I've had Dobe's in my family since I could barely crawl. Here's Sadie, the newest addition who just turned one a few days ago. I swear she knows what I'm thinking by just looking at me.
Amen brother....a good Dobie is smart, alert and fearless and very family oriented.
That one I posted died a few years ago....we plan to replace him with one of his nephews in about 10 months when we move to a place south of Nashville with land.