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#1 ·
Hi we are thinking of getting a Doberman pup after having German Shepherds for years and want to know a bit more about them from people who actually have experience with them.

Firstly we will be going on Sunday to check out the Doberman pups and not sure what to look out for when choosing a female puppy as I only know about GSD and would love to choose a lovely temperament mellow Doberman who loves to train like my current GSD Lucy, she wasn't an easy dog to train, but when she was it made her awesome to have around and she does anything for me :).

We lost our GSD 10 year old recently who was our guard dog and best friend who guarded the house very well and without her the house is very quiet now.

The puppies
https://www.facebook.com/Toti-Dobies-1034081000010294/

What I would like to know is, feel free to add any extra information
1. What is the best training routine for puppies, is it similar to GSD training?
2. Do they train as easily as GSD or do they take more work?
3. Is potty training easy to do as it was with my GSD through repetition?
4. Do they also have a disruptive stage if you don't exercise them all the time? What is the best exercise routine as we got a big garden and usually run them around our big park?
5. Do they require crate training also like GSD when potty training?
6. Do they get on with any dog and cats they grow up with? Our cats are in a different part of the garden divided by a big fence so they only see each other when inside
7. Do breeders keep puppies natural unless we ask for the puppy to be docked etc. as we like the natural look?
8. What toys do they love?

I think that is everything I can think of right now.

Thanks again
 
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#2 ·
Welcome to DT.

From looking at the breeder's FB page (and the fact that you said "garden" and not "yard"), I'm guessing you aren't in the US?

Dobe puppies and GSD puppies are pretty similar, from what I understand. Active, inquisitive, and like to chew on any and everything. Introducing them to, and teaching them to respect, the cats at a young age will help them grow up accepting of them (although they might still want to chase strays).

Since I'm thinking you are in Europe, where there are strict cropping/docking laws in some countries, then yes, they probably will leave the pups natural. Docking an older puppy, while it can be done, is a much harder surgery on an older pup than one who is only a couple of days old.
 
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#3 ·
Thanks for the welcome and information, I am from South Africa so not really sure what the law is about the docking and cropping is here and that's awesome if they similar means I can use my same techniques I used with Lucy.

We had a GSD which chased the cats so was my biggest worry that they might too.
 
#4 ·
My dogs live with cats in the house. All three of them are scared of one of my female cats, because she is an obnoxious snot who won't hesitate to go after then if they annoy her. That said, they will want to try and chase any loose cat we encounter on a walk.
 
#14 ·
So far so good Sasha stays on her bed when inside and only chews her toys I give her which is a hoof and chew stick until she falls asleep. I wake her up every 2 hours and take her out for her toilet stuff and she does both wees/poos in a few minutes :). Lucy is lying nearby on her blanket so the first day is going quite well which makes me so happy.

Hopefully I can get some sleep in tonight.
 
#25 · (Edited)
Thanks everyone I will try get some pictures tomorrow, she has her full tail, wouldn't take a docked puppy :D.

The last two days we took her out to two outdoor restaurants on her lead (stays on her all the time unless she is playing in the garden, still have to carry her though when we out), she enjoyed it and was so well behaved and slept in the car on the way (in my arms, seems to comfort her), seems she is happy with travel. We have a blanket she only uses and tons of food toys which she seems to love a lot which we take with us to make her feel like she is at home. She still gets scared when children run past and shout, but I am sure she will get use to it the more we socialise her.

So far she has learnt how to paw and trying to get her to rollover, she does go to the toilet when I say toilet so quite proud of her and how fast she has learnt, reminds me a lot of Lucy who was also easy going that age and learnt quite quickly she impressed the people at puppy school.

Forgot to mention, but last night I was so tired I couldn't wake up, but she persisted in waking me up to take her out and I did, no messes again :) I think keeping a routine for them works quite well at this age.
 
#30 · (Edited)
Thanks for the lovely comments, so far I am coping with the Dobie craziness, the hard part is always trying to get her to sleep from her hyper biting state, but somehow manage it in the end, hopefully training will make this easier like it did with Lucy.

She adores the big yard as it is 10 times bigger than the one she had.
 
#32 ·
Think I have become an overprotective mother lol, always chasing after her making sure she doesn't eat anything she shouldn't be and worrying when she kicks her legs and makes noises when shes having bad dreams :p.

Am I being normal as a parent or is this borderline crazy.

Anyway she is doing very well and starting to get my routine I set out for her, when the lead is off she can free play, but when it is on it is sleeping time. She actually has more fun with the cats toys than her own and I got this scratching pole with 2 balls hanging from it which she loves to grab and kick it away then catch it again, she doesn't actually damage the toys which is great and she has this catnip mouse toy too.

The cats and Lucy still adore her and play with her nicely especially the ginger cat.

I think that is everything I can think of for the update, been a hectic week as we preparing for my Aunt and Uncle who will arrive later from Canada.

My cat Amber and Marmite plus Lucy when she was the same age.
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#33 ·
Think I have become an overprotective mother lol, always chasing after her making sure she doesn't eat anything she shouldn't be and worrying when she kicks her legs and makes noises when shes having bad dreams :p.

Am I being normal as a parent or is this borderline crazy.

Nothing at all wrong with that, last thing you want is for her to eat something she shouldn't & end up with an obstruction.

My boy, age 6, is an unashamed sock thief. No sock in our house is safe from his sneaky thieving behaviour. :rolleyesww: :D

Some dobes need very close watching. ;)
 
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