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I haven't been in this forum for more that a couple of days now, but I can see that this is definitely the place to post Dober-stuff that I want to get off my chest, but dont know who else to talk to about it.
We have this sweet 2 yr old (will be in 2 weeks, anyway) female dobie, Sasha, and she was a "rescue" of sorts. She originally belonged to my brother-in-law who THOUGHT he wanted a doberman, until he got her as a 6 wk old pup, and then never had time for her. She wasn't abused, but was totally neglected, and by the time she was 6 mo. old, he was making plans on "getting rid of her", so we took her. She seeks out attention any way she can---negative attention, too, cos that's all she ever got from her orig. guy. I've taken her to basic obedience class, and she really is improving in her manners. She is such a sweet dog--can't get close enough to you, y'know? She would crawl inside your mouth if she thought she could. Gets along with the other dogs, loves little kids, FINALLY is housebroken, etc. The problem is, whenever my brother-in-law comes over (which is seldom, by the way) she spends two or three days moping around and looking at the door after he's gone, like she's waiting for him to come back for her. I wish I could make her understand that he doesn't want her, but we do! I always hate it when he comes, because I know how Sasha will react when he's gone, and guess what??? He's coming over for Thanksgiving and plans to spend a day or two.
We have this sweet 2 yr old (will be in 2 weeks, anyway) female dobie, Sasha, and she was a "rescue" of sorts. She originally belonged to my brother-in-law who THOUGHT he wanted a doberman, until he got her as a 6 wk old pup, and then never had time for her. She wasn't abused, but was totally neglected, and by the time she was 6 mo. old, he was making plans on "getting rid of her", so we took her. She seeks out attention any way she can---negative attention, too, cos that's all she ever got from her orig. guy. I've taken her to basic obedience class, and she really is improving in her manners. She is such a sweet dog--can't get close enough to you, y'know? She would crawl inside your mouth if she thought she could. Gets along with the other dogs, loves little kids, FINALLY is housebroken, etc. The problem is, whenever my brother-in-law comes over (which is seldom, by the way) she spends two or three days moping around and looking at the door after he's gone, like she's waiting for him to come back for her. I wish I could make her understand that he doesn't want her, but we do! I always hate it when he comes, because I know how Sasha will react when he's gone, and guess what??? He's coming over for Thanksgiving and plans to spend a day or two.