About this site... 

  This site contains information about Masterkarn Dobermanns, plus in depth articles called About Dobe’s, Dobermann History and the extended explanation of the Dobermann breed standard in Australia with a link to our  German Pinscher pages.  To read the articles, click on the links in the side bar.  If you would like specific information about our dogs or history see About Us or feel free to e-mail Anita or John at  masterkarn@bigpond.com

  Links are provided to the Dobermann Club of NSW, Victoria, SA, QLD and many more clubs on the links page along with other sites that we found enjoyable to visit and can answer questions about Dobermanns.

  To find out more about each of the dogs listed under Our Boys’ and Girls’ pages, just click on their name. More dogs will be added as we get their photos or update the pages.

About Us

Masterkarn Dobermanns’ are known for their good longevity, the ability to work as the true Dobermann should and their beautiful stable Dobermann temperament. Able to do Obedience, Shutzhund, Security (carefully selected owners) and Conformation showing their soundness while stacked or on the move.  Our dogs have always been owner/handled/trained able to live with other animals and families suitable for the Dobermann breed. 

We have produced Dobermanns that have been successfully trained in various fields from Obedience and Agility to multi awarded comformation dogs as early as the late 1980's. Our Dobermanns have won multi BIS, RBIS, BIG, class in show under all breeds and specialty judges. Our German Pinschers are World Show winners, class in group winners  and Royal BOB winners under all breeds and specialty judges. Our last male Dobermann passed away in 2006 and we are now ready to and waiting for our new baby girl to arrive.

We return from our semi-retirement (due to working commitments not lack of interest) from breeding with our new breeding program with the full extent of our 24 years experience in the dog world…

 The future is bright with our future plans on track… in beautiful South Australia. Australia.

Our breeding goals at Masterkarn

We believe that comformation, health and temperament are vitally important to our dogs’ NOT just comformation. We understand all breeders will have a different interpretation of the breed standard but know that a general consensus of type is considered correct by most. We know the perfect dog will never be created but we strive for the ideal in our breeding goals. We are striving for the perfect healthy family/working dog of original DOBE type. All our litters are bred to our high self imposed and the S.A. breed club standards.

Temperament- We believe that the Dobermann is a natural independent working dog in his temperament and should be bred for that stable working mentality. The Dobe is also a family dog and should live with the family, our dogs do and we aim for that stable working/family temperament when considering the qualities of all future breeding stock. We have successfully temperament tested our dogs as early as the 1980’s.

 Masterkarn kennels are an independent kennel and we recommend you read our Advice and About Dobe's page before looking for a breeder to buy your puppy or adult dog from.

We move into the future...