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Hey hey I'm new here and am preparing to get a doberman within the next three months providing I can find a good breeder in my area with reasonable prices. I have a lot of research to do and I have a lot of questions already.
For one thing I would like to get a few books on doberman training, development, behavior, health etc. The more books the better.
Some questions:
I've read online that dobermans have a lovely "switch" between active and non active. Does this have to be trained, is it innate, or something that has to be reinforced from time to time? To be more specific I guess I am also curious if it is something that happens when the owner is calm or whenever the dobe decides?
If the switch is a reaction to my activity is it their nature to react if something happens that I am not ready for?
Is it their nature to anticipate something (such as a walk, or game) according to past experiences or stay generally alert and ready for anything?
Males/females: which tends to be more playful? More loving? Protective? Gentle? *i am not going to discriminate against one or the other but it would be nice to know for other reasons
Other animals:
I have a young cat. She is very playful. Unless I am in bed she is spending her time enticing me to play with her. She gets inventive. Knocks everything off the coffee table. Brings me her toys purposely plays with things she knows I don't want her to play with (plants, glasses, tv, chess set etc.) Bats me and runs away, does this really weird hoppy thing I have never seen any other cat do...you get the picture. Obviously dogs have predatory instinct and everything, but how does a doberman that was brought up with a cat treat it when it gets older? Tolerant? Member of the family? Dog toy?
I visit my family very often and they have a German shepherd, a very submissive lab (shed a rescue we get the feeling she was abused but she loves other dogs) and a golden retriever lab mix. How does a dobe fit in with other dogs it has been socialized with? Still people oriented? I have totally seen those videos on YouTube. I would very much like to read your stories though
That's all I can think of right this minute, thank you!
For one thing I would like to get a few books on doberman training, development, behavior, health etc. The more books the better.
Some questions:
I've read online that dobermans have a lovely "switch" between active and non active. Does this have to be trained, is it innate, or something that has to be reinforced from time to time? To be more specific I guess I am also curious if it is something that happens when the owner is calm or whenever the dobe decides?
If the switch is a reaction to my activity is it their nature to react if something happens that I am not ready for?
Is it their nature to anticipate something (such as a walk, or game) according to past experiences or stay generally alert and ready for anything?
Males/females: which tends to be more playful? More loving? Protective? Gentle? *i am not going to discriminate against one or the other but it would be nice to know for other reasons
Other animals:
I have a young cat. She is very playful. Unless I am in bed she is spending her time enticing me to play with her. She gets inventive. Knocks everything off the coffee table. Brings me her toys purposely plays with things she knows I don't want her to play with (plants, glasses, tv, chess set etc.) Bats me and runs away, does this really weird hoppy thing I have never seen any other cat do...you get the picture. Obviously dogs have predatory instinct and everything, but how does a doberman that was brought up with a cat treat it when it gets older? Tolerant? Member of the family? Dog toy?
I visit my family very often and they have a German shepherd, a very submissive lab (shed a rescue we get the feeling she was abused but she loves other dogs) and a golden retriever lab mix. How does a dobe fit in with other dogs it has been socialized with? Still people oriented? I have totally seen those videos on YouTube. I would very much like to read your stories though
That's all I can think of right this minute, thank you!