XerxesYoga
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My2Girls
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I just love those ears! I forget is she a mix?
XerxesYoga
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@My2Girls yes she is doberman Rotwiller mix. She is still under weight for even doberman. 
This picture I posted yesterday but the blue dobi is male abit under 70. Pure blood line. Audrey paw bigger than his! Mix is hard to know really. She has dobi attitude so far but sometimes less lively like Rottweiler just fast high energy and she comes down not active all the time.
This picture I posted yesterday but the blue dobi is male abit under 70. Pure blood line. Audrey paw bigger than his! Mix is hard to know really. She has dobi attitude so far but sometimes less lively like Rottweiler just fast high energy and she comes down not active all the time.
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@My2Girls yes she is doberman Rotwiller mix. She is still under weight for even doberman.
Shes still a baby, don't worry about weight yet. She looks healthy to me! Are you posting her ears with them not being cropped? You actually might want to tape them down, neither the natural dobe or rottweiler ear stands like that. I had to tape Mischas down for a short time to get them to lay perfect without the "flying nun" look as its called.
I'm so curious if Mischa will swim. She likes to splash in the creek but we haven't been anywhere deep enough to actually swim, so I dont know for sure!
Lighter is probably better at this stage.@My2Girls yes she is doberman Rotwiller mix. She is still under weight for even doberman.
This picture I posted yesterday but the blue dobi is male abit under 70. Pure blood line. Audrey paw bigger than his! Mix is hard to know really. She has dobi attitude so far but sometimes less lively like Rottweiler just fast high energy and she comes down not active all the time.
Heavy means more stress and long term negative as far as bone growth/growth plate development.
Good for her, later in life.
I can only offer my very limited experience.
If it's your idea they swim they retract from it.
If it's their idea, keeping them out of the pool, canal, lake, river, large puddle, etc will be your biggest obstacle.
All dogs are different, I used the extreme ball motivation within to make it their idea to swim for it.
I can only offer my very limited experience.
If it's your idea they swim they retract from it.
If it's their idea, keeping them out of the pool, canal, lake, river, large puddle, etc will be your biggest obstacle.
All dogs are different, I used the extreme ball motivation within to make it their idea to swim for it.
It was my idea to splash lol... She LOVED it! I couldnt get her out of the creek! She kept bringing me sticks to throw in the water for her to retrieve for me... Until the current mived faster then she did, then shed find me a new one! I wish we had a lake or something with little to no current, where people didnt fish so i didnt have to worry about fish hooks in paws or we would definitely try it out! In not sure how shed do in a canoe. That's The only way I can think of to get to a deep enough safe olace to try,
Invest in a PFD for her before you hit the deep stuff.
This breed has little body fat (read little flotation) the tend to sink in the rear a bit.
Edit*. And, if she kept bringing you a stick to throw... It was her idea to continue
XerxesYoga
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@Gelcoater her vet said exact same thing. Thx
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@MischasMomma few members mentioned it before but I am OK with her ears I don't know why they stand like this. I think they silly and cute.
Also her ears are not as big as doberman ears I think that's why they lighter and stand like that. Like the cropped ears. Even some cropped one don't stand I really don't know.
( As long she dose not looses them in dog fight with her attitude ) ;-)
Ps her tail is long very long I step on it twice today by accident plus once the elevator door didn't closed!
In Quebec is not legal to crop the ears and tail that's why I keep them. In Ontario not the tail are cropped but most vets refuse to do ears. Only registered doberman breeders sell the puppies ear cropped some even refuse to sell if u ask for natural ears. It is their thing.
Also her ears are not as big as doberman ears I think that's why they lighter and stand like that. Like the cropped ears. Even some cropped one don't stand I really don't know.
( As long she dose not looses them in dog fight with her attitude ) ;-)
Ps her tail is long very long I step on it twice today by accident plus once the elevator door didn't closed!
In Quebec is not legal to crop the ears and tail that's why I keep them. In Ontario not the tail are cropped but most vets refuse to do ears. Only registered doberman breeders sell the puppies ear cropped some even refuse to sell if u ask for natural ears. It is their thing.
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I just love those ears and with them standing so nicely now, I think they might stay that way. Highly unusual for the breed mix when they aren't cropped but that makes them even more cute and unique.
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They didn't stand up today Toronto is super hot. Also she is back playing other puppies sucking faces and ears so it dose not help. Let's wait and see how they end up looking.
I wouldn't worry about it, she's super cute.
From what I saw in the random photo thread, that's totally normal for them to do that, even though they'll stand the rest of the time.
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Aww thank you bomary! You're quite cute yourself! Hehe 
MyBuddy that is an absolutely precious photo of you two, truly heartwarming you can tell the both of yas are in love with each other!
Mischa, how old is your pup? Both of my dogs are superb water dogs but I made them that way. I start them as soon as I can as very young pups, I do what I call "build the tiger" meaning start them out for success every time and they will never doubt themselves and their confidence will only grow to where they don't believe they can't do something. I start out just exposing them to the water and having an older experienced and confident water dog there to show them it's not to be afraid of. I let them observe and approach on their own. Once they appear comfortable with that I push them a little bit by holding them and going into the water but not forcing them into it. Once they are ok with that I will hold them underneath their belly and let them splash, but letting them feel secure is important. Then I will let them "swim" back and forth between myself and another person, still with my hand under them. Eventually the hand will be taken away and the distance between the two people will increase, that's how I train them to swim and to enjoy doing so. This is not all in one day but over the course of a few trips. Once they are adequate at swimming to where I'm fairly sure they won't drown lol I will let them go into the water on their own will, but will definitely encourage them to do so by going in myself and having another good water dog for a morale boost. Sand bars are great because they start out with no water and gradually slope so they can pick how deep they want to go and can bounce off the bottom if they're not quite sure of themselves to "jump off the deep end!" Hehe. Dobes are not known for being the best swimmers but my mix has turned into an excellent swimmer with practice. He used to be pretty bad but he's found his inner tiger and now I wouldn't pause to bet his abilities against any retriever.
Xerxes, are you sure she is part rott? I ask because I don't believe either breed would stand ears up like that though I admittedly know very little about Rottweilers. I also didn't think they came in colors like her? Audrey is a sweet, pretty girl no matter what her lineage!
MyBuddy that is an absolutely precious photo of you two, truly heartwarming you can tell the both of yas are in love with each other!
Mischa, how old is your pup? Both of my dogs are superb water dogs but I made them that way. I start them as soon as I can as very young pups, I do what I call "build the tiger" meaning start them out for success every time and they will never doubt themselves and their confidence will only grow to where they don't believe they can't do something. I start out just exposing them to the water and having an older experienced and confident water dog there to show them it's not to be afraid of. I let them observe and approach on their own. Once they appear comfortable with that I push them a little bit by holding them and going into the water but not forcing them into it. Once they are ok with that I will hold them underneath their belly and let them splash, but letting them feel secure is important. Then I will let them "swim" back and forth between myself and another person, still with my hand under them. Eventually the hand will be taken away and the distance between the two people will increase, that's how I train them to swim and to enjoy doing so. This is not all in one day but over the course of a few trips. Once they are adequate at swimming to where I'm fairly sure they won't drown lol I will let them go into the water on their own will, but will definitely encourage them to do so by going in myself and having another good water dog for a morale boost. Sand bars are great because they start out with no water and gradually slope so they can pick how deep they want to go and can bounce off the bottom if they're not quite sure of themselves to "jump off the deep end!" Hehe. Dobes are not known for being the best swimmers but my mix has turned into an excellent swimmer with practice. He used to be pretty bad but he's found his inner tiger and now I wouldn't pause to bet his abilities against any retriever.
Xerxes, are you sure she is part rott? I ask because I don't believe either breed would stand ears up like that though I admittedly know very little about Rottweilers. I also didn't think they came in colors like her? Audrey is a sweet, pretty girl no matter what her lineage!
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@Brioddy to be honest I think about it all the time.
All brother sisters on same litter Rottweiler looking all Black she was the only one in this colour and the breeder had a Rottweiler * Doberman cross so not sure what to tell you.
Her ears not standing for two days now.
The teething phase has to finish the oral development as all nerves passing the neck. Then u know what u have.
I would not touch it anyways.
The colour is fault of red and calls Fawn or Isabella in doberman. In some euro countries even on pure doberman they don't register them same as blue and white Dobi.
All brother sisters on same litter Rottweiler looking all Black she was the only one in this colour and the breeder had a Rottweiler * Doberman cross so not sure what to tell you.
Her ears not standing for two days now.
The teething phase has to finish the oral development as all nerves passing the neck. Then u know what u have.
I would not touch it anyways.
The colour is fault of red and calls Fawn or Isabella in doberman. In some euro countries even on pure doberman they don't register them same as blue and white Dobi.
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