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| Helmlake Stud Dogs & Puppies: The breeds - Dobermanns |
 The Dobermann is one of the few breeds which have been formed according to a carefully planned schedule.
The breed was created about 1870 by Louis Dobermann, a tax collector in Germany. The 'recipe' is not known, but it seems certain that the most important ingredients were shepherd dogs and cattle dogs.
Around 1895 the breed was crossed with Manchester Terriers, and at the beginning of the twentieth century a touch of Greyhound blood was added.
The Doberman is a middle-sized, squarely built, erect, and noble dog with a long, finely chiselled head, flat skull, only slightly defined stop, and a long, powerful muzzle. The eyes are medium-sized and almond-shaped. The ears should be small and set high, tips falling forward (in U.S.A., Finland, Germany, and a few other countries they are cropped short). It should be compactly built, as it is above all a working dog.
 The coat is short, flat, and hard. The colouring should be black with rust-red markings, liver brown with red-brown markings, or blue. The last colour is very rare.
Dogs: shoulder height, 26-28 in, weight: 66 to 75 pounds; bitches: 24 to 26 inches, weight to 68 pounds.
The modern Dobermann is used as a guard dog, in both public (police etc.) and private duty; for families at least one member must be willing and able to train the dog with absolute consistency and keep it under discipline.
Requires a good education, plenty of ongoing training, and something to do, also long daily walks. Grooming is no problem.
Dobermans become very attached to their families and generally like children, but they have little inclination for play. They prefer being given serious work to do.
If trained properly, they make excellent guard and attack dogs that would not hesitate risking their lives to protect their fami-lies. Females are calmer and less aggressive than males. If a Doberman does not have an authoritative master or does not get enough exercise and work, its excess energies are almost impossible to restrain. It can then become excessively irritable, have fits of aggression, and become very dangerous because it may bite without provocation.
Life Expectancy: Twelve to fifteen years.
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