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Flint at his 2nd bite session (no footage of the 1st. Ignore the date of the video, his 1st session was probably a month ago. And Flint on the sleeve for the first time about a week ago: Short people problems happened lol But I feel like the helper isn't... helping. Flint is not a high...

Does anyone else's doberman just shut down when they're wearing something? Flint lays around a lot more and is less excitable when he has either his sparkpaws pajamas on or even the newest addition to my arsenal of keeping my dog warm, the fleece sweater made by MeadowCat (I freaking love it!)...

Flint has three little white freckles on his cheek and they've been there for some time. And I mean white fur, not bumps on skin. I also noticed he has two little white spots on his neck too. He didn't have these about 6 months ago. If I get into conformation, are they disqualifiers? He wasn't...

Flint snatched up a chicken wing off the grass on Monday. He had bloody diarrhea with a few solid pieces today. The day before, a solid normal poop about half the size of his typical amount, but its possible he pooped before that too and I didn't see it. He is acting normal. He eats, he drinks...

Yeah I am just now discovering that these are genetic markers we can test for now. I don't know if Embark tests for them but I discovered this while looking for a... well not $200 way to test for the copper liver toxic... whatever, since embark doesn't just update their information and makes you...

So this whole time I was very convinced Flint had no bite in him at all outside of tug. He's all pet and show line, even if he is roughly half euro. Well I now have an appointment mid July to get him assessed for potential bite work and here is why: I was busy cleaning the house and it was one...

Flint has had 2 incidents about a week apart where he vomits what appears to be (I could be wrong) 2 servings of dog food at a time. This is weird, because I feed him between 8 and 12 hours apart. He comes in from outside about 5 hours after eating, gulps water, then pukes. There were hard...

This appeared about yesterday morning and all if the sudden on Flint. I've got theories that it's a hematoma, because Flint is an absolute chaos gremlin and is convinced he can bulldoze anything. Sometimes he rolls off the couch and hits our coffee table. The other day he was chasing the ball...

So Flint has had some gagging and head flicking with his left ear lower and off to the side than his right. It's not all the time, but I especially noticed it this morning and I took him to the vet. I smelled his ear, because when he gets an ear infection or something is irritating it, it has a...

Yeah I got the "I want more titles for my dog" bug. I know for conformation you generally need someone to agree to mentor you and most show dogs start earning titles as puppies. Flint will be 2 in July, but getting him a "Ch" in front of his name would be really cool. The breeder I got him...

So we live in an area where deer and elk are common. I am already in contact with a trainer that is able to teach scent work. She can teach search and rescue, narcotic/bomb whatever. But I wanted to ask if anyone has taught their dog, doberman or not, to smell for freshly dropped antlers...

I've got a friend asking if Cardiac OFA is better than a 24 hour holter monitor, or better than an ECG. I don't actually know. I would think from "best" to "doesn't matter" it would be 1. 24 hour holter 2. ECG 3. Cardiac OFA But I'm curious if anyone else would know.

Sometimes I'll give Flint something to chew on and he will whine and just stare at it. When I approach, he barks, dives at it, then growls and takes it away. When I walk away, he starts whining again without touching it. I have no idea what he wants. I usually give him something to chew if I...

Basically for the last month I have noticed Flint behaving very well in the house to the point I leave him out of the crate and play video games. He is content to just snooze on the couch and he no longer makes noise in his crate to get me up in the morning. Sounds good. Sounds like he is...

If this doesn't belong here feel free to move or delete, but Flint is in a contest and he needs votes. Unfortunately this contest requires a voter to have a Facebook so that no one can vote 100 times without donating to the charity. Flint's Voting Page Voters can vote once every 24 hours for...

Sorry that it's an Instagram post but look at them!!! Cool history! Dobermans

Yep I'm jumping on the wagon. I've noticed Flint's ribs a little more lately. I know dobermans aren't meant to be like fatty labs, which is what the pictures with the body condition scores seem to be referencing, but I still wonder where the line is for dobermans between "ideal" and "thin"...

I saw this on Flint's elbow and for quite awhile I thought it was a callous. I looked at it closer, noticed it was pinkish and very hard. Flint doesn't react when I touch it, poke it hard, move it between my fingers or squeeze it. Since I got him a better bed the rest of his callouses seem to be...

I swear I measured Flint at about a year old and he was 27.5 inches at the shoulder. He is almost a year and a half and I noticed over the passed week or so that he looked a little skinnier than normal. I feed him the same amount of food and if anything we have exercised less lately because I've...