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Hi all,
After having had one & having had friends with dobermans I'm very much a "there are dobermans & there are dogs" type person.
I'd love another doberman very much... funny tho a friend of ours found a loose malinois(in Detroit even) a few months ago & I just met him today.
What a beautiful dog! So smart & attentive, yet a bit serious? maybe not so much a sense of humor that the dobe has.
He is a leaner, not kissy, not shy.
After hanging out with him & watching him with his owners playing in the park I have to admit I fell in love with him. I looked them up healthwise they are much better off it seems.
Any thoughts on them in comparison to dobes? We went to a bench show a year ago & thought the single one we met(a female) seemed inordinately shy...yet in a pet shop a person walking theirs seemed very outgoing.
I told our friends my husband cannot see this dog until I get my dobe or we'll be arguing what comes first. (his aunt is heavy in tervurens-(too much hair)
I really doubt my loyalty is totally shaken, but I was so very impressed with this dog. He is very fixed on the husband between the couple.
I wonder this also, maybe a two part question. Have you ever noticed a tendency for some breeds to gravitate to certain genders? Or w/working breeds is the one most around the person they look toward most?
E.g. I've often seen on petfinder that many male dobes prefer women/females than men. (mine was this way also) Is that just a fluke?
I've only met one female dobe & she was still young, sweet & goofy(tho I was told she remained that way).
I was thinking of a female because losing my male was so awful I thought maybe a gender difference, plus the lighter weight of a female would help alleviate any comparisons in my head I might have.
After having had one & having had friends with dobermans I'm very much a "there are dobermans & there are dogs" type person.
I'd love another doberman very much... funny tho a friend of ours found a loose malinois(in Detroit even) a few months ago & I just met him today.
What a beautiful dog! So smart & attentive, yet a bit serious? maybe not so much a sense of humor that the dobe has.
He is a leaner, not kissy, not shy.
After hanging out with him & watching him with his owners playing in the park I have to admit I fell in love with him. I looked them up healthwise they are much better off it seems.
Any thoughts on them in comparison to dobes? We went to a bench show a year ago & thought the single one we met(a female) seemed inordinately shy...yet in a pet shop a person walking theirs seemed very outgoing.
I told our friends my husband cannot see this dog until I get my dobe or we'll be arguing what comes first. (his aunt is heavy in tervurens-(too much hair)
I really doubt my loyalty is totally shaken, but I was so very impressed with this dog. He is very fixed on the husband between the couple.
I wonder this also, maybe a two part question. Have you ever noticed a tendency for some breeds to gravitate to certain genders? Or w/working breeds is the one most around the person they look toward most?
E.g. I've often seen on petfinder that many male dobes prefer women/females than men. (mine was this way also) Is that just a fluke?
I've only met one female dobe & she was still young, sweet & goofy(tho I was told she remained that way).
I was thinking of a female because losing my male was so awful I thought maybe a gender difference, plus the lighter weight of a female would help alleviate any comparisons in my head I might have.