RedFawnRising

Berkdogg, this is copied from your link: Another reason that the Doberman Pinscher is not as popular today with guard dog owners is their relatively small size when compared with other guard dog breeds.

I guess I'm a bit confused, especially if that was your main source of info, as to why you thought a Doberman would be a large "guard dog."

That site is in India, and seems to have a lot of misinformation in general on it--not just concerning Dobes. They make a lot of sweeping statements, with no cites to back up their generalizations.

At any rate, looks like you're getting good advice.

It would be helpful to see pics of your boy--looks like many members here can share photos with you, to compare development, at the same ages.

Also, I've seen this "guard dog" term bandied about on several threads--but, if you bought him to be a working dog--is he enrolled in any classes yet? What type of training are you going to be doing over the next couple of years with him?

Do you not have breeder support, with him?

I can't imagine a good breeder sending a dog out as a personal protection candidate and not following up on that, making sure an educated owner is enrolling the pup in appropriate training, etc.

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