pd0980@gmail.com

LAST UPDATED MAY 1, 2012

Welcome to Immer Treu German Pinschers.  "Immer Treu"  is German for Always Faithful, which is appropriate as German Pinschers are, by their natures, true to their people, and they originated in Germany.

We live in Washington State's beautiful Olympic Peninsula. We are fortunate to have a large property and the dogs have an acre of fenced yard and orchard to call their own. We are very involved in the dog show world training and exhibiting our dogs in Conformation, Agility, Obedience, Rally and Tracking. Howard started with Working Breeds and Lorraine in Papillons over 20 years ago. Today our family consists of one GP male (Max), two female German Pinschers (Lady and Diva) and two female Papillons (Dazzle and Angel). Our dogs are raised as part of our family and as a result they are happy, healthy and well socialized.

We recently imported Lady from Sweden and Diva from Holland to bring genetic diversity into our breeding program. They are both "Natural" German Pinschers with tails, dews and uncropped ears. It is illegal in most countries to crop and dock, however it is customary to remove dews and dock tails on the German Pinscher in the United States. Cropping ears is done primarily on dogs who show in the conformation ring as it is more difficult to finish a championship on an uncropped dog in the U.S.

We are planning a litter this Fall with a bitch we are leasing from Oakwood German Pinschers AM/CAN CH Oakwood v Kaitler Rainy Night in Georgia (Rain). Rain has great conformation, health and temperament and we are in the process of selecting her mate. We are very excited about this upcoming litter and will be updating our Litter Plans page on a regular basis with additional information. For additional information check our Frequently Asked Questions page.

We are very proud to have bred and handled the 2010 German Pinscher Club of America National Specialty Best Opposite Sex/Best in Sweeps winner (Dreamer) and the 2011 German Pinscher Club of America National Specialty Best of Breed Winner (Max).  

We discovered the German Pinscher breed in 2007 after extensive research to determine what would be the ideal breed for our family.  We were looking for a mid-sized, energetic, loyal family dog who was capable of acting as home protection and we found that the German Pinscher met all of those criteria. The German Pinscher is an excellent vermin hunter and our dogs keep our property free of vermin and deer which we appreciate.

Our first German Pinscher was "Bahn" AKC/INT'L CH Angelsun Attract Attention who was an excellent dog. Bahn was our foundation bitch and produced our first GP litter when bred to "Lukas" AM GR CH/CAN/INTL CH Oakwood V Kaitlers Revival (Top winning German Pinscher in AKC history). Images of Bahn and Lukas are on the Pictures page.  This first litter (Midnight Litter) proved to be exceptional, producing four champions out of seven pups including the 2011 German Pinscher Club of America National Specialty winner (Max), 2010 German Pinscher Club of America National Specialty Best Opposite Sex and Best in Sweeps winner (Dreamer), the 2010 #2 German Pinscher in Canada (Flame) and their sister Dash who finished her Championship in 2011.

We produce a litter of puppies only when we would like to add a pup to our family and can improve the breed. We are very selective in making our breeding decisions in an effort to produce dogs with excellent health, temperament and conformation. The German Pinscher is a Working breed which means they must be structurally sound in both body and mind. We look for those dogs that not only fit the "type", meaning they look like a GP, but also have great movement and substance as well as a stable temperament.

We feel very responsible for every puppy that is produced as a result of our breeding decisions. German Pinschers are a long-lived breed and our goal is to breed dogs that make wonderful family pets first and foremost. We always hope that the owners work with their dogs in some capacity, whether it's conformation or performance, because it develops a strong bond between them but our main goal is placing happy, healthy puppies in their forever homes.

Click here for the AKC Standard for German Pinschers.