I’ve known several Dobies over the years. By and large, they’re decent, loving dogs with the qualities that we know and love of all dogs. Slightly skittish, somewhat territorial, but so are numerous other breeds, such as Dachshunds. These traits can be useful in a guard dog, and so they tend to be used for that purpose, Dobies not Dachshunds. Weiner dogs just don’t look at all intimidating, lol. Dock their ears for that vaguely demonic look (not advocating that, it’s cruel imho, but that’s why it’s done) and they’re still not knee high to a toddler.
Pits, decent dogs too. Quintessentially American. Victor, the RCA dog. Petey, the Little Rascal’s faithful companion. Powerful jaws and very muscular, the wrong sort took to them, for fighting and for, again, fear. Some lines have been bred by thugs to enhance aggression. These are the ones you hear about. The vast majority have all the qualities that make us love and treasure dogs as well.
I suspect you’re about to get very capably blasted without my interjecting, though, lol. So, have fun. Good Saturday morning!
You’ve hit the point.
Pit Bulls have to be ~FORCED~ to fight. It’s not in their nature.
That’s why there’s so much cruelty (think slime-ball POS Michael Vick) associated with dog fighting.
“Slightly skittish,”
-Serious- breed fault/automatic disqualification in the show ring.
Go EuroDobe...you’ll never go back.
Rock solid under fire, steady and not afraid of the devil, himself.
Devoted protectors of children.
The ear cropping and tail docking were not done for appearance.
With no long ears or tail to grab them by, you can’t ‘flip’ them when they’re “working”.
Purely a “form follows function” infinitely pragmatic German creed.
Enjoy the upcoming slaughter...uh...I mean ~show~.
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Had to comment cuz you mentioned Doxies. My 11 year old red longhair Doxie is VERY territorial and quite snippy. Moreso than my mother’s Rhodie or both of my aunt’s pits. Matter of fact, when we take Mu to visit my Aunt, she puts both of the pits in their place. I would not want to mess with a Dox!
I had a Doberman. She was gentle as a lamb with my kids but if someone was walking down the street and they came to the door, she would sit there and shake, clicking her teeth. She never bit anyone, was obedience trained and loved all kids. BUT would I trust her to never attack someone she didn’t know? Probably not. One time my daughter was sitting on her back watching tv. She was about 2 years old and she started tapping her in the face with both hands. The Dobie swung her head around and nipped her in the face. Nothing bad, but a scratch that was there for about a week.
She was teasing her. I cannot blame the dog and I made it crustal clear that she was NEVER to tease her like that.
Another thing she did that unnerved me a lot was if she was lying on the bed sometimes if you stared at her she would snarl. That was why we put her in obedience training. After the training, which she took to like a charm, these incidents ceased and she lived a long, healthy life with our family.
I do not think Dobermans are in the same class as Pits. At least Dobermans are gorgeous dogs. Pit Bulls, sorry, ugly.