Hi everyone, First of all what a great forum, we've been learning so much, thanks! This is our first Doberman (female) and we can literally not get enough of her! We've been taking her to the training school for the last 2 months and doing loads of socialisation. Taking her on play dates...

Hi everyone, This is my first post and my first dobbie. He has been the worst puppy I have ever owned, our 1st year was filled with a lot of hair pulling and asking ourselves dear god why!!! BUT our hard work is paying off and he is maturing into a very well balance and behaved boy. He is a...

Hi Everyone, I exercise Koda just about very day by running hin next to my scooter around our village for about 3-5km. I also beach walk him and he comes with me to the corner cafe just about everyday. We live on a beachfront property in a relatively poor community with many social and...

My pup just turned 1yr, I got her to be a companion/guard dog. But she is sooo submissive! I purposely socialized her when she was younger in an attempt to not make her fearful/aggressive of people. But now she will NOT even bark/growl or go check to see who is at the door or gate. Any...

Bonnie, my 19 week old girl, is not normally very skittish. But with us, her family (well, mostly me and my dad), if we approach her too quickly, she will cower and urinate. We have never hit her, we haven't even had to use a correction collar yet (a sharp disapproving sound or NO! always makes...