About Us

Our dogs are first and foremost DOGS that must be able to run, play and romp. When you come to DocMar on any given day, you certainly won’t see a bunch of goldens lying quietly in crates all day long. Nope – you see a bunch of bouncing happy golden retrievers that are thrilled to welcome you with one big slurp to the face (ok maybe two) and they’ll drop a ball for you to throw. It is your job to hurry up and get it before someone else steals it!

These “show” dogs are regularly seen sopping wet, covered with mud and stickers as they romp through our 120 acres west of Duluth. Back in town at home, the end of a good day produces relaxed snoring dogs (now happily in their crates) that are too tired to give you a good night “woof”. Our dogs are our companions and part of our family. While having all of our dogs in the bedroom at night is not necessarily the best way to get a good night’s sleep, you will see at least one or two pushing John out of his spot each night and somebody else vying for his or her turn next.

 

The cabin is also a favorite place of the dogs.  Swimming in the summer, (rescuing the water skiers), and cross country skiing across the lake in the winter. 

 

Some of our accomplishments:

 

 

DocMar Westmarch Denim Jeans BISS--Deni 6/2007
GTCGRC Specialty Show BISS 12-15 class
She is out of the "Jeans" Litter

Canadian CH DocMar's Original 501 Blues--Levi 2007
Finished at 12 months out of the "Jeans" litter.

Am/CH DocMar's Girl Gone Wild BISS--Thelma 2006
Finished at 23 months old out of the "WILD"  litter.

Canadian CH Charisma SixSigma's G-Man---Gus 2005

Am/Can CH Dakota DocMar's Mandalay Bay---Liza 2005

Am/Canadian CH Sandpiper's My F'Hare Lady---Ava 2005

Am/Can CH Wyoming DocMars Perfect Poison--Ivy 2004

Am/Can CH DocMars Do Bears Chip In Da Woods--Bear 2004
Out of the "CHIPS"  litter and first home-bred Champion!

Am/Can CH Rebelcreek DocMar's Amazin Grace--Gracie 2002

Can/Int'l CH Rebelcreeks Stoln Kiss at DocMar--Smooch

Can CH Rebelcreek's Risky Business--Annie 2000

Int'l CH Jespersen's Hector--Hector

Int'l CH Jespersen's All That You Dream--Whimsey

Nat'l Puppy CH Jespersen's Lilaine du Titan--Laini

Harbor City's Two Timin Tucker Am/Can CD--Tucker

Birch Isle's Lady Zoe Am/Can CD--Zoe

Abbey--Hearing Dog
(Trained in conjunction with Hearing & Service Dogs of MN)
 

 

 

Frequently asked Questions:

So is Jane a Doctor? No – in fact, I'm a nurse, and I work only when I have to – my last name is Docter.

What does John have to do with DocMar? John is A-#1 pooper scooper! He’s a really helpful kennel boy and a huge fan of puppies. He’s been known a number of times to say, “Jane - can we keep him?” It takes a special kind of husband to help out when we leave him alone with 8 dogs and a litter of puppies, so we can go to a show, but he does it!

What’s the “Mar” part of DocMar? Shari Marshik is my sidekick that has cheerfully scooped poop, slopped cement for kennel posts and hauled more crates in and out of show sites than one could count. Her true love in the dog show world is obedience, but she has done some showing in conformation for me. Right now she is taking a bit of a break to have a baby (the 2 legged kind). She has been a wonderful supporter and is a true inspiration to me.

Isn’t Duluth almost in Canada? Well not quite – it’s about 4 hours south of the Canadian Border, but we’re big fans of making the trek to Canada. The shows in Canada are a great time and we have made lots of wonderful friends there. Duluth is located on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior in the northeast part of Minnesota.

Jacqui who????? Who is Jacqui?  Well...........Jacqui is the most wonderful person in the world!!  Jacqui helps us out here at DocMar by coming the days that I work.  She spends time with all the doggies, brushing, playing ball, keeping things clean and orderly.  We couldn't do it with out her help!  Rebel now lives with Jacqui, and he is in HOG (DOG) HEAVEN!!!  Thanks Jacqui!!