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Okay at the moment we have five dogs. Three are mine and the other two who are my brothers who will be moving out soon. Anyways how do I prevent them all from barking at the neighbors and people walking by. A little bit is okay but it seems to be getting out of control. Especially my very...

When I get home from somewhere and I walk in the yard both my dobermans greet me by getting behind me and touching my hand with their cold noses. It's kind of irritating but I deal with it. Is this a Doberman thing? Neither my pit bull or my brothers pit bull does this.

Okay I have a 10 month old dobie puppy and I am having problems keeping her focused on me, especially during the heel. I have been training her the heel command using the clicker method where I give her a treat every time she walks next to me and about every three to four steps and she does...

Okay my doberman puppy (8 months) gets car sick I think. When I take her for car rides she drools the whole ride. I have to put a blanket down to keep her from drooling on the seats. Does anyone have any suggestions, remedies, ect? Or is this even car sickness as she doesn't puke or anything.

How do hunters and stuff train their dogs not to be gun shy. I have a 8 month old dobie who's scared of airguns and stuff. My pitbull is really tolerant of guns because I used to shoot airguns around the house all the time. Unfortunatly I can't do that anymore because my neibors started...

How do hunters and stuff train their dogs not to be gun shy. I have a 8 month old dobie who's scared of airguns and stuff. My pitbull is really tolerant of guns because I used to shoot airguns around the house all the time. Unfortunatly I can't do that anymore because my neibors started...

Okay I purchased a dog from a person who I thought was a responcible breeder at the time of purchase. The website and the questionare really had me fooled. Anyways when I got the puppy I noticed that she was peeing uncontrollably (If the lady was a good breeder she would have noticed this) so...

Okay I have had all three of my dogs plus my brothers dog in enrolled at petsmart training classes for a combined total of 9 classes and I still can't get any of my dogs to walk on a loose leash. How do all of you do it? The method I learned is when the dog pulls I stand like a tree untill the...

Okay I have a 8 month old doberman who still wants to poop on the floor every morning. She is fine in the house during the day but if I don't crate her at night I find a pile of poop right by the front door almost every morning. I have been trying to potty train her since I got her when she was...

Okay I had my 5 1/2 month old doberman pup spayed the other day then today I had to take her to the vet because her wound was all swollen and it looked like the stiches where pulling out. The vet said that she needed to wear an E collar. After I put the E Collar on her she froze and hasn't moved...

Okay a friend of mine has puppies that are three weeks of age and she asked me at what age should she wean them. I have never raised puppies so I have no idea on when to wean them, but I told her I would find out for her. I'm sure I could find that answer in one of my puppie books but I feel I...

What kind of responsibilities come with owning a dog that has been trained in protection. If I do train my dogs in protection will I still be able to take them to see my grandma at the convilesin hospital, will I still be able to take the dogs hiking, camping, and out in public? Thanks in advance.

I was doing an online search for pups online and I found this family tree if one where to look closely on the dams blood line you can see that there is inbreeding. The dog is Briarwood's Storms a Brewing. He's being mated with two dams then the offspring from both dams are being mated. What does...

Okay my dogs keep getting ticks. I tried all the over the counter tick meds and stuff but none of them worked. Then just last week I spent 80 dollars on K9 Advantix and just today I found two ticks on my little doberman. Anyone else got any suggestions. I'd also like to add that I live in the...

Okay I seen today that the city's park and rec distric is offering a dog obediance class. They state that they use the Koehler method. Can someone discribe this for me. I know on one episode of mythbusters they did the teach an old dog new tricks myth and they used two methods of dog training...

I'm looking for a Doberman breeder. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start I've been emailing a few people that I find on the internet but most of them don't email me back. I'm going to start searching for dog competions next. Thanks for any help.

can someone please explain Doberman Vwd for me. I understand what the desease is and I understrand what recessive genes are and everything but I don't understand what it would mean if parents where to be carriers of the disease. would that mean that the puppies would get sick from it? Or would...

I know Dobermans have a little bit of a cone shaped head, but my little girls cone seems like it has gotten bigger. Does anyone know if this is part of normal development or is it something I should be concerned about? I'll take a pic of it in the morning to show you all. Thanks.

Okay the other day my mom noticed bumps on 2 year old pitbull. When I first seen them I thought it was lots of little ticks but after examining him I found it wasn't ticks at all. It's like little bumps below the skin down his back. There is nothing on his stomach or legs or any thing, just his...

Okay I know it is important for a puppy to recive proper nutrition and the proper amount of protien and fats while growing up so they don't run into any health problems from growing too quick. For this reason I have my pup on Canidae food for all ages, but what kind of treats should I be feeding...