Movies and tv shows killed more dogs than we can count! Lassie/collies. Lady and the Tramp/Cocker Spaniels, 101 Dalmations, Doberman Gang + several other movies featuring Dobermans... UGH! All of those popular shows brought out a ton of BYBs.
If you are making Dobermans for everyone then it’s not a Doberman…
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I know and it's really too bad since those breeds aren't meant for just anyone.
And lately Dachsunds and Boston Terriers are everywhere.
Don't forget frenchies. They just took the top spot from Labs as Americas favorite dog.
I was just going to say! So many videos seem to have Frenchies in them!
Tonight, it was the last Wednesday of the month, Zastava's turn at the nursing home. And I finally got results on what I sometimes expect and demand: calmness for just one hour...
Maybe my little girl is growing up a bit?
Yup…
And she has been acclimated and trained to meet expectations.
Wow. Great job. Much much easier said than done.
As I'm going through this thread again I'm thinking the same thing! Just the other day someone on the news was saying that owners surrendering their dogs is at an all-time high! Breaks my heart. I'm sure a lot of it had to do with covid. During that time everyone thought as long as they were homebound, let's get a dog!
Then they all went back to work or whatever and they don't want the dog anymore. I don't care what breed it is!I really do think there should be training before you can own a dog.
A friend of mine knows so many stories of people getting dogs and then getting rid of them. I told her the other day I don't even want to hear it anymore cuz it's very upsetting.
The most recent was a friend of hers who has a Down syndrome child and the single mom thought getting her a puppy would be a good thing. Well, she put no work into it, no training and the dog is a terror! Destroying her house, ripping up furniture and her child is afraid of the dog because it's a puppy! It's jumping all over her. So now she wants to get rid of it. *sigh* And my friend told her in the beginning, 'don't do it.' She didn't listen. So now she is trying to tell her to find a new home while it's a puppy. And before it learns any more bad habits.
She just has story after story of people getting a dog and then realizing it's too much for them. Nobody does any research. People sometimes buy a dog by looks rather than researching the traits of that particular breed. I told her nobody wants to put in the work. They all think they can just get a dog and it's going to be a couch potato until they want to do something with it!
My friend has a mixed breed black German Shepherd. And he is well-trained. Most of my close friends all have dogs that they have put to work in and it shows. But whenever I'm hearing about these other people I just feel so sorry for the dog. It's just not fair to the dog to be neglected, untrained, allowed to destroy everything and then surrender to a rescue. It's heartbreaking actually.
Kswoodssue
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Sasha is riding next to me now; alert, watching traffic, expressing disappointment that we passed TSC without stopping…. She has taught us more than we have taught her. Her instincts, her need for work and play both, are so deeply ingrained in her, that all the training in the world could not change her identity as a Doberman. While individuality of personalities is a given, it is their unique characteristics as a breed that helped us understand those puppy years, as shared by each of you all. Just TRY to breed a Dobe for the masses. It will take a while.
That is well written and probably can only be understood by someone who had/has the privilege of training/owning a Doberman that wants to go.
The new owner with zero to limited experience does not understand this. It shouldn’t be suppressed or negated, it should be molded and channeled. This is why I think they say a Doberman needs a job. I always wondered what they meant by that…a job. They just need a purpose, a task, a mission to look forward to. Not all…but the ones that tend to wreak havoc.
Madzy420
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It's ok if you want one but don't know anything about Dobermans. You can learn like we did but you have to be willing and able to make the changes to do it. I admit that we didn't know what we were getting into. We got way more than we bargained for, even after doing thorough research on the breed and we're still learning, but we want to. We accepted that she requires more attention and exercise than we expected and we gladly adjusted our lives to accommodate that because she's an amazing part of our lives now. We took her to obedience training, received her AKC CGC, Urban CGC and have been through scent training and will probably do more training just for fun and to keep her engaged and working. Thankfully, we're both retired, so we can take her out 50 times a day to run and play...and we're outside most of the day anyway, so she's right there with us, guarding the garden and workshop from squirrels and rabbits! lol
We love seeing her happy and that's all we care about now. We wouldn't trade her for anything and can't imagine life without her.
We love seeing her happy and that's all we care about now. We wouldn't trade her for anything and can't imagine life without her.
100% Thank you for your honest write-up - A blessing if you do the work, but if you can't or won't, it's a lose/lose situation.
