[Harmless Teddy Bear]

My father in law discovered the same thing about his Doberman. He was going to give his son a (according to the son well deserved) spanking. She grabbed his hand in her mouth and "held". FIL patted dog, told her she was a good dog and from then on made sure dog was outside, doors and windows were closed and curtains were drawn before any of the kids were disciplined.

She was just doing her job, protecting the young ones.

[Salamander]

For reasons I’ve never discovered, Dobermanns are bonkers about kids.

Mine acts a damn fool if he spies one.

He goes through his entire trick repertoire, of his own accord, just to entice them near enough to slobber all over them.

It’s weird.

He won’t tolerate anybody else near me and my “joke” is that if I’m ever murdered, it will be at the hands of a gang of toddlers.

:)