Spumanti Dobermans

05/11/2024

Thank You ☺️ to the judges for finding my boy at the Ocala shows this weekend Mr. Duff M. Harris & Mrs. Pat M. Jenkins. First weekend out I’m so happy with how he is doing. Handled by the lovely Cassandra Carpenter.

01/11/2024

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22/10/2024

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog to the point that unhealthy dependency and interactions are no longer noticed
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants—aka, provide no structure, rules, or accountability
•Foster an environment of chaos, stress, and anxiety
•Refuse to train and pattern calmness
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog how to be independent/alone by using a “Place” command, “Downstay, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog temporarily uncomfortable or unhappy—in other words, cater to your dog’s every desire/need, designing your life around your dog, rather than having your dog fit into yours
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, disable, lean on, omit teaching necessary life skills, prioritize what feels good for you rather than what does good for your dog, and through this master plan of leadership-free chaos, and systematic cultivation of creating a toxic dependency between dog and human...you’ll ensure that when you leave, your dog will be a true emotional mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be calm, obedient, strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

28/09/2024

Doesn’t mean you can’t still love them more than anything. Don’t reward when they are unsure, aggressive and unfocused. Love them but train them cause you love them.

Having been a veterinarian for almost 3 decades, I have seen the tide of how animals are treated change drastically. When I graduated dogs were dogs, now dogs are considered to be higher ranking than people. In our crazy world, people love their dogs more than they love their own families and they treat their dogs better than they treat other humans and I am sorry to say that we are destroying our dogs mental health because of it.

It is increasingly common to go into an exam room and have a dog that is growling at me and trying to bite and the owner is petting it telling it that it is a good dog. It is NOT being a good dog and it should not be rewarded for growling and trying to bite. It is important that we train our dogs properly and we use right language with them. Never is it ok for a dog to growl and try and bite in an exam room where nothing horrible is happening to them and feeding into that behavior does not make it better for your dog, it trains them that their fear is a good thing and it is not.

Mental disorders are exponentially increasing in our dogs and it is us owners fault. Please stop treating your dog like it is some fragile child and start treating it like it is a dog. TRAIN them and teach them commands and correct them when they are wrong and stop thinking you are going to hurt their feelings if you do. Dogs are dogs, not small humans. They need training and proper instructions or it leads to horrible anxiety issues in them and I can assure that that behavior is going to hurt your feelings way more than being an adult and training your dog to be a good dog instead of a spoiled child.

The following are a few copied excerpts from an article that I read this morning from a dog trainer. I feel like there are a good reminder for all of us on exactly what are dogs are and what they need.

"Your dog is a dog, not a human child. Constant unearned affection is a killer and creates an unhealthy addiction for both dog and owner. Your dog will love you unconditionally but will never respect you unless you give it reason to.

The most basic of basics, your dog must learn how to be still in any situation. If your dog can’t be still around any distraction, you will never have control.
Recall
Sit
Down
Walk nicely on leash
Out, meaning release anything in your mouth

You MUST have a language dedicated to your dog that your dog can learn by you being consistent and applying meaning to the words you use. Your dog MUST know what yes means, but also MUST know what NO means. If nothing comes after those words, yes equals reward for good, no equals correction for bad, your dog will never give meaning to either. Your dog’s name is not a command, or correction. NO should not be your dog’s middle name.

The training starts the second you bring the dog home."

22/08/2024

GCH. Spumanti’s Darksiders Vulgrim, WAC
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19/08/2024

Spumanti’s Party In The USA 🇺🇸

06/08/2024

Exciting news thought he needed 1 more point but nope Vulgrim became a grand champion in one weekend out with Ashley Cuzzolino. He hasn’t shown in 3yrs after finishing from the 12-18puppy class. I’m so proud. Now introducing GCH CH Spumanti’s Darksiders Vulgrim WAC

15/07/2024

Thank you Concord NC great awards. Thank you for putting on a great show.

15/07/2024

Concord NC Show Weekend
Thank you to the judges
Mr. Massimiliano Mannucci BREED WIN 5pt major GC
Mrs. Denise Borton SELECT 4pt major GC
Ms. Joyce Siddall SELECT 5pt major GC
Mr. Joe C. Walton SELECT 5pt major GC
Ms. Linda Krukar BEST OPPOSITE OF BREED WIN 3pt major GC
Mrs. Sandra Pretari Hickson SELECT 2 points towards GC

Making his first weekend out since he finished as a puppy from the 12-18month old class and hasn’t been in the show ring for over 3yrs. He sure came out with a bang, defeating some very nice Dobermans for his first weekend back out. Not to mention Ashley Cuzzolino and him made an instant great team. As his breeder and breeder of more than one generation on his dam side I am beyond proud. Needing 25 points for his grand championship and 3 of those to be majors he now has everything but 1 point for his Grand Championship sitting at 24 points and all his majors obtained.

Thank you Ashley Cuzzolino for doing such a great job.

12/07/2024

Ch. Spumanti’s Darksiders Vulgrim, WAC won at the Carolina Working Group Ass. Shows first show took BOB over a lovely line up of dogs Thank You Judge Mr. Massimiliano Mannucci second show took Select Thank you Judge Mrs. Denise Borton. Handled by the Amazing Ashley Cuzzolino. Photo above by Kerrie Tatarka

18/06/2024

17/04/2024

16/04/2024

Happy National Doberman Day

05/04/2024

Spumanti’s Sauvage four generations of Spumanti in one Doberman just makes my heart happy to see all those past dogs come together and live on.

04/11/2023

We currently have a couple boys available please contact us for more info [email protected] 386.931.2733 text. Only serious inquiries

22/10/2023

🥰🥲❤️

04/10/2023

Just my dog and I ❤️❤️❤️

03/10/2023

Not my Doberman but thought this was funny. Can’t tell you how many times I found a way for my dogs into hotels etc lol.