Doberman is so perfect
creature of nature and man that upon further acquaintance this
dog may not excite general admiration and flare of enthusiasm…(
E.G. Rosenberg)
Doberman and its owner
Owing to its lively temperament Doberman always put
characteristic requirements to its owner. A leader of
temperamental dog (any dog breed) must be always equable and
govern own nerves even if his anger is enormous.
Admires of dogs or dog sports that are prone to nervousness should
choose a calmer puppy under guidance of a breeder or choose a
radically more phlegmatic dog breed. By the same token they will
release themselves and their dog from unnecessary anger or
troubles.
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If Doberman’s
owner being in conflict from time to time behaves very thriftily
and punishes his young dog unjustly , then the animal will become
worse very soon and often from now till doomsday. Who will be
surprised if such Doberman who was brought to nonsense many times
and therefore absolutely lost its heart puts its teeth into play
for self-protection?
Formerly such piteous nasty dogs were very often put up to sale
“by force of prevailing circumstances” or due to other
reasons. And when a new owner also did not get along with
this Doberman,
the dog was sold again. So, behavioral disorders were increasing
from one owner to another.
Those truly spoiled Dobermans that did not have inborn
hypocrisy or craft, occasionally attached to them, resulted from
wrong treatment and education on the part of a human being.
Equable person having command over himself, self-possessed in
different annoying situations and who treats and trains young
Doberman only step by step and “ in dog manner”, later on
such owner will have a lot of happy moments with his temperamental
Doberman.
His obedient and faithful dog with its lively, fervent and
cheerful nature will gladden him and is not likely to give him a
handle to anxiety. Here is another quotation from Schlotfeld
(1909) concerning the problem of “nasty Doberman”:
"Present-day
Doberman
is a wicked, intelligent dog with fiery temperament and big
courage, thus as if this dog were created for training by a man.
In order to break a dog Doberman to good manners besides its
good abilities to training the dog must get in good hands.
Resentful temper and craft are the two features of this breed
that are to be considered during training. Unfortunately, these
dogs are permanently mismanaged by inexperienced trainers and
from here one may here the opinion that Doberman
may be obedient only if chained. At the start I also believed
these rumors until obtained excellent training results time and
again”.
When having a Doberman one should certainly consider its great
demand for moving daily and in all weather, in any
time-of-year. Needless to say that basically this is related
to other temperamental dog breeds as well. Only Doberman
that is in motion for long time can be well-balanced and
controllable.
Before every training work requiring attention concentration a
temperamental Doberman must “blow down” at first, i.e. have
possibility to run a lot. If locomotory stress is not hard enough
then an owner of restless, unbalanced, awkward Doberman
must know that such dog will become a burden not only for a
trainer himself but also for other people (e.g. due to endless
barking).
