What do you get 'tired of hearing' when walking your Dobie???

[MyBuddy]

Ok so shoot me..

Ok, :biggun: LMAO! Sorry, couldn't resist! ( I don't often get a chance to use that icon! Ask Von, he knows I'm the icon Queen )

I only get stuff like the delivery guy at my house....whenever we are out, I never get a bad remark! I think people know that a dog is different defending his home.

 

[DoUrden]

As a breeder, I've heard them all! Here are a few of the comments/questions that REALLY get to me though.....

1. Aren't you afraid that their brains are gonna get too big for their skulls and they will attack you?
How in the hell did THIS one ever get started? What idiots!!!
2. Oh, how pretty. Do you have miniature dobermans too?
How many times do I have to explain THIS one to people? Hellooooooo? Different breed altogether!
3. Is that a coonhound?
This is for my 'natural' dogs. They never seem to believe me when I tell them though....
4. Does he/she bite?
Does he/she have teeth? ALL dogs can bite! UGHHHHHHH
5. Is that a Warlock?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have no patience for stupidity!

 

[Dobiegirl]

Ok, LMAO! Sorry, couldn't resist! ( I don't often get a chance to use that icon! Ask Von, he knows I'm the icon Queen )

:moony:

 

[MyBuddy]

Aren't you afraid that their brains are gonna get too big for their skulls and they will attack you?
How in the hell did THIS one ever get started? What idiots!!!

I don't know either but that one kills me!! If they only knew how lovable ..............

 

[Apollo]

hahahaha about the brain, i had a guy who told me a very crazy storie in WWII hitler cross bred great danes and dobes, so the brain was to big for the head and that made those dogs very dangerous and crazy, hahaha told him where he got that storie from and it wasn't true.
then the thing with mini dobe's, ohhhhhhhhhhhhh you get sooooooooooooooooooooooo mad with this one. At the dog park are two chicks what walk always two mini pins ( the dogs wearing prongs LMAO ) and just out of fun i ask, what they are, yep she had the nerve to tell me they were mini dobe's , Apollo was staying right there with me, oh goodie, it was on LMAO
i told them in a very snippy tone, that they were no suge a thing like mini dobe's and they are not even related, boy, you should have seen there face and other thing i ask them why to heck a min pin wears a prong, she said if they wouldn't they wouldn't behave, HAHAHAHAHAHA you wanna tell me you can't handle a 10lb dog on a leash, that cracked me up.

 

[Damasyn]

Yeah, I heard similar stories about brain problems in the Doberman. " they get to a certain age and their brain outgrows the skull and all the pressure on the head causes the dog to go crazy and turn on their master and start attacking."

So being very interested in owning my own Dobe, I did research and found that there is a breed with brain problems and some side effects are swelling and neurological issues similar to what was supposed to be a Doberman thing. But it is generally found in Brittney Spaniels

Here is an example, but its all greek to me LOL

Hereditary canine spinal muscular atrophy is a newly recognized motor neuron disease occurring in Brittany Spaniels. The clinical manifestations, pattern of inheritance, electrodiagnostic findings, and muscle biopsies have features in common with human spinal muscular atrophy. Neuropathological examination discloses some loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. Many of the surviving motor neurons have neurofibrillary swellings in proximal axons, an abnormality similar to that which occurs early in the course of human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. These axonal swellings are filled with maloriented skeins of neurofilaments. Since the proteins comprising neurofilaments are carried by slow axonal transport, their accumulation within axons suggest that the swellings may result from impaired slow transport, a hypothesis that can be tested in affected Brittany Spaniels. Hereditary canine spinal muscular atrophy is a new genetic, clinical, and pathological entity, and, at present, it appears to be the best currently available animal model of motor neuron disease.

(C) 1979 American Association of Neuropathologists, Inc

 

[DobermanGuy]

i ask them why to heck a min pin wears a prong, she said if they wouldn't they wouldn't behave, HAHAHAHAHAHA you wanna tell me you can't handle a 10lb dog on a leash, that cracked me up.

LOL! I would have asked her if it would bite and tried to look really terrified!

Damn Apollo! You just gave me the biggest smile!

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:moony:

LOL!

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[MyBuddy]

1. Aren't you afraid that their brains are gonna get too big for their skulls and they will attack you?
How in the hell did THIS one ever get started? What idiots!!!

I was loving up on Buddy last night, hugging his face and rubbing my face to his face and I asked him if he would ever attack me and he said, " I can take your face off if I wanted to but you are my Pack Leader!"

 

[Dobiegirl]

I was loving up on Buddy last night, hugging his face and rubbing my face to his face and I asked him if he would ever attack me and he said, " I can take your face off if I wanted to but you are my Pack Leader!"

:Insanity: I've put the call in Sharon, they little men in white should be there shortly....:neener:

 

[MyBuddy]

:Insanity: I've put the call in Sharon, they little men in white should be there shortly....:neener:

hshit: I've been on here to long reading funny stuff!! Getting slap happy!

 

[Dobiegirl]

hshit: I've been on here to long reading funny stuff!! Getting slap happy!

And wut else does Buddy talk to you about????? ummmmmm interesting.....

 

[EARL99016]

Buddy calls me up to chat when you aren't home.....oh wait a minute....there is some guy in a white coat at my door says he needs to also talk to me about Buddy.

Cya

 

[ChromeNun]

The biggest question I get is "what kind of dog is that"? And that is when they see my male, who is black and rust, tail docked, ears cropped. He definitely looks like a Doberman!! I have lived here for almost 29 years, and except for my own Dobermans, I have only seen one or maybe one other, but those were usually owned by someone just vacationing here. Then about a year ago, I met someone that had just moved to the area and he has one. Even my Vet says he never sees any.

Now, just so ya'll understand, I get a bit "upset" about the Warlock comments on here. My first Doberman was a Warlock. His great grandfather was Borong the Warlock, his grandfather (Borong's son) was named Warlock, and his son (my dog's dad) was named Warlock. NO, my dog's name was not Warlock, it was Zak, but "Warlock" was part of his registered name. And yes, Zak was a big Dobie. He was 29 at the withers, and weighed around 135 (No, he was not in any way FAT, he was very lean). The only flaw in my great pup was that his mom was a blue, and he sometimes threw blues. I am not fond of dilutes, but that is just my opinion. When we referred to Zak as a "Warlock", we meant lineage, plain and simple, and I had the papers and lineage chart to prove it.

My present Dobermans are more of the "recommended" size. My male stands 27 at the withers, and he measures the same from chest to backend. He weighs a mere 80 pounds, but he is all muscle. And, just for the record, Borong is several generations (in fact many generations) back in my present male's lineage.

 

[MLR]

I don't think anyone was really trying to make an issue out of bloodlines here. We're just sharing what we hear from the general public when we take our dobes out on walks that ticks us off. I think they primary ones who do make the comments about size and weight and try to intimate that our guys aren't true dobes are the ones who are, or have been, involved in the show ring. Maybe I'm wrong. Did anyone see the dobe in the Little Rascals movie? I happened to catch that re-running last night. Most of the movie and TV dobes are on the larger side of the scale, too. So I really don't know where this comes from.

 

[Apollo]

http://www.doberman-chat.com/showthread.php?t=4629&highlight=warlock

http://www.doberman-chat.com/showthread.php?t=13&highlight=warlock

 

[Aer]

I just get questions of how is Aer and if she bites. It's kind of hard to keep track of how old she is to months old so I just say 5 months. When I get asked if she bites, I just say that she's a lover not a fighter but she has a tendancy to jump since she's still a puppy.

 

[hrd2gt]

Def dont take offense Chromenun. But you HAVE got to understand the number of random people that just come out no where claiming they had a warlock dog just because we have a dobe. But the funny part is how they go on about how big their dog was... and... no actual relation to Borong...? which really is what they should say if they are gonna talk about lineage, kind of like what you have done. i think alot of people with dobes who love the breed actually know the history... and can call these people out.

I had one guy in the dog park with the craziest looking dobe, he was HUGE and like 8 months... guy told me he was warlock and that the warlocks were mixed with great danes to get the size... this dog DEF looked like a mix of the two... imagine a huge dobe... with fawn of a dane instead or rust... just... just wasnt right...

 

[ChromeNun]

Thanks for the links, Apollo...but I have read all of that before, and although I never meet anyone around here that knows anything about Dobermans at all, I have seen advertizements on the Internet for "Warlock" Dobermans. I don't know if they are meaning SIZE or LINEAGE. But I am assuming that they are meaning oversized. Ain't it funny, but my big ol' goofy direct descendant pup of Borong was one of the biggest, sweetest Doberman I have ever had the pleasure to know. But, let me tell you, even at his size, he was extremely agile and could run like the wind. And so intelligent, but at the same time so bad, as in mischievous. And he had a passion for chocolate!!! SNICKERS!!! And yes, I know that chocolate is bad/really bad for dogs, but someone forgot to tell Zak.

When I was looking for my newest male, it was his markings that struck me first!!! He is beautiful (at least in my eyes) and I loved that his markings were so even and well defined. He reminded me so much of my first Doberman in his looks. I was taken with him from the first time I laid eyes on his pictures. And his temperament is beyond reproach. He is one of the most affectionate Dobermans I have ever had the pleasure of sharing my life with. He has what we used to refer to as the "Warlock" head. My girl Delilah is beautiful, but she has that long, narrow face, that reminds me of a greyhound. She is so awesome, but I just don't care for that long, narrow nose on her. My other girl is so sweet and smart and has a wonderful head, but she is too much of the Euro Standard for my personal taste. Too compact, stocky, muscular, shorter neck, not as regal as the American Standard. But that is my opinion. But Damien is like looking at a Greek god...he is absolutely a handsome example of what I want to see in a Doberman.

So, in the end, I would venture to speculate that we all have different opinions on what makes for a great Doberman. I love a certain look, a definite sweetness, total loyalty, and a desire to please by listening and accomplishing what is expected. I wonder what a Doberman expects or appreciates in his/her human??? I know mine appreciate that I cook for them and that I spend time with them. I think they appreciate that I would never and have never left them to the elements to fend for themselves. Maybe they also like that I share my bed with them, and gladly accept that they like to be very close to me when they sleep. That makes me feel cared for and needed and also part of their pack. I hope they feel the same way too...

 

[Nora04]

Some of your replies are so funny! I am going to get my first little Doberman puppy about June 1. I can hardly wait! It will be my Doberman Adventure, I am sure.

 

[Marinegeekswife]

We've had people ask if Spock's a Rottie and how much we paid for him but it wasn't until Easter Sunday that we had our first dumb*** encounter. Now we've had a couple of good encounters. One was a lady who had just lost her Dobe and was looking for a new pup and wanted to know where we got him. But back to Easter, there were throngs of people at the park near our house, we saw this as a great socialization opportunity. Lots of people of all ages and ethnicities doing all kinds of new things for him. While there a woman approached me and asked what he was, how much we paid for him, and if he was neutered. I answered each of these questions because it doesn't bother me to answer them but when she asked the neutered one I knew what was coming..."are you going to spay him?" Yes, yes I am. "Oh..." Then she and her husband and walked by a few minutes later and I hear their conversation: her "see that dog there? I want one!" him "what so you can give it away 2 weeks later like the last one?" At this point they walked too far away for me to hear but the husband had the nerve to turn back around and ask "do you have another one of those?" That pissed me off but I answered as nicely as possible that no I didn't but I so badly wanted to freak out and yell, "No I don't but if I did I would NEVER give the pup to you!" He's a puppy not a thing and a Doberman puppy at that. They could never have handled him and he's a big softie. Ugh, people can be so stupid!