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Welcome to DT. Many people use Dr. McBride, including show breeders
Do you have 2 males?
Thanks! I am not sure if I Quoted correctly? First timeI have one of the males that lives with me (Phoenix). Phoenix has two little sibblings that boss him around like anything...little dog thing. Then my brother owns Phoenix's half brother Zeus( just from same breeder). Yes they are two males and yes they are getting fixed as soon as Dr says ok.. Zeus spends about a week with us every month and we have had some small disagreements but they are exercised and so active I believe it plays a part in them not getting that wound up. They do love eachother and thankfully I have an extremely mellow dobie pup so lets hope stays that way
Dr. said I was crazy for having two males but said getting them fixed will be help. At least I dont have two full time
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Hey!Welcome to DT, i'm about an hour or so away from you in tampa. If you need any help, just hit me up. With that being said...my breeder doesnt use Dr McBride anymore, but she did for a very long time..as well as i have seen a lot of her ear crops. She's excellent, as well as great person. I probably didnt see it in your post, but if you dont mind me asking..who did you get ur pup from?
She didnt have a bad exp at all, she is still very close with Dr McBride...she just likes the longer crop that Patty Edwards does.Hey!
Did your breeder have a bad experience? :/ As a child growing up my parents owned a red dobie and I loved her to death so that is what made me want the breed so much again. Amazing animals. Home was in south Fl and I had a very hard time finding doberman breeders that were not in miami..(had bad visions of going to miami to get a doberman for some reason lol) anyways was looking literally as far as texas and almost flew there to see dobermans but then I found a breeder in tampa."Happy Dobermans" and she had some good looking pups on website so we made a trip to go and see them and fell in love...now I realize that there are many breeders around but it wasnt that easy for me to find them. Everytime I go to vet I feel like there is another breeder. I am very happy with the dogs that we got they were very happy,fat and healthy pups. I was able to see the parents and they were also loving and sweet. She was a very nice lady and spent alot of time messing around with the pups so they were so loving but it seems like many breeders will get ears done while they still have the pups..
I got my puppy around 9 weeks and then only had short time slot to get them cropped...but everything worked out.
Yeah I can see that and my brother shows signs alot more. I work with dogs so I had to be aware and watch their body language with big packs so its nice with just two to manage lol They are only allowed to play on four feet and as soon as I say hey or chill out they calm down. I do no put up with anything and if a fight does happen from getting carried away from playing then they both are put on their sides until I tell them it is ok for them to get up. Thanks for the heads upok. Gotcha. Dobermans are a breed prone to same sex aggression. Neutering may/may not help. It's their genetic hardwire. Be very aware of their body language. I'd watch the rough play as well. Not trying to scare you but make you aware that is real
More info: http://www.dobermantalk.com/dt-educational-archive/10315-male-male-aggression.html
Yes, I would have to agree. I was just so iffy on trying to do it myself and wasnt sure when he would be done so I didnt try to post myself. I thought they were kidding when they told me wd-40. I tried it once in beginning but didnt feel it helped that much and rather just go slow than get that around my dog.Hello from Ft. Myers, I also went to Dr. Mcbride to have my pups ears done. Dr. Mcbride is a true cropping artist and I couldn't be happier. If there's one thing I didn't agree with, it was that she was very old school in her ways and posting technique, I didn't like the elastikon tape she recommends and the wd-40 to remove the tape. I feel this method http://www.dobermantalk.com/puppy-corner/47747-ear-posting-directions-photo-tutorial-my-method.html (minus the vet wrap) is less stressful on the pup and much easier for me, other than that Dr. Mcbride is truly a master at what she does.
Why are you putting them on their sides?Yeah I can see that and my brother shows signs alot more. I work with dogs so I had to be aware and watch their body language with big packs so its nice with just two to manage lol They are only allowed to play on four feet and as soon as I say hey or chill out they calm down. I do no put up with anything and if a fight does happen from getting carried away from playing then they both are put on their sides until I tell them it is ok for them to get up. Thanks for the heads up![]()
It basically lay down and chill out because you're getting to rough...once they chill out and relax they are allowed to play. They only see each other for visits so when they do I like to break up their play time because when they do not get breaks I noticed that they get irritated quickly.Why are you putting them on their sides?
Yeah I went to the wrong breeder! Most good breeders have dogs ears done :/ all learning process...I am happy we found out about Mc Bride though.. but thats awesome! Do you ever go to the parks around? I take Phoenix to baldwin park with the lake before we take him to vet for ear wrap changes. He is able to swim and its during the day so there are not too many crazy dogs with their irresponsible owners... It is always nice when Phoenix is able to play with another dobieDr. McBride does the cropping for the breeder that I got Roxy from. I also have a Brykis dog. Great temperment. I live in Winter Park. So PM me and we can set up a play date.