jak

Thanks Secreto! Haven't seen you in awhile, nice to see you back

I find them quite similar to standard poodles, but they do have huge differences lol.
I find that the standards are more wanting to please you, and just love to learn new things, whereas the Dobes, it's different.

They still like to please and learn, but I find they're more of a challenge, as they tend to get bored, and you have to think more whilst training them, otherwise you will get nowhere!

Duke himself, is a big softy! Most nights he can be found lying on top of me (much to Saffy's dismay!) or trying to cuddle in with me and Saffy on the couch!

I know Duke's breeder breeds first and foremost for Health and Temperament, so Duke and his line have great temperaments.

All I can say, is with Dobermanns, they're much more challenging than standards, and you will need to adjust your way of thinking greatly if you want to get anywhere with them!

All to often I see people failing to train their Dobes (In my case too, as he is really my Mother's dog, but she since has given up, and left him with me and my completely NON dog step-father)

Ixion

Huge congrats on the new CH! He's a nice looking dobe too ^.^