Thank you for visiting our 'team' page in memory of our Dad, David. It is here that we are asking for donations instead of flowers for Linc Dobermann Resuce. Read on for a little bit of how dobermans are remembered in David’s life and why we have chosen this charity.

My dad has loved the breed of doberman all his life. He had his first dog in the mid 80s and he was named Troy, then followed on by two brothers from the same litter, Davi and Deacon (don’t believe he knew about littermates at the time). He thought the world of the boys. He later met my mam and they have three kids together. Unfortunately, Davi and Deacon left us in 1998. They then didn’t have a Doberman for a good number of years, until my mam wanted to sell his motorbike. He said “only if he could get a Doberman”, which she agreed to. All the family went up to Scotland to look at the litter and my dad was heard telling my nanna at the time “if you’ve got nothing nice to say, to zip it”. He didn’t want anyone getting in the way of him and his pup. Dad was outnumbered and we got a brown dob named Ellie. We then had a black girl named Taylor, then seven months later a brown dob named Lexi. My dad attempted to show Lexi but she was too shy and liked being in her home comforts. This is when my dad started his new hobby of showing dogs and joining the community that came with it.

My dad knew I had always wanted a small dog, as big dogs always grew so quickly, but he loved Doberman’s so much he didn’t really like the idea. Until he saw that Manchester terriers had the same colouring of a Doberman, so we ended up getting Lacey.

Taylor in later years had her own litter of four puppies and we kept one as we had seen her from birth. She was then the apple of my dad's eye and she was called Tori. Unfortunately, Taylor passed away 13 weeks after giving birth to Tori. We believe this was believed to DCM. At this point most of our lives we always had three/four dogs, so it felt like there was a gap after Taylor left us. After some time, my dad's friend Tracy was having a litter with only one pup and we ended up adding Valerie to our tribe. After a few more years, we lost Lexi very suddenly and it had a big impact on all the family. She was our only brown Doberman and we missed that. In 2019, we brought Connie into our family. My dad has been showing her ever since she was six months old. We ended up losing our baby Tori as she was battling cancer and again we felt a void in our wild house. When I moved out last year, he wanted me to get a Doberman for company and safety and I agreed and at the end of 2022 Theia joined the gang. In 2023 my parents went to Ireland and picked up our newest editon Orla, who is now six months old. I’ve brushed over a lot of the details about each dog as there’s so much that could be said about them and their impact on our lives, but I wanted to highlight each name,as they have been and are a big part of our family.

It’s well known that anyone who would come into my parents' home wouldn’t know if they had children as it was only dog drawings, pictures, statues, fixtures placed around the house. A shrine if you will. no evidence they had children was shown. Even on his phone background? one of the dogs, his photo albums? Only dogs. His social media? Only ever dogs.

My dad loved walking them for miles every day, he loved feeding them only the best and researching what else he could do to make sure they were as looked after as possible. He loved going to dog shows and seeing other dobermans and speaking to their owners about the breed. His life can’t be discussed without mentioning the word Dobermans because it was an integral part of him. When I look at our dogs, I think of my dad. When I see the word Doberman, I think of him. He will forever be known as David, who loved Dobermans..and then his family ❤️

Some info of the charity we think is very fitting of my dad…

Lincs Dobermann Rescue is a Registered Charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming Dobies and also, wherever possible, to keeping the Dobie in the home by offering the correct support to the family, in these times of dire financial uncertainty for so many, we have offered to help with food for the dog until the family circumstances change.

We share the passion of David and Susan for this very special and often misunderstood breed – we have fond memories of their visit to a little pup, Trooper, who came into Rescue in 2019 with a very poor prognosis for life. We think that Trooper stole their hearts and both David and Susan have been fabulous supporters ever since. It’s thanks to the efforts of David that a 6 month old pup, in danger of falling into the wrong hands, or worse still put to sleep was brought to our attention and brought into our care. Kiza is now just turned 1 year old and living his best life with a wonderful family. We will really miss seeing David at Crufts in 2024 – so very tragic for Susan and the family.

We offer our sincere condolences to Susan and the family at this very sad time and would like to thank them for choosing Lincs as the recipient of any Donations made in David’s memory.