Dio...the past

Crysalis Ice Inferno At Dio CD,TT ~ Fiel ~

"FIEL" attained the last legs of her CD before age 2 In the same weekend, she was awarded: Highest Qualifying Score for ~Foothills Gazehound Club ~Alberta Sporting Hounds Assoc. ~Alberta Kennel Club boster ~3rd place in the Lure Course

Valour & Fiel

Am/Can CH Suliman IncenDio ~ Valour was imported by me from Australia as a puppy

Valour is now living in the USA

The Dio gang at home...(look close there are 7) I was alone one day and decided to round up the crew for a picture. All dogs were obedience titled except 10 year old afghan hound.

Stryker & Fiel

Stryker & Zara

"Stryker" was an excellent personal protection dog

Ch Vigospride's Officer at Dio CDX,CGN "Stryker" his first weekend trialing @ 6months old

"Stryker" shown at age 8.5

Ch Shepdom's Damarascotta (owned by Larry Clark) we attained her CD in one weekend placing at every trial including this HIC

Ch Moonspiers Prairie Breeze CDX,CGC,TT (our first weekend in the obedience ring)

"Breeze" pictured age 11

Ch OTCH Moonspier Prairie Storm TT "Blade" as a 9wk old puppy

"Blade" all grown up OTCH CH Moonspiers Dio Storm CGC

Moonspiers Gift of Dio ~ "Mateo" 9wks

"Mateo" all grown up

"Breeze" and "Blue" entered in the same trial and we placed 3rd and 4th

"Blue" having a snow day

Ch HIC Dio's Quintessence of Monet CD ~ "Dalton"

"Pounder" a puppy out our Breeze

I began my journey in purebred dogs with my first Afghan Hound at the age of 19. I have since remained lifelong friends with that breeder who overlooked my youth and entrusted me with a dog that truly changed my life..I was not without at least one afghan hound for the next 17 years but as I got more interested in events other than conformation and lure coursing, I added Doberman Pinschers to my household. The two breed lived in harmony and I became active in obedience with the dobermans and co-bred a couple of litters under the mentorship of Dyanne and Gerald Laplante (Moonspier Dobermans) whom I credit for the balanced temperaments, gorgeous looks and health of Dio Dobermans. Some of my accomplishments in this breed include:
1999 - #8 , #10 CD dogs in Canada
DPCC CD dog of the year
ADPC Obedience Dog of the Year
2000 ADPC #3 CD Dog of the Year
DPCC #9 of the top 10 Obedience Dogs
ADPC CDX Dog of the Year
2001 DPCC #6, #7 overall Obedience
DPCC CDX Dog of the Year
2002 DPCC, ADPC, UD Dog of the Year
You can view the names of the actual dogs on the training page of this site.

It was at this point in time that I moved away from the breed and began my journey with the Belgian Malinois. My passion for obedience has continued and to that I have added tracking & Schutzhund/IPO. The Malinois is the breed for me as you'll see on this site...I am not a total breed snob and have enjoyed training and trialing one of my afghan hounds and other breeds along the way including German Shepherds, a French Bulldog and most recently a Swedish Vallhund.