Events

Our 2024 WAE Event was held in Kingsport Tennessee at the site of the Doberman Nationals. After a delayed start due to extreme weather we finally got the event started at about 1:00 PM. We had a total of 36 entries processed with successful completion by 15 entrants. Due to the heavy wind and rain our event had to be relocated from the original location at a nearby field to the covered parking building at the Marriot Resort facility.
The Working Aptitude Exam tests the temperament of Doberman Pinschers through a series of stages. The first stage requires the dog and handler to greet a neutral stranger, followed by meeting a friendly stranger. From there the team passes by a hidden volunteer who rattles a can, requiring the team to investigate the noise. Stage four passes a person who fires three shots from a starter pistol after the team has passed to judge the dog’s startle reaction. The team then approaches a person sitting, who then raises a closed umbrella which snaps open in the face of the dog. The dog is expected to examine the umbrella and then move on. Stations six and seven involve walking on unnatural surfaces, first a sheet of plastic followed by walking across an X-pen layed on the ground. To this point most of the dogs successfully completed the stations, but the final stage test proved to be the downfall of a successfully completed exam. The team had to approach a stopping point, and react to a very angry and beligerant person who approached while yelling and acting irrational. The dog was expected to be protective of the handler. Only 15 of the 36 entries showed this attribute.

Friday September 27th, 2024 8:30 AM
Location: The Old Driving Range at the Meadowview Marriott, Kingsport TN
Evaluator: John Schoeneman
Dog Limit: 40

This year in conjunction with the Doberman Pinscher Club of Charlotte, the Doberman Pinscher Club of Nashville will be hosting a Working Aptitude Evaluation at the DPCA Nationals in Kingport, TN. The details of the event and the requirements to participate are included in the below flyer. Print the flyer and fill out the application information at the bottom, and mail it along with a check payable to DPC of Nashville for each dog being entered. Mailing address is: Doberman Pinscher Club of Nashville, 5331 Mountain View Road #172, Antioch, TN 37013.

To print the flyer click here: wae2024 fLYER

Our 2024 Concurrent Specialty will be held Saturday March 9, 2024 at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin Tennessee. It is part of the Music City Cluster All Breed Conformation Show which spans four days, March 8 through March 11, 2024.

The Doberman Pinscher Club of Nashville expresses Huge Congratulations to our Club Vice President, Cheryl Green, on her outstanding DPCA National/Regional awards this year.

Wicked, Multiple BIS and BISS Winner GCHS AlCher TMAC Witchcraft v Gentry, made history by winning Best of Breed at the Regionals, Best of Breed and the Top 20 at the Nationals! She is the only dog in the history of the DPCA to be awarded these three titles in one National. Wicked was bred by Cheryl Green, Tony MacKenzie and Deb Romans. Her Dam is AM/CAN GCHS Willowcreek Midnight in Paris. Her sire is GCHG Phillmar Superman, WAC. Wicked is owned by Cheryl Green and Tony MacKenzie and exclusively handled by Diego and Eve Garcia.

In addition to Wicked, Cheryl had two other dogs in the DPCA Top 20 Conformation.

GCHG Aquarius the Legend Continues Alcher CGC. Briley is bred by Cheryl Green, Tim Stone and Jim Briley. He is owned by Cheryl Green, Tony MacKenzie and Tim Stone. Handled by Diego & Eve Garcia.

GCHS AlCher TMAC Prince of Darkness v Gentry BN CGC. Alaric is bred by Cheryl Green, Tony MacKenzie and Deb Romans. He is owned by Deb & Rick Castro, Cheryl Green and Tony MacKenzie. He is handled by Aaron Ross Lemus. Wicked is Alaric’s sister!!!!

Cheryl also had two Dogs in the Top 20 Obedience and three dogs that received their ROM Awards.

Top 20 Obedience & ROM Award:

CH AlCher Bewitched TMAC v Gentry CD PCD BN RE CGC TKA WAC ROM. Samantha was bred by Cheryl Green, Tony MacKenzie and Deb Romans. She is owned by Lois Whitmire, Cheryl Green and Tony MacKenzie. She is handled by Lois Whitmire.

Top 20 Obedience & ROM Award:

GCH Aquarius Legend of the West v AlCher CDX BN GN RE CGC TKA WAC ROM. Ruger was bred by Cheryl Green, Tim Stone and Jim Briley. He is owned by Lois Whitmire and Cheryl Green and handled by Lois Whitmire.

ROM Award:

CH AlCher’s Miss America v Aquarius CD WAC ROM Sophia was bred by Cheryl Green, Tim Stone and Jim Briley. She is owned by Cheryl Green, Tony MacKenzie and Tim Stone. She is handled by Diego & Eve Garcia and Lois Whitmire.

Cheryl also received an award for Breeder of 5 ROMS!

Congratulations Cheryl! We are so blessed to have you as a Club Member!
Your knowledge of the breed, kindness and generosity is such a great asset to us and our club!

Our Doberman Confirmation Specialty was held on March 11, 2023 at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin TN. It was a concurrent specialty held during the Music City Cluster All-breed show.

Our judge this year was Mrs. Catherine Bell. A summary of the Specialty results can be found Here:

Specialty Results

We had an amazing showing at the 2022 Doberman Nationals. Karen Mundy’s dog Peyton won Best of Opposites, behind Cheryl Green’s Wicked!
MBISS GCHS Seraphin Most Valuable Player V Alisaton CAX FCAT RATO ATT CGC TKN FDC WAC SWN ROM

He also earned his ROM (Register of Merit) Title in 2022.

And black bitch Lexie, also earned her ROM in 2022. Her name is: CH Brulin All She Wants To Do Is Dance RN FDC CAX FCAT SWN SCNE WAC THD RATN CGCA CGCU TKN ATT ROM

Another club member, Sharon Willis, won Best of Breed at the Decatur Alabama show, with her bitch Caroline!

Congratulations Tennessee Dobermans!

Our Doberman Confirmation Specialty will be held on Saturday March 11, 2023 at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin, TN. It will be a concurrent specialty held during the Music City Cluster All-breed show.

Our judge this year is planned to be Mrs. Catherine Bell.

Ring 3 2:30 PM

We have a total of 26 entries for our specialty: 8 Dogs, 13 Bitches, 2 Best of Breed Dogs and 3 Best of Breed Bitches. We also have 8 entries in the Owner/Handler Competition.

In addition to our Specialty, we are supporting entries in the Doberman Pinscher competitions in all four days of the Nashville/Tullahoma Kennel Club All Breed shows, Friday March 10; Saturday March 11, Sunday March 12, and Monday March 13, 2023.

Tullahoma Kennel Club Friday March 10 will show at 10:00 AM in Ring 3, judged by Joy Lynne Huntly (8-14-2-4)

Tullahoma Kennel Saturday March 11 will show at 10:05 AM in Ring 3, judged by Mr. Mr. David Miller (10-15-2-4)

Nashville Kennel Club Sunday March 12 will show at 9:30 AM in Ring 3, judged by Mr. James G Reynolds (10-16-2-4)

Nashville Kennel Club Monday March 13 will show at 9:05 AM in Ring 3, judged by Mr. Jay Richardson (7-13-3-5)

Our Doberman Confirmation Specialty was held on March 12, 2022 at the Calsonic Areana in Shelbyville, TN. It was a concurrent specialty held during the Music City Cluster All-breed show.

Our judge this year was Mr. Walter J. Sommerfelt.

Show Results from Concurrent Specialty March 12, 2022

The WAE event is the Working Dog Aptitude Evaluation, and has long been a staple of the Doberman Pinscher Club of America used to evaluate whether a dog exhibits the characteristics that are natural to the breed. Successful participants receive a WAC, or Working Aptitude Certificate to it is often also referred to as the WAC. Recently the AKC has recognized this test as an AKC title. The exam consists of eight steps in sequence:

1. Meeting a Neutral stranger and meeting a friendly stranger

2. Inspection of an unusual Noise

   












3. Reaction to the sound of gunshots

   












4. Reaction to a startle such as an umbrella opening in the dog’s face

5. Walking on an unusual surface such as a sheet of plastic….

6. …. or an X Pen

7. and reaction to an eminent danger

Our 2020 WAE was done over two days in conjunction with the Tri-Star all breed show at the Wilson County Expo Center on October 9 and 10.

We had 17 WAE entries and 11 passes. Six of our member’s dogs passed:
Fallon Houser (Drachen & Delaney)
Monica Lynch and Natalie
Andrea Draper and Sieger
Karen Mundy and Lexie
Nick Wolkonsky and Tank
Whitney Newman and Nova

Four visiting teams also passed:
Jennifer and Coral
Kris and Poppins
Nikki and Hercules
Michael and Sierra

Congratulations to our passing teams, who are now new AKC title eligible!