We had a female Doberman for 10 years before she got bone cancer.
A BEAUTIFUL DOG! Loyal, protective and obedient, with basic training, puppy training at a school for 6 weeks and a whole lot of love.
When my daughter was born and my wife and I would leave the lounge room while Jada (my daughter) was in her bassinet, Dixie would get up from her bag that she sat on inside and would lie between the front door and Jada until we came back in the room.
She slept outside and you would hear her get up and run the boundary of the year just "doing her rounds" and if someone would walk up the street in an area that she thought was hers (which was everything she could see) then barking was one the menu for the next couple of minutes. I spoke to my neighbours and neither minded because they knew when she barked there were people around.
Could not recommend a breed more highly, we've have friend who also had a Dobie and he had the same experience as us. Sadly my eldest son is Autistic and has issues with the loud barking and the sheer size or her so until he's bigger we will have to hold off on getting another one, hopefully soon.
A BEAUTIFUL DOG! Loyal, protective and obedient, with basic training, puppy training at a school for 6 weeks and a whole lot of love.
When my daughter was born and my wife and I would leave the lounge room while Jada (my daughter) was in her bassinet, Dixie would get up from her bag that she sat on inside and would lie between the front door and Jada until we came back in the room.
She slept outside and you would hear her get up and run the boundary of the year just "doing her rounds" and if someone would walk up the street in an area that she thought was hers (which was everything she could see) then barking was one the menu for the next couple of minutes. I spoke to my neighbours and neither minded because they knew when she barked there were people around.
Could not recommend a breed more highly, we've have friend who also had a Dobie and he had the same experience as us. Sadly my eldest son is Autistic and has issues with the loud barking and the sheer size or her so until he's bigger we will have to hold off on getting another one, hopefully soon.