In your experience what sort of owner is best for the breed?
A “serious” owner, for the lack of a better word.
Lots of breeds are great for casual owners who don’t want to invest time in a lot of training or studying dog body language, stuff like that.
Easy going dogs like Labs or Goldens are good for people who don’t want to “work” to have a dog.
Dobes are ‘work’, if you want them to be at their absolute best, both for themselves and everyone else.
But they’re also individuals.
My first came when I was barely 14 ad he was so mellow and un-Dobe-like, that anyone could have owned him.
I got lucky because I had no idea what I was doing.
About a year later, the Wonder Dobe came into my life and he was a much more intense dog.
I took obedience classes with him because I needed to learn what he *already* knew.
He taught me much about the breed and prepared me for the challenges of my own self-run Dobe Rescue, years later.
*Good* breeders will know their litters and match pups to people, based on the dog *and* the person’s personality.
Ask Momtothree how different each pup can be.
She has my Seven’s half sister and they are night and day.
Seven is a menace to society but her dog is a gentle, funny delight.
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