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Amazon Dobermanns were founded in 1982 by Clive & Nancy Evans
Both Clive and Nancy are Kennel Club Approved Judges for awarding CC's
In 1990 Clive left the farming industry to become a Dog Warden for Cheltenham Borough Council, this job he still holds to this present date. Clive is very interested in all types of animal behaviour. This interest has been very useful when dealing with potentially dangerous dogs in his day to day job. As a Dog Warden Clive receives regular calls from the police requesting advice or assistance on cases involving dogs. He is also called upon to give advice to many people who have difficulties with their own dogs if and when they request it as part of his job. Clive also works very closely with the RSPCA and has assisted in securing successful prosecutions against people who have caused unnecessary suffering to dogs and other animals. The majority of these cases the owner or person have been banned form owning a dog or other animals ranging from 2 years - life. One of the first cases he was involved with included an adult male Dobermann that weighed only 16.2kg In the past local vets have referred local Dobermann owners who have had behavioral problems to Nancy & Clive after which there has been a successful outcome.
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Nancy originates
from New Cumnock, Scotland where she use to exercise 2 adult Dobermanns
for family friends before going into full time employment as a dental
nurse. After 2 years of being a dental nurse she decided to take up a
career in general nursing and started her training at Kilmarnock Royal
Infirmary. After a short period at Kilmarnock she moved to the newly
built North Ayreshire District Hospital and after moving down from
Scotland, to take up home with Clive, continued her training at
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where she qualified as a State Registered
Nurse in 1982. Nancy spent a short time working as a staff nurse on a
medical ward at GRH. until furthering her career by training to be a
Midwife. She passed her exams with flying colours and was a fully
qualified midwife. Nancy continued her midwifery and nursing skills at
GRH until she had an industrial accident when she received damage to her
back in 1995. Unfortunately Nancy is no longer in full time employment
due to the injury she sustained. Her background medical knowledge has
proved to be useful when dealing with our own dogs. She has also given
advice to others who have contacted us regarding possible medical
problems.
Clive is
Gloucestershire born and bred being born in Stroud in the late 50s.
Whilst still living at home with his parents, Clive, grew up with a
Border Collie and 4 GSDs. As a teenager he used to help out on a nearby
farm and loved to watch the spring lambs being born, the cows calving
and pigs farrowing. On leaving school he was offered a full time job
working on a farm. This job he kept until 1989 (14 years). Being the
only full time employee he was responsible for day to day running of the
farm and the care of the animals. Again helping the different animals in
time of labour, this meant checking on them at all different hours of
the day and night. Sometimes it was very difficult to assist a calf when
its front legs or head were presented in the wrong position. In 1981 he
bought a Dobermann bitch for Nancy as a wedding gift, this was the
beginning of Amazon Dobermanns.