Harraden’s Dobieden

It’s been a couple of weeks since we visited the Dobieden and met with Lisa and Ernie. I have to say that they were both very cordial in all of our email and phone correspondence prior to our visit and they were even friendlier in person!
We arrived in the early afternoon and Ernie took us on a tour of the kennels, introducing us to all of the adult dogs (who were healthy and HAPPY and excited to meet us), including the momma and daddy of the puppies we’re went to look at. He gave us a little background on each dog’s history and personality before introducing us to the puppies (who live in the house).
Lisa and Ernie answered all of our questions and let us hang out with the puppies and some of their personal dobies for several hours so that we could see all aspects of their personalities from play time to dinner time to nap time.
They were up front about what they breed for and why their program is run the way it is. They had no issues answering questions about some of the bad publicity that I saw online.
In the end, my husband and I could tell that they are good people who love their dogs and hate drama! They will not sell to anyone who isn’t going to take good care of the dogs, and they will take a dog back if for any reason the owner can’t take care of it anymore (so that it won’t end up in a shelter or a bad home).
In the end we chose to purchase a puppy from Harraden’s Dobieden, and we have a beautiful healthy (yes we had him vet checked) new addition to our family. Lisa and Ernie have made themselves available for us to ask questions any time we have needed them, and they are happy to do so. They even took time out to show us how to post our puppy’s cropped ears properly, and offered to come to our home to help with posting if we needed it. They set us up with vet records, puppy food, etc to get us off on the right foot and ease the transition to a new home for our pup.
If you have any doubts about this breeder, give them a call and set up a visit so you can see for yourself. Ask them the hard questions and if you don’t like their answers, take your business elsewhere. Make that choice for yourself instead of taking everything you read online as fact, or you might miss out on a wonderful dog and some really awesome people! I would definitely recommend Lisa and Ernie for anyone looking for a doberman with a solid temperament and a loving heart! We will definitely be giving them a call next time we’re looking to bring a dobie into our home!
Thanks, Lisa and Ernie!