Our personal goals and mission statement.

We believe that ethics, integrity and sportsmanship are an integral part of any good breeder’s code of conduct and have been part of this kennel since its inception in 1984.

1. Keeping in mind we breed for ourselves and not the puppy or show market we are "Breeding dogs of sound mind and spirit, in a superb body - The complete Dog" (TM) for the Show ring, Companion, Obedience or Agility dog, a goal we intend on keeping always.
2. We breed for the betterment of the German Pinscher breed and always with our dog’s welfare foremost in mind.
3. Masterkarn knls intentionally breeds for both the Stag/Red and Blk and Tan.
4. We intend on promoting the stag/red German Pinscher that is a most striking colour and is less often confused for the Dobermann.

John and Anita formed Masterkarn kennels in 1984 in South Australia  (originally with Dobermann’s)  and in 1989 introduced our first GP (Lacey) and continued on from there with the German Pinscher. Primarily a show kennel, Masterkarn kennels is the breed founder in South Australia and one of three original breeders who developed the German Pinscher breed in Australia, we are now residing in South Australia. Australia.

Anita and John were one of the first three founding  breeders to develope the German Pinscher as a breed in Australia in 1989. We were the first to send two registered GP’s to Western Australia, producing Ch. Masterkarn HotternHell the CC and BOB winner at the prestigious European World Show. Ch. Masterkarn Wind Stalker went Res Dog at the European World Show, an Australian first for both dogs. (We thank Wilma Van Orsouw for creating this opportunity for both her Masterkarn dogs). An example of Masterkarn type with a proven competitive track record.

We also have companion dogs in most states with some Obedience/Agility trained, showing correct GP temperament. Our training method for our dogs is using with positive motivation, we also have an interest in training dogs for many varied and wonderful areas ourselves.  Anita and John were heavily involved in the Working Aptitude testing in its early days with the DCSA and many of our Dobermanns were highly successful in the Working dog field, real security environment and with consistently major wins in the show ring, WAC and top place wins in obedience trials each of our dogs proved over and over again they were capable of performing in any or all of these fields. 

With our own highly successful training practices and temperament testing of our litters it gave us an amazing insight into the world of temperament, obedience and breeding/showing we are very fortunate to have.

We have trained and trialed dogs to their CD in Dobermann’s and trained dogs to CDX, ET's, protection work and tracking in Dobermann’s also basic obedience with German Pinschers. I have also trained and trialed other's dogs for them for Obedience.

This created the drive and experience to breed the German Pinscher to be a well rounded balanced dog and still remains our number one goal.