On April 19, 2012, Lorraine flew to TN to visit Kimberle Schiff of Oakwood German Pinschers to visit and puppysit while Kim judged in Florida. This afforded Lorraine the opportunity to evaluate both Zoobie and her sister, Rain who were both available for lease. After evaluating both girls, Lorraine determined that Rain would be a better fit for our breeding program. Rain has great conformation and a sweet, calm temperament and she recently produced a lovely litter of puppies with outgoing temperaments and very nice conformation. AM/CAN CH Oakwood v Kaitler Rainy Night in Georgia "Rain" will be visiting us at her next season for our planned litter to a lovely European male. Our goal is to produce a bitch from this litter that we can breed back to one of our males allowing us to retain our "type" while continuing to improve health and temperament as well as increasing genetic diversity.

There will be additional information on the male that we will use with Rain once we receive the frozen semen. We are keeping our fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly as shipping semen from overseas is a complicated process.

Our Breeding Philosophy

We believe that breeding a litter is not an endeavor to be taken lightly and our goal is to produce a better example of the breed when we make our breeding decisions. It is imperative that Breeders have at least a basic understanding of genetic principles, breeding systems (in-breeding, line-breeding and out-crossing), dog anatomy and structure and an ability to understand a pedigree beyond just the names and titles of the dogs.

We continuously strive to improve our breeding program by attending Breeder Seminars and Symposiums, GPCA National Specialities, and communicating with reputable German Pinscher breeders around the world as well as respected Reproductive Veterinarians Dr. Cindy Smith and Dr. Cheryl Lopate. We are also avid readers of Dr. Claudia Orlandi, Dr. Carmen Battaglia, Myra Savant-Harris, Phyllis Holst and Margaret Kustritz who have written excellent books on everything related to breeding dogs. You can find their books at Dogwise, a publishing house specializing in canine literature.

Our criteria for breeding is that we start with the best dogs and keep an eye on our goal of producing the best German Pinschers possible. It has been proven by many exceptional breeders that line-breeding is the most reliable breeding method for establishing consistent type with the occasional out-cross brought in to improve specific issues in the lines. We were fortunate to start our GP breeding program with excellent examples of the breed. Our great foundation bitch, "Bahn" AKC/INT'L CH Angelsun Attract Attention bred to "Lukas" AM GR CH/CAN/INTL CH Oakwood V Kaitlers Revival resulted in our exceptional "Midnight" litter. Max and Flame are the two outstanding stud dogs from this litter. We imported Lady and Diva from Europe in 2011 as puppies and with their excellent lines, health and temperament they should compliment our boys very well. We are training both Lady and Diva for the conformation and performance rings and in 2013 we will evaluate them for our breeding program.

While we are waiting for the girls to grow up, we decided to lease a well-bred bitch that we could use with a male from Europe. This will provide us with an opportunity to potentially have three lines to work with. We believe that line-breeding is essential in maintaining a consistent type, however we also realize that in a breed with such a small gene pool it is imperative we work with other responsible breeders to import or lease dogs with healthy lines. Our goal is to weave these healthy lines into ours to maintain health and temperament while keeping the type consistent. Max and Flame have excellent type, great temperaments and overall good health. There is always room for improvement and in our lines we are moving forward with Lady, Diva and Rain to improve eye health since cataracts are present in Bahn and Lukas' pedigrees.

Immer Treu puppies are reserved in advance and you must complete our “Puppy Application” to be placed on our waiting list. You should read our "Frequently Asked Questions" page for additional information.

We work with overseas breeders but reservations must be made prior to whelping so dews and tails can be left intact.