Meet Brittany

I've thought a lot about what it means to give someone a dog.

Not sell. Give.

I'm Brittany Stewart. I run High Point Dobermans out of Chickamauga, Georgia — a small program built around one question: what does a dog owe the person taking it home, and what do I owe the dog?

Doberman puppy underfoot in the kitchen — the way High Point puppies grow up

The setup

We're in Chickamauga — about twenty minutes south of Chattanooga, in Northwest Georgia.

The dogs live in the house. Puppies are born in the bedroom. By week three they're underfoot in the kitchen, and by week seven they've heard every pot, lid, and door this house has. That's not an accident — that's the program.

I start Early Neurological Stimulation from day three — gentle daily handling that builds stress tolerance and nervous system resilience in ways you can't replicate later. From there I follow Puppy Culture through go-home: socialization protocols, problem-solving introduction, manding, body handling, and more. By the time a puppy leaves here it has been handled by strangers, introduced to novel objects, and exposed to the sounds and surfaces it will live around.

I do a few litters a year so I can do all of this myself. AKC registered [PLACEHOLDER: years active, litter count]. [PLACEHOLDER: vet name + city.]

Why we do it this way

I've turned people down who seemed fine on paper.

The phone call that keeps breeders up at night is the one at year three. A family that looked great on the application but the dog doesn't fit the life. I've learned to trust hesitation more than enthusiasm, and to have the honest conversation before anyone deposits.

I've passed on litters that made financial sense because the timing wasn't right for the dogs. I breed the Doberman I'd want to own — which means I'm always thinking about who this dog will be at five, seven, ten years old.

All health results are publicly listed on OFA.org. We always take a dog back — none of ours ends up in a shelter.

Early Neurological Stimulation — daily handling of a newborn Doberman puppy

The dogs

These are the ones who started it.

Niko is our American–European sire — about 100 lbs, IGP1 and BH titled, and the dog that turns heads at the park without ever being asked to. Envy is patient, bonded, and the reason people come back for a second dog. Nala hears a car before you do and still goes calm when you put a hand on her.

Meet all three →