Not long after Clyde's death I relocated to London, not the most conducive of environments to keep a dog. I made a promise to myself that when my circumstances permitted, I would have another Dobe. That time did not come till June, 2007. A phone call from the Dublin dog pound informed me that they had a male Doberman; would I be interested. If I was interested I would have to come that afternoon. He was on doggy death row, due to be put down the next morning if no one claimed him.  I made  the journey to the pound and met Duke. It was love at first sight. Duke was somewhere between eighteen months to two years old.He was a risk, not knowing his history and why he had ended up at the pound. It was a decision I never regretted. Duke had to be trained, he only knew his name and the sit command. It would take me 18 months to train him to the level of  obedience I desired.

Echo was the first and only female Dobe I have owned. She came into our home in January, 2009. I was reluctant to have two Dobes, but my partner was very keen and wanted a female. My cousin Sue, once again nudged me in the right direction when she commented that there was only one thing better than one Dobe and that was having two. The two became inseparable, and earned me the nickname 'Two Dog Man Walking'. I relocated from Connemara to Germany in late April, 2014 bringing Duke and Echo with me.