doberman

[johnk 0]

why has the doberman cross never became popular.these dogs are fast intelligent easy to train have good noses can be game and hard have real thick skin

most things you would need in a good lurcher.any stories about the cross or why they dont seem to get bred much

[Guest ben blackmore27]

i had a craking doberman a few yearsback now chased a fox off the back field ov mine but didnt get close enough keen as mustard tho

[mikeyboy 7]

i had a craking doberman a few yearsback now chased a fox off the back field ov mine but didnt get close enough keen as mustard tho

no a lad got that cross is a cracking fox dog.really keen

 

cheers

 

mike

[Dawn B 212]

Ive had 2 Dobes and co own a third. WONDERFUL, BUT they are quite unreliable at times. Police wont use them because sometimes when they are TOLD to do something, they look at you and say f**k off! Temperaments on the whole now are crap. more like lap Dogs, my friend has European bred ones, much better tempered, correct tempered, but many "pet" people would let them get out of hand. LOTS of health issues which is why I wouldnt have another, most loal breed though.

Dawn.

[johnk 0]

thanks for the replies, i suppose the show people have ruined another breed,suppose dobermans from 30 or 40yrs ago would have been a different story but that is why so many people with working dogs cant stand the show people.

[Dawn B 212]

thanks for the replies, i suppose the show people have ruined another breed,suppose dobermans from 30 or 40yrs ago would have been a different story but that is why so many people with working dogs cant stand the show people.

No, you are wrong. If it wasnt for the breeders breeding then all the health problems these Dogs face would be worse than ever, fortunatley, diseases like Von Willebrands and Cervical Spondolopathy can be successfully treated, and if RESPONSIBLE breeders tested ALL breeding stock the vWD could be eradicated in a short time. Sadly, for many people, money comes before anything else and health goes out of the window. You will find people that exhibit dogs ceratinly the majority do all relevant testing before breeding.

 

Its not really fair to critisize show people, most of our native breeds would now be virtually none existant witout them. At present I am boarding 4 Lurchers, one is crippled with HD (at 3yrs) one had an eye disease (not sure which I think they said something to do with the Collie breeding but cant be sure) and now as one removed and limited sight in the other (6yrs) one of the other two is very dog aggressive and the fourth is lovely! Not really a great advert for the crossbreed is it?

[allgame 0]

werent doberman half grey half rotwelier at one stage any way had a greyhound staghound with abit of boberman in it it was a dog worth remembering

[Terrier man 38]

I had one few years back was a total and utter waste of time the dog was not a bit interested in game but mad for people and tended to go for them was deadly dangerous around kids ..........Wouldnt have one in my way

[Dawn B 212]

I had one few years back was a total and utter waste of time the dog was not a bit interested in game but mad for people and tended to go for them was deadly dangerous around kids ..........Wouldnt have one in my way

Then you were very unlucky. They are the most loyal and defensive Dogs to their family, they'd give their life for you. Like anything else when you get a bad one, it usually is!!

 

This is the one I co-own, he's almost 7 and tis was him Sunday racing at the Greyhound track.

Dawn.

 

 

[wink hound 0]

i had a pure dobi that would do anything you would expect a good bull cross to do..... he would also guard like his life depended on it, he was quieter than most bullx's i ve seen and his recall was top notch....... i fancy he was a one off

[valentino 0]

personally,...ive never seen any doberman that i would rate,...either for use as a lurcher, or a guard dog.......

 

valentino

[wink hound 0]

perhaps u havent seen enough then!

[Guest bobsuperdog]

i had a pure dobi that would do anything you would expect a good bull cross to do..... he would also guard like his life depended on it, he was quieter than most bullx's i ve seen and his recall was top notch....... i fancy he was a one off

 

 

i have heard it all now,you must have seen some bad bullcrosses

[BenBhoy 4,706]

THE most loyal of dogs dawn...?? i think everyone on here who has a fave breed will pick their own, but for me if you get a good jack russell then he'll give his life for ya.

[sighthound1811 6]

my father in law had a straight dobX grey an it was a f&*$ing nut case!!!!all it ever did was want to fight with other dogs,cats an any other stock it seen....it was kept as a pet though,an not for hunting..maybe if it had an outlet for that type of behaviour then it might have been better....but his guarding instinct was second to none,he would have laid down his life for his family....he once caught a guy who was trying to break into my in laws house an absolutely tore the guys thigh an forearm to shreds!!! after that he sadly became people aggressive an ended up biting someone an got a one way ticket to the vet.....