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[luckyman]

Is there no one one the forum who has dobies?

I spent a lot of time with my ex-mother-in-law’s female dobie for a number of years. That girl was 70 lbs and though she was a 10 lb lapdog 🤣

She was a wonderful dog, ok with the other dog and cat, good with family, suspicious but not an asshole with strangers, and needed less exercise than my GSDs.

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I spent a lot of time with my ex-mother-in-law’s female dobie for a number of years. That girl was 70 lbs and though she was a 10 lb lapdog 🤣

She was a wonderful dog, ok with the other dog and cat, good with family, suspicious but not an asshole with strangers, and needed less exercise than my GSDs.

I read a lot of good things about their personalities. They are a pretty dog for sure.

[0ddl0t]

The dobie personality sounds like a good match, but most females are over 60 lb so I don't think it'll be easy finding one as small as you'd like. 45 lbs is more in line with many of the herding breeds which can still make good personal protection dogs, but they all tend to be high drive.

Have you considered a hybrid (cross of 2 purebreds rather than mutt)? Some of the designer Doberman crosses might better fit your size limit: Auberman, Beagleman, Borderman, Boxerman, etc

[Duces Tecum]

I want a dog thats laid back but if ever needed can be everything I want. 😁

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Man I think I just love dogs. A giant schnauzer is probably one of my favorites just from reading about them, Ive never actually met one.

[Rick R]

Man I think I just love dogs. A giant schnauzer is probably one of my favorites just from reading about them, Ive never actually met one.

Douglas Barrel has had several mini schnauzers over the years as shop dogs. Cute little buggers who would bark until they knew you. One house in my patrol area had an alarm and a giant schnauzer who would tell me thru the sliding glass door that everything was OK. Totally different beasties, the giant variant has teeth like a leopard and apparently a disposition to match when agitated.

Of all things, a family I know has a pair of Pudelpointers, about the size you want, trainable, great bird dogs and friendly once they know you. The two young Jehovah’s Witness who got a good look at the bitey end of the older doggo thru the kitchen door decided to take the news about our savior elsewhere that day. Some of the hunting breeds can make good companions.



Pictured is my wife’s new rescue getting a bite of burger from nana.
53% GSD/ 12% Pit/ 10% Boxer / 10% Walker Coonhound / 10% “Super Mutt” / 5% Rottweiler according to Embark. We’re working on obedience but she’s already a sweetheart, though she can do the GSD/Rott stare (and a coonhound howl) I doubt anyone will hassle my wife when walking her. At nearly 70# she’s a bit bigger than your dog-spec but can curl up into a surprisingly compact package.

[BN]

We "dog sat" a Min Pin a few years ago. Obnoxious little dog. It might have been the training it received. It insisted on wanting to sleep in our bed and scratched on the bedroom door all night. It wasn't polite anywhere in the house.

[Clusterfrack]

We "dog sat" a Min Pin a few years ago. Obnoxious little dog. It might have been the training it received. It insisted on wanting to sleep in our bed and scratched on the bedroom door all night. It wasn't polite anywhere in the house.

Just visited a Min Pin. The dog was a little asshole. He wasn’t friendly to another very nice dog, and he nipped my hand. Totally in character for the breed IME.

[FrankB]

My only Doberman experience was during Christmas break, 1980. A girl friend invited me to her parents’ lovely vacation home in the Pocono mountains, and it was then that I met the Doberman from hell. She and her parents warned me not to touch his rubber newspaper, but the dog would drop it at my feet and growl. This went on all weekend, until I decided to show this dog who was king of the jungle. While wearing very heavy boots, I kicked that stupid toy as fast as humanly possible. Well, the Doberman had been waiting for me to take the bait, and he clamped down so hard, I was certain my foot was broken! The father was a dentist, and went on about the PSI a Doberman was capable of producing. It felt much worse.

[mmc45414]

It seems like a poodle is nonthreatening to strangers. It's sort of the "lever action" dog.

Chuck and Cami like your analogy

They are just companions, but they watch out for us. Chuck (~85 pounds) makes sure nobody sneaks up on us, and Cami (~60 pounds, crazy prey drive) makes sure no squirrels get inside the perimeter.