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another dobie question2007-11-25 2:58:09

I actually acquired this dobie from the neighbor they abandonded him and i took him he came back and gave me his papers and said he didnt want him. i just acquired the dog week ago and he is a BIG challenge. he runs and jumps on the kids he bites them he barks at u if u say NO! I use a rolled up newspaper and this works the best with him BUT the minute u turn ur head hes right back at it jumping and knocking the kids down or biting them in a playful way. This is a question I want answered by people who are actually trying to answer with KNOWLEDGE of what im talking about. He also is humping things now like my son,pillows, and whatever he can find will he always do this and how can i make him stop that. I am not neutering him because his bloodline and his beauty he is a GORGEOUS blue doberman and he is 4 months old and HUGE!! he is about 55 lbs already but he is just very very very wild!! he does have the brains to learn he just dosent do this!! are all dobies this way as puppies?

Answers:

All puppies who are not fixed can be this way. If you want to keep your pet unaltered you have to take responsibility and spend a LOT of time and effort in training your dog. It sounds like your dog needs a TON of exercise. That is not just exercise where he goes and runs by himself in the backyard, that hardly phases most dogs. He needs MENTAL exercise.

You have gotten the dog from a neighbor who abandoned him. This probably means that they let him learn a lot of habits that you find unacceptable and will take a lot of time and training to get out of him. Beating your dog with the newspaper is probably not going to get the point across. He probably has a high tolerance of pain and as a doberman, he is later going to see this as something playful, or worse yet, he might come back at you.