Angel, one of Di’s GSDs took on the role of surrogate mum when Brie was about three months old. The pair of them have never looked back and are always ready for a ruff n tumble. Brie has fitted in so very, very well with all of the other Arnscrofts and it’s a test of their temperament too that they are so willing to accept a new kid on the block. When Alan and I go on holiday, Brie packs her case and heads off to the Arnscrofts for her break. She misses us for approximately 20 minutes then becomes totally absorbed in her country holiday.

As for showing, Brie took to it like a duck to water and ‘qualified’ at her very first show, Border Union in 2006 under a breed specialist. Brie then went on to win best puppy bitch at two breed championship shows and was regularly well-placed in her puppy career. She continued her winning ways into Junior, attaining her junior warrant. She is also the first Neartic dobermann to qualify for the Kennel Club award of Show Certificate of Merit - another accolade of which we are all very proud, including Ian, Toni and Daniel (her breeders).

Brie is now in limit/open classes at championship shows and at her last three shows, has taken 2^nd (WKC) and 3^rd (City of Birmingham) in limit and third (Richmond) in open.

She has been very rarely unplaced in her show career to date, but showing aside, we could not have got a better girl to share our lives with. She has also done much to dispel the fears that local young children have had of ‘big’ dogs. She is exercised near to a local school and its just magic to hear the kids shouting her name for her to come to them for a pat and a lick for them from Brie.