Florida Weimaraner Rescue

Adonai's Weimaraners is currently comprised of Richard and Kathy Gray, our 3 children, and our dogs. We have recently relocated from Colorado Springs to Pensacola, Florida. We are Christians and have chosen our kennel name to reflect that fact. "Adonai" (pronounced ah-doe neyes) means means "Sovereign" or "LORD" in Hebrew. As used in the Old Testament, the primary meaning of Adonai is "Master." As servants in the Kingdom of God, we look to Adonai Jehovah, our Master, for guidance, insight and inspiration with everything we do, including our work with the weimaraner breed. We believe that everything we own, including our dogs, belong to Him. With His guidance, we are to take care of His creation. The name helps remind us of just that. We acquired our first Weimaraner puppy, "Ippy," from a breeder in 1980. It was with this great dog that we fell in love with the breed. He was way over standard, but he had a heart of gold. He seemed to be able to tell when you were upset and needed someone just to listen. In 1989 we acquired our second weimaraner, Abby from a back yard breeder in the newspaper. Abby was a contrast to Ippy. She had a bad temperament, was harder to train and had numerous health problems. She ended up dying from health problems right before her 7th birthday. At first we were not going to get another weimaraner, but the impression Ippy left on us remained so we tried it again. This time, though we went through a highly respected breeder in Maryland, Virginia Alexander, and acquired our first "show" Weimaraner, "Ember." At first we were a little unsure about showing, but we were willing to give it a try. With the encouragement of others in the field, we soon came to fall in love with the sport!We started showing dogs in 1998 and in 1999 we had our first litter of puppies with Ember. After two additional beautiful litters Ember ended up with 5 champion offspring, and her BROM title. It was through Ember that we were able to renew our respect of this great breed and create what is now called Adonai's Weimaraners.