If you do go the import route when the time comes for a Dobersister for The Doctor, I hope you'll detail it here fully. I am really considering going that route when Oji dies. That is if my wife will allow us to get another Doberman. She grows more and more sour on the breed as time goes on (though I don't think it's a very rational stance).
Your friends and their search: I'll shoot straight and say it makes me uneasy with how rushed the decision and the search seems. You have to really want a Doberman to have one, and they just recently became convinced?
Not to be too judgmental though. I was a pretty dubious first time Doberman buyer myself back in my mid 20s for sure! The main difference is I had known for years that I wanted a Doberman and considered them the ultimate breed. Aside from that though, I literally decided I could go for it and get one, so I picked up a Minneapolis newspaper, chose one of the least expensive, if not the least expensive option, went (I think) that day and bought him. Picked up dog food and bowl on the way home that night. It's a miracle that Dobe and I got through all we did, what with my paycheck-to-paycheck, apartment-to-apartment, state-to-state, trying to find a place to rent with him life.
So who am I to judge?
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Puppies that you can buy today are available so easily for a reason.
