You can view Phoenix’s pedigree here or follow the link under the pages section on the right. This is a work in progress as I am attempting to procure a picture for every dog in the pedigree.
Archive for August, 2006
Phoenix’s Pedigree
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
New pictures 8-06
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few recent pictures of Phoenix.
Working on “sit” and “down”, then resting (because it’s such hard work).
Play time!
First Camping Trip
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Phoenix had his first camping trip last weekend. I use the word camping loosely because we camp at a site that has nice level tent pads and power to run our air conditioner for our tent. It is on the lake though, and it’s where I grew up camping so I have many fond memories [...]
Links
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
You may have noticed that I have recently added a list of links to the right of my posts. This list will grow over time as I find more Doberman sites that I enjoy.
One particularly enjoyable site that I found recently is the War Dogs page (under Misc. Links). It has a great history of how the Doberman was used [...]
Why the name Phoenix?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Some people have asked me why I named my dog Phoenix. I actually devoted quite a bit of thought to his name, even before I started looking for a puppy. I wanted to choose a strong name, and I felt that a breed as beautiful and powerful as the Doberman was worthy of a mythological name.
There are many [...]
Puppy Dog Eyes
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I took this picture in my back yard while sitting in my hammock. I had just missed the most perfect picture opportunity because I didn’t have my camera with me. He was sitting in the sun in that perfect doberman alert pose with his head held high. Ah, well. I like this one too.
First Water Experience
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday after work Phoenix and I were out walking around a “lake” (really just a very large pond) close to my house, and I decided I would introduce him to water. I waded out a short ways, staying close enough to the bank to avoid a “no swimming” violation and called to Phoenix. I [...]
