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My vet uses the 9 point body conditioning score to rate the dogs when they come for a visit. They always score a 5. I'm pretty anal about keeping them at an ideal weight. I just can't hardly stand to see an overweight dog.
With so many questions about weight lately, I thought it would be a good time to post this:
Is Your Doberman Fat?
Some people have asked about a doberman growth chart or doberman growth rates detailing the typical doberman weight ranges. I have searched quite a bit online and could not find one. My guess is that it doesn’t exist since the weight of the Doberman Pinscher breed varies.

Doberman Size Estimates
Even if a Doberman growth chart did exist, it would be a pretty rough estimate anyway. There are full grown dobermans who at their ideal weights are 50lbs and others 90lbs, so you can see the wide weight range difference here. Typically an adult female is about 60-80 lbs and a male about 75-90 lbs. That’s a pretty big range for both male and female...

It's a new year so here we are back at week one. Each week we will have a new theme so you can either use an older photo matching the theme or try to take a brand new one for each week.
Let the photos begin!

Announcing Doberman-chat’s 2018 calendar contest!

It's time again to begin taking photo submissions now so everyone has plenty of time to get their perfect shots in.
We are going to have 3 categories/different calendars again, which will consist of the following:

*Doberman’s in general Anything that’s scenic, playful, working, etc. would make for a nice calendar page.
Prize to the first place winner will be a custom collar from Ridgeway Leatherworks
Sponsored by Ridgeway Leatherworks. Thank you Rob!
The collar can 1.5-2", 4 concho design for male or female or with a name with a few concho's and rivets. (Personalized with their name will substitute 2 conchos). Stitched or Unstitched.
Custom leather dog collars and firefighter gear by RidgewayLeatherworks
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*All puppies (we have plenty again this year) and even if you have cute photos of your adult when he/she was a pup you are welcome to submit them. Pups must be under the age of 12 months in the photo. All...

It's a brand new year so we'll start all over with week 1. I realized that there are 53 Sunday's in 2017 but I'll figure that out when the time comes.

Week 1 - New

I apologize for being so terribly late with them but Cafe Press has been a struggle this year. Thank you @Rits for helping on a couple of them.

If you do order one be sure to select the start date as January 2017 or they will start it in December of 2016.

All Breed
Simply Dogs Wall Calendar> Doberman-Chat Calendars> Doberman Chat forum's online store

All Puppy
Purely Puppies Wall Calendar> Doberman-Chat Calendars> Doberman Chat forum's online store

All Doberman calendar 1
A Year Of Dobermans Wall Calendar> Doberman-Chat Calendars> Doberman Chat forum's online store

All Doberman calendar 2
A World Of Dobermans Wall Calendar> Doberman-Chat Calendars> Doberman Chat forum's online store

I tried to use as many entries as possible, but...

The Doberman Chat Mobile App can now be downloaded for your Android device from the Google Play/Android App Store.. Doberman Chat Mobile App - Android Apps on Google Play

Dont forget to rate the app..

iPhone, iPad iPod touch users can download the app in the apple app store by clicking the link below from your iOS device, or simply search for Doberman Chat in the App Store..
Sorry Android users your app will follow in the next few days..
Android Mobile app announcement can be found here. Android Mobile App Is here..

When many people think of the Doberman Pinscher, the image brought to mind is of a vicious, aggressive dog that is dangerous around children and strangers and difficult to handle. On the whole, this has never been true to the breed, although there was certainly some cause for concern in the past. But has the Doberman truly earned this bad reputation, and is it still true of the breed today? In this article, we'll take a closer look at the temperament of the Doberman Pinscher and how it has changed in the last few decades.

First, we must consider for what purpose the Doberman was bred. The Doberman Pinscher is one of those happy few breeds that has a clear history and we know the exact circumstances under which it was developed. When Karl Friedrich Louis Doberman was developing the breed, he wanted a dog to work as personal protection. The dog needed to be large enough to be intimidating but not so large as to be too difficult to handle and strong enough to take on a thief or a...

(or, Why are we focused on consequence instead of cause?)
6/3/2016
By Carol Beuchat PhD

When I sat down at my desk this morning ready to tackle the tasks of the day, I did my usual quick scroll through my Facebook timeline. Right away, I ran into this video of a game of fetch with a Doberman. You need to watch this to the end.

Then just a few posts down there was this.
I don't know these dogs and I don't know these people, but my heart breaks for them. I've set aside what I planned to do today to tell you what I think about this.

The dogs we love are dying. Biologists can tell you why this is happening, and in fact even animal breeders 100 years ago could have told you why this is happening. I've written dozens of blog posts on the ICB website explaining why this is happening.

Inbreeding affects health. At low levels of inbreeding, say 5% to 10%, there are effects on fertility, litter size, puppy mortality, and "vigor". There are also increases in the number of genetic...

Since we started a little late last year, I thought I'd start a new one now so the weeks are on schedule.
Some may be repeats from last year, but after a whole year has gone by things change even with the same theme.

I'll post a new theme every Sunday and it's up to you to take a photo in the next week to fit the theme. If you can't take a new photo to match on any given week, or you can use an older one if you wish . Themes will run Sunday's - Saturdays with a new theme given every Sunday to go for a week.
You may post one photo of each of your dogs, or them together, with a max of 3 photos per week.

Week 1 - Beginnings