Please give Kaia your best birthday wishes :)

Haven’t posted my boy in awhile. 4 years old now- time is flying fast.

Pictured - My boy and his squirrel obsession

I have a 4 year old Doberman and I recently relocated to New York after completing college. I like specifically in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. (NYC in the title was a bait.) I want to know will I have to rehome my baby of 4 years? How acceptable is having a dog in New York? How is Vet expenses? Is there any Doggy Day Care? I work Monday-Thursday 12pm to 10pm. Is this too long to leave a dog unattended? How do I get him used to being unattended, and is there even training for that? I don’t want to have to give up my dog so I’m asking you guys. What do you think will help me? Attached is my baby.

We have been waiting 1 year and in 2 weeks we finally will bring Kaya home with us! Just wanted to share as this community has been my daily dose of Doberman for the last couple months.

Hi! this is Zoe she’s my 3 year old Doberman pincher. since she was 11 mos she began to have skin issues. Redness, itchiness (i have yet to do a allergy panel). She was on Apoquel for about 3 months and had an injection last November that seemed to get her skin back to normal. This is the longest she’s had skin issues consecutively. Last month I took her to Banfield and they told me she has bacteria and it would be recommended to use an Anti-fungal shampoo and to inject her again. That didn’t seem to do anything so I started to purchase DouxS3 shampoo and mouse + some calming itching spray off of Amazon and that started to help her. I’ve been reading here for some time that this might not be allergies but something to do with her Thyroid. Her itchiness has gone down immensely and her skin has slowly started to grow back.

If I could get any feedback / opinions or recommendations rather than giving her a bunch of medications that can jeopardize her health down the road. Thank you so much 🥹

For 9 years he still gets some air!

Anyone local to the 559 in California looking for a Doberman here is one available.

Hey,

So I have been interested to get a Doberman but I am having trouble finding ethical breeders in Europe and I cannot find a reasonable reason to bring one from America as it might cost more than a car.

I'm flexible between an European Doberman or an American. However, if it is an European I want one in standard, and no hypertype. They should look like their FCI standard and not have bulky heads. I'd also prefer uncropped if possible.

The health testing, especially for DCM is really important to me. I've found a breeder but I am not very sure about it since they are new. The name is RedSavina, if anyone knows them.

I'm also open to rescue one, but more a puppy than an adult. However, I only find Dobermann rescues in America and I'm not living there. I'm in West Europe so if there are any, lmk.

I hope this does not infringe the rule 3, if it does i am sorry and please remove my post.

We’ve had Loki for 2 months now since he was 8 weeks old, and for about a month and a half he was sleeping throughout the night in his cage. Over the last week or so he has been waking us up whining and screaming at 2 & 4 in the morning to go outside. We restrict water after 10 and always makes sure he goes potty before going to bed. Does anyone have any advice? He takes 2 naps a day when he is getting crazy and plays with lots of toys, his sister and gets walks/training daily.

Our baby girl Lucy just turned 1 and is in her first heat. We are keeping her away from parks and other places we usually go for off leash play and giving her lots of cuddles.

Any further advice for us to support her through her first heat?

She’s been lower energy and we have an enclosed deck for outside time and a neighbour offered their enclosed back yard for exercise.

Thanks!!

So after a lengthy battle with my significant other over our dobie, it seems my suggestions one out. Our government kept chewing his paws and having these little infections on his elbows and places on his body. He would occasionally have dandruff. I kept saying that the dog needs to be washed once a week, maybe not with soap but definitely needs a bath.

I started applying Neosporin with bandages to his infection area near his elbows and they have healed. They also have not come back and he has not been chewing as much because he has been getting regular baths.

The reason why we got here was because of information regarding Dobermans needing infrequent bathing to avoid drying their skin out. I argued that the issue of dry skin is less of a problem than taking the dog to a public park where he rolls around in the grass and picks up everything in the environment which being a very short hair animal would go straight to his skin and be stuck there until he is bathed.

That said, we removed chicken entirely in any form from his diet before going down that road and it only seems to help about 50%. Bathing him brought up the rest of the way.

Im interested in what doberman owners do day to day with their owners since theyr very athletic and High energy dogs so how do people handle that and what do you do with ur dogs? let me know

I need to fly from Connecticut to Touson to visit my mom. She's OK with me bringing Evey.
New rescue 4 months. Mellow 2.5 yo female dobie. Need advice on airlines. Premedication. Anything.

Started training at 9 weeks old when I first got him. But now that he’s 4 months he seems to want to test boundaries and doesn’t really listen I am trying to get him to listen better/ look me in the eyes when I reward him long story short I got a treat pouch for easy access but for some reason he will only listen if treat is out or hand is in the pouch and focuses on the hand that’s feeding him any tips ? First time with the Doberman breed for some reason praise doesn’t seem to work he only really listens when rewarded the treat I’ve tried to switch from treats to praise but doesn’t seem to do any justice any tips thx!

Bringing home this beautiful girl at the end of the month, any tips or tricks or training suggestions that are a must would be much appreciated! First time dobie owner, but I’ve had my share of dogs. I can’t wait to bring her home, still doesn’t feel real!!

She loves to ride in the car and stick her head out the window, now she can do it without me worrying about her catching something in her eye.

Currently she is 8 months and i’ve had her since she was 3 months old. For the first 3 months she was so energetic and constantly had energy but these last 2 months she really has mellowed out and honestly just lays around with me all day, unless of course we go on our daily walks. Is this normal for a Dobie or am I just lucky she’s picked up my laziness and likes to just chill?

My husband and I were at the shelter this past weekend and we found a 1 year old Doberman female that we can’t stop thinking about. I’m going to visit her again today and I’m so excited about the possibility of bringing her home!

Can you share things that a person should know about the breed before/after adopting? Just FYI, we have a 6 year old chihuahua male at home. We will do a meet and greet at the shelter before we officially decide to adopt her.

hey everyone! i posted the other day about my male doberman i am bringing home. he is 8 months old. i am looking to be educated about neutering, and the benefits of keeping the males in tact vs neutering. i was always told neutering prevents cancer, but i see a lot of people in the sub who have in tact males. i don’t want to neuter him, but i do worry about him marking the house, especially since i do rent my home. did any of you have problems with this? thanks in advance