
Had a weird dream last night in which the Princess told me she wanted to add a Doberman to our family. I have two Doberman stories. I will only share the good one. We were taking one of our goldens to an obedience school several years ago. There was a young girl in the class with a Doberman pup. The kid was overhandling the dog and jerking her around throughout the classes. Finally after one of the classes I asked the instructor why he hadn't intervened. He said, "It'll work out." The classes continued and the dog grew. Finally after a rather rough overhandling the pup jumped up on the kid, knocked her over, and stood over her stubby tail flagging away. The kid was startled and crying. The instructor went up to her and said, "Now, are you ready to start training your dog? She wants to learn, but is fed up with your roughness." The kid changed her treatment, and the pair ending up getting an award for best dog/handler. This pup really impressed me with her intelligence.