I had a doberman when I was in high school. It was a rescue puppy. We had a 7 foot cinder block fence around our backyard in Arizona. When it got full-grown he would runaway after leaping the fence. To be fair, our yard was not big enough for the dog.
He did this two or three times until my dad got a call from a rancher in Casa Grande, 60 miles away, who had caught him. My dad was tired of going to pick up the dog and told the rancher about him jumping the fence in our yard. He asked the rancher if he was interested in the dog. An agreement was reached and our troubles with the runaway doberman were over with just like that.
I had a friend from high school who had a doberman named Cholla, after the cactus that would hook into your skin if you just looked at it wrong. Commonly known as jumping cactus. Nice enough dog but my friend was involved in some shady business and used him as a guard dog.
The dog would wait until you walked past it and then would go after your calf from the back in a quick nip and retreat maneuver. Just like you compared the doberman to Trump's behavior. He never really broke the skin but he could leave a bruise, just enough to let you know who was in charge.
What heart breaking stories.
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My dad was always a little freaked out by my Dobes.
He worked 4-12 at the prison and when he got home at night, he’d pull in the driveway and while he was getting out of the truck, Tito The Wonder Dobe would silently slink out of the darkness of the back yard and suddenly “appear” when dad turned around after shutting the truck door.
Tito would just sit there, a darker shadow in the pitch black yard, and watch him.
Dad said the dog gave him the creeps.
My Dobes will bark at strangers near the house, to warn them away.
As long as they’re barking, people are safe.
When they don’t bark at all, it means they’re not wanting the intruder to know what’s coming.
:)