No kidding you try to save your dog....whatever you got.....even my little munchkin wife would run for the pistol
Dobies are very appropriate for attacking humans
Maybe the best
I know a serious dog trainer was attacked by one...same exact DNA as yours and the one I had
91 stitches from biceps to forearm
If he hadn’t had choke collar he would been killed
He gave him a mild zap with training collar for aggression to other dogs and the boy gave him a brief stink eye and it was on
He found out later the dog was rejected for temperament but no one warned him
Dobie are smart and aim high on people with momentum and takedown for the throat....unusual
Our big Red coursed and take down a yearling buttonhead like nothing just to do it
But versus a big ursus they are outmatched physically unless you can throw several at them
Maybe a Caucasian or two would have a chance
But in the other hand black bear usually avoid dogs to be honest
They know dogs bring two leggers with metallic things that go boom
Apparently this particular bear was habituated to humans and their garbage bins.
Plus, I think it had cubs.
*Bad* combination, that.
People always rip on Pits but the fact is, Dobermanns are the *only* breed ever created solely for the purpose of going after humans.
[robbers and waylayers, to be exact]
Yet their statistics show that they are not a “problem dog”.
Of all the Dobe fatalities [few that there are] 99% of them were done in defense of their owners.
I am not seeing any downside, there.
Their natural bite method has to be ‘altered’ for ScH work because ‘naturally’, they bite/release/jump back/rush in/bite/release etc etc rather than the required ScH bite/hold.
And a good, square Dobe is incredibly agile and will do that with insane speed.
That kind of attack is nearly impossible to defend oneself against.
Kinda like having a 100 pound rattlesnake hit you over and over.
I know people who put up a beware of dog sign with a Dobe pic on it because thieves are extremely reluctant to hit a house with one inside.
PetCo can’t keep them in stock and there are not *that* many Dobes in the area.
Some ex-con who now does PSAs about burglary mentions them as the #1 “Aw hell no” breed.
But it’s my job to make sure there are not things like bears or cougars hanging about, that they *might* think they can handle.
Not worth the risk to my dogs.
>But in the other hand black bear usually avoid dogs to be honest
They know dogs bring two leggers with metallic things that go boom<
Not in namby-pamby suburbia, they don’t. They have no fear where “well, what do you expect when you live in the bear’s habitat?” is the prevailing opinion.
In my neck of the woods, good ol’ boys with hounds still put the fear of God in ol’ Yogi.