They can also be very friendly with complete strangers who present no threats to their humans. My first experience with a Dobe was in college in sophomore year. It was a Saturday afternoon in May. I was sitting in my room reading a book when this large male Dobe I’d never met came bounding into the room and started making friends with me as though he were a Lab or Great Dane. Never again have I regarded them as a vicious or threatening breed.
Euro Dobes are quite different from American lines.
Mine are all from ScH/IPO champions.
There is also a sexual dichotomy.
Males are body protectors, females are boundary protectors.
Odin will, *if* he decides someone is no threat, make up to them fairly quickly.
Seven considers anyplace I inhabit to be “home” and therefore, is much more defensive and unsociable.
However, like most Dobes, they both adore kids.
So if I’m ever murdered, it will be done by a gang of toddlers.