I would like to know @Katyusharocket perspective on this.
I have 2 very different Dobermans. If Katyusha is at noon on the clock, Zastava is at 6. I will note here for future readers that Katyusha is a therapy dog and a darn good one, but I think everyone in the room so far, knows that. She was bred without any planning whatsoever (if you can call that breeding), and I never met a Doberman, ever, before meeting her parents. I knew nothing about what I might bring home except for mom and dad, and I know them well, babysat them in my home overnight a lot. Do I begrudge her parent's owner? Not one bit. Both of the litters from them are full of examples of Dobermans making wonderful members of families and the ones I have followed (4 in total, plus mine) are all owned by thoughtful people who are proud to engage their dogs and are interested in training them and socializing them so that they are well adjusted, but not necessarily worked. Katyusha is known and loved by many and man does she ever know how to brighten the mood, and many of the places she visits needs that desperately. For that reason, and my willingness to find places for her to do that, I consider her very much a working dog, even though her work looks very different than what other users here, and even more so, the general public, might consider a Doberman doing. Even I didn't see it coming, but when your dog is dragging you to specific people and 3 times the persons tell you that they just lost their wife, or their husband or their dog, it's probably time to get certified and "go pro".
It was only
after bringing Katyusha into my home that I joined up here and learned what
good and deliberate breeding practices are, and what qualities are desired to be built for the breed. Katusha checks many of the boxes.
Extremely protective, strong prey drive, and freaking smart. She's very easy, though. She's the dog that goes to the vet off leash and will never, ever, cause a scene there or anywhere else our adventures take us. But that did not come without
effort, which in my case, all I knew to do was get her ready for her tests (CGC, CGCA, CGCU and Alliance of therapy Dogs internal testing and observing). I think much of that shaped her. She even gets protective while doing therapy work. The staff at the nursing home have learned that if they are going to come into the room where Katyusha is working, best do that very slowly because if you come in like the Kool-aid man, she's going to be coming at you live. Gotta protect her room full of residents
Once, she started barking and wanting out the door, only to learn later another dog had entered the building. So, I feel, she's Doberman.
So let's go to 6 o'clock. Zastava was sold to me as a European Doberman, and by the time I got her, I knew a little more of what to expect and what I was shopping for, only, I did not know until later, just how European she is. I bought her 5 gen pedigree and started googling ancestors. Her entire dad's side were IPO 3 (of all of them that I can find content for, which is all of them until her father, and maybe 2 or 3 others). Her entire mother's side: international conformation champions. I feel like I thought I was buying a Ford Mustang, but took home a Ferrari. She is very sweet, but kind of has the personality of sandpaper. Going to a nursing home to sit around and be pet is just flat boring to her, at least at this age. She wants to be moving, finding things, using her nose, wants to know what lurks in every damn corner of the nursing home. I still take her once a month anyway, because the residents get a kick out of how different the two are, and I think it's good for any dog's character to be also trained that there are times that calmness is
expected and demanded. But otherwise, I have been working her on nosework and stacking. She just likes different things than Katyusha does, and because I hung out here before getting her, I expected that and I embrace it, because it makes me so much better of a dog owner/handler. But I thank the stars every single day that Katyusha was around to be my training wheels.
This is just my experience from having a "not deliberately bred" Doberman to having a "very deliberately bred" Doberman. They are both, of course, worthy of love and commitment from me, as all Dobermans are, so yes it burns me to see that even if people didn't know what they were getting, come on, step up your game! When people ask (and this came from you, I
think,
@Ddski5 ), I tell them that if they want one, they should get one, but be ready to put more work into it in the first 2 years than they will any other dog's entire lifetime, and that it's hard work
it wouldn’t have been fair to her and she wouldn’t get what she needs. I know many make it work, but with two busy teens and a working husband it would have been unfair to Pepper. 
