Dobermans....

Lilypad

Lilypad

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I have had 2 Dobies and now

I have a handsome, neutered black/rust 7 yr old male, he is a nut! He's playful, powerful (105 lbs) always "on point", very physical (leaping, jumping, twisting, turning) and too smart for his own good. He came to me as a 1.5 yr old stray, I located his owner and he was signed over to me. Luckily for me he wasn’t abused or neglected-other than no training. It took a lot of patience and time for him to “get it.” He seemed hard-headed but I attributed that to not having a master/mistress.

Health wise-he has had 2 fatty tumors removed from his stomach area-that's it. He's on heartworm meds year round, and the only inoculation he now receives is rabies. He grooms himself like a cat and occasionally gets a “licky” usually on his hind quarter area.

As far as their ears, I do not crop them. The Dobie I have now came to me that way. The previous Dobie's natural ears were no harder to keep clean than my hounds. Their fur is easily maintained, they do not like to be out in cold weather for very long because they have no undercoat. The do shed but not profusely.

I control everything he eats-no rawhide, pigs ears or artificial bones. I lost a beautiful 9 yr old Dobie when a dog sitter gave him a rawhide bone. Before him, I had a female Dobie; she lived for 14 yrs (very uncommon) she died of a hemorrhagic stroke.

Dobie’s are not for everyone, they need lots of space to rip/run, they need to be taught manners or at least need basic training, and they want a leader and will respond with loving affection and loyalty. I can’t imagine never having a Dobie in my life.
 
dawn

dawn

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I have had two blue dobermans! Best dogs and so loyal. I lost one at 10 years because of cancer and I lost the second one at 10 years to wobblers syndrome. They are really great dogs.
 
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toppick08

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Lilypad said:
I have a handsome, neutered black/rust 7 yr old male, he is a nut! He's playful, powerful (105 lbs) always "on point", very physical (leaping, jumping, twisting, turning) and too smart for his own good. He came to me as a 1.5 yr old stray, I located his owner and he was signed over to me. Luckily for me he wasn’t abused or neglected-other than no training. It took a lot of patience and time for him to “get it.” He seemed hard-headed but I attributed that to not having a master/mistress.

Health wise-he has had 2 fatty tumors removed from his stomach area-that's it. He's on heartworm meds year round, and the only inoculation he now receives is rabies. He grooms himself like a cat and occasionally gets a “licky” usually on his hind quarter area.

As far as their ears, I do not crop them. The Dobie I have now came to me that way. The previous Dobie's natural ears were no harder to keep clean than my hounds. Their fur is easily maintained, they do not like to be out in cold weather for very long because they have no undercoat. The do shed but not profusely.

I control everything he eats-no rawhide, pigs ears or artificial bones. I lost a beautiful 9 yr old Dobie when a dog sitter gave him a rawhide bone. Before him, I had a female Dobie; she lived for 14 yrs (very uncommon) she died of a hemorrhagic stroke.

Dobie’s are not for everyone, they need lots of space to rip/run, they need to be taught manners or at least need basic training, and they want a leader and will respond with loving affection and loyalty. I can’t imagine never having a Dobie in my life.
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TY....:yay:

Had a good friend with a 120 lb. male.......who was a great dog.........loved to play, and run like the wind, and get nasty when needed to..:lol:...............and when you turned around, he nip you in the rear.:lol:

RIP Noble........you were a a sweety.
 
Aerogal

Aerogal

USMC 1983-1995
I had 2 Red Warlocks, they were so smart!
Little story: They had a 50x50x6' foot enclosure just for them. Every day this smart a%% kid would walk by the back and tease them. One day I heard a scream. My Dobie had jumped the six foot fence clear over the boy's head and had kid pinned between him and the fence. I went back in to get my gun (yeah, I would have killed my dog to save the boy) and when I came out the dog looked at me and leaped back over the boy and the fence back into the pen, did the little back foot scrape toward the boy like he was a turd he needed to cover and trotted off. That kid NEVER came by the fence again!

Good dogs, smart and very loving. EXTREMELY protective if their loved!
 
theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

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Aerogal said:
I had 2 Red Warlocks, they were so smart!
Little story: They had a 50x50x6' foot enclosure just for them. Every day this smart a%% kid would walk by the back and tease them. One day I heard a scream. My Dobie had jumped the six foot fence clear over the boy's head and had kid pinned between him and the fence. I went back in to get my gun (yeah, I would have killed my dog to save the boy) and when I came out the dog looked at me and leaped back over the boy and the fence back into the pen, did the little back foot scrape toward the boy like he was a turd he needed to cover and trotted off. That kid NEVER came by the fence again!

Good dogs, smart and very loving. EXTREMELY protective if their loved!
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:roflmao: Great story :yay:
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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pcjohnnyb said:
Wtf? Did YOU read it?
It said that they crop the ears because the dogs are guard/protection/police dogs and there is less chance of the perp grabbing onto the dogs ears, and it enhances their hearing ability...
:yay:
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Johnny, my question to MIG was if there was a reason dobies' ears would be unusually hard to keep clean if they were left natural. I did not ask why they cropped them in the first place. :yay:
 
cattitude

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
Cowgirl said:
Johnny, my question to MIG was if there was a reason dobies' ears would be unusually hard to keep clean if they were left natural. I did not ask why they cropped them in the first place. :yay:
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:lol: I was going to tell him that but let you have the honors.
 
theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

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Cowgirl said:
Johnny, my question to MIG was if there was a reason dobies' ears would be unusually hard to keep clean if they were left natural. I did not ask why they cropped them in the first place. :yay:
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cattitude said:
:lol: I was going to tell him that but let you have the honors.
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....Oh.
hmmm...
well, in that case...
My mistake :yay:
at least we all learned a little something about why their ears are cropped :shrug: :lol:


EDIT: For the record, I had to look at what was typed....
This is pretty easy to take the wrong way I think :lol:
Is there some reason why their ears would be any different from other breeds whose ears lay down?
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