www.dobermann.ro My name is Cristian Dragomir, I live in Bucharest, Romania. I work as a veterinary in a small animals clinic. After I saw for the first time a Dobermann, I knew this was the dog I wanted to own. The Dobermann impresses me by his athletic structure, firm expression, joyfulness , his great capacity to work and make a team with his owner. Being fascinated by this breed, when I was 16(in 1984) I bought my first dobe. At the time, this meant a big financial effort for me but it was all worth it. Droll was not a successful show dog but he was excellent as a work dog. Unfortunately he developed liver cancer and died tragically at 7. From this first experience I learned a lot about this breed , dog shows and work trials. In 1994 I decided to breed, so I imported two females with a very good bloodline: Doriental Loren and Blackness Bessy (daughter of Jaron Royal Bell and granddaughter of Tor Bay de Amiluc) . This was the beginning of the "FOCUS KENNEL". In 1997 I imported a beautiful female puppy, Vana Fortobella and 3 years old male Graaf Tila v. Neerlands Stam . Tila proved to be an excellent work dog although we started training quite late: he past the BH exam with 59 points out of 60 and scored "Excellent" at the Sch I exam with 271 points (100 points for attack). Tila was also a very good show dog, winner in: Romania, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria and Ukraine; he was the Mid and East European Champion in 1999 and second in Champion Class at the European Dog Show Poznan 2000. His offsprings are successful in shows:Focus Olla, Focus Orson, Focus Ozzy,Focus Ono,Focus Cardinal,Focus Castor, Focus Born to be Wild,Focus Bohemian Rhapsody won many Rpj, CAC,CACIB and some of them became Romanian Champions. In 2001 , a friend of mine,George Bundan , brought in Romania a very good show female, Tom-Dober Elli and we decided to include her in the kennel. Besides Tila I used for breeding some very important studs: Icaro di Villa Castelli, Baron Nike Renewal, Velenberg Julfil Dastin, Axel di Casa Ravasi, Casanova Altobello, Tamerlan iz Slavnoi Stai, Gino Gomez del Citone . Some of the pups resulted became winning show dogs (Focus Sonya-Romanian Junior Ch., Derby Winner 2000; Focus Honeymoon-Derby Winner 2002) and others are still young, but very promising. Dobermanns born in the"Focus" kennel are now living in many countries: Canada, Germany, Italy, Ukraine, Greece. In my opinion a good Dobermann should be more than just an anatomically correct show dog; he must be in the first place well balanced and sure in his responses, a reliable guardian and a lovable family dog. The passion for Dobermanns made me travel a lot and make friends all over Europe. My hobby also brought me close to some very special people, who share my love for this breed and work together with me-Dana Catanescu, George Bundan, Marius Vancea and Luigi Carstinoiu- to whom I would like to thank for their efforts. adress: str Toamnei nr 2 ap 2 sector 2 , Bucharest,Romania tel + 40 21 679 03 12; +40 722223652 focus@dobermann.ro focusdob@yahoo.com