greengineer
New Member
Hello all, I am looking for a step-up home & trainer for my ~18mo male Doberman we rescued in Jan. My wife and I fostered then adopted him, trained and acclimated him to an active household (2 kids, 3 other dogs, 8 chickens, and 3 feral cats). This is a hard decision however we've recently been inundated with financial/business demands that limit how much we can exercise and train him to what he needs & deserves. I grew up in a obedience-comp trained dobbie household so I know the gaps we cannot fill. This will all be worth it if I can find a time-devoted and experienced owner that he can be a companion to!
More on Beorn's personality development:
He's had a fair amount of obedience and reactance training since we adopted him, mostly thanks to my wife. We've also provided him some professional training by the same that trained our service dog. He's super smart and easy to train; he's food and praise motivated. We've been able to walk him off-leash w/ treats & training and he runs freely with our other dogs in a nearby field without jetting off (although he needs this daily and we've been unable to provide that lately). We've also started e-collar training a couple months ago which is going well. He loves kids and is good with every human we've had over thus far. He gets along well with our other dogs except he has FOMO and competes for attention at times. His play drive is high but also loves to cuddle with his humans! He is crate-trained and goes in his crate on command because he knows he's getting treats. He sleeps in his crate every night and doesn't fuss. He loves to play tug-o-war, finding his ball, fetching a ball (he is learning to drop it), pulling daddy on a skateboard, and training to do hind-end circles for food (front paws on a step).
If you are interested, I'd love to connect and discuss further! Thank you for your help!
Regards
Corey
More on Beorn's personality development:
He's had a fair amount of obedience and reactance training since we adopted him, mostly thanks to my wife. We've also provided him some professional training by the same that trained our service dog. He's super smart and easy to train; he's food and praise motivated. We've been able to walk him off-leash w/ treats & training and he runs freely with our other dogs in a nearby field without jetting off (although he needs this daily and we've been unable to provide that lately). We've also started e-collar training a couple months ago which is going well. He loves kids and is good with every human we've had over thus far. He gets along well with our other dogs except he has FOMO and competes for attention at times. His play drive is high but also loves to cuddle with his humans! He is crate-trained and goes in his crate on command because he knows he's getting treats. He sleeps in his crate every night and doesn't fuss. He loves to play tug-o-war, finding his ball, fetching a ball (he is learning to drop it), pulling daddy on a skateboard, and training to do hind-end circles for food (front paws on a step).
If you are interested, I'd love to connect and discuss further! Thank you for your help!
Regards
Corey
