Attention Doberman Pros!
Hi, we have a 3 year old neutered male Doberman Pincher. A beautiful dog, loving, proud and just a joy. We also have 3 year old spayed female Chihuahua and they are getting along fine. How ever he has pined her on her back on several occasions over the years but has never hurt her. Our Dobe has a good life, has been socialized and taken care of very except exercise was not enough but this is currently changing he is getting a run twice a day min 30min each. Now to the bad stuff our Dobe bit my husband and drew blood on his hand 2 days ago. He has NEVER bitten any person or animal ever however he did snarl and show teeth at us on occasion such as petting when he sleeps, or touching his feet or chest over the past couple of years not daily but it did happen a couple of times. My husband was leaning over him (big mistake) and checked on his feet because he was licking them and then he felt his chest to check his heart beat while the Dobe was on his bed. This made me nervous because his bed is sort of in a corner and we both know he doesn't liked to be messed wih when he is on his bed because it happend before when he jumped up ans snarled and showed teeth but like I said this doesn;t happen often so and my husband was towering over him meaning no harm just checking on him and then all hell broke loose. The Dobe jumped up and bit my husband to the point where it punctured the skin and drew blood. It took the Dobe a while to snap out of it and my husband told him to back off and he (Dobe) finaley left the room. Now my husband is afraid of him which I can understand after he was bitten and he is in shock that this happened he loves this dog more then anything. The bite was bad but he didn't go to the hospital because he could fix it at home. Anybody out there who has worked with a Doberman or owns Dobermans? and got bitten before if so how did you deal with it and did you ever trust him again? Please keep in mind we are responsible owners,we have never mistreated our dogs in any shape or form but we have made some mistakes by letting him get away with some things such as demanding pets from us and begging for food from the table and we gave in. We are re-training by making clear who the pack leaders are, with exercise, limitation and positive reinforcement. I am sure it was all our fault not the dogs, but the problem is my husband he loves him but his is now thinking negative about him. Please do not answer to my questions if you never owned a Doberman and don't understand the breed. I just want to know from people that understand the breed and love the breed and what they personally did to trust the dog again.
We are currently searching for a professional dog behaviorist to help us out as well as getting him a medical check up. Sorry for the long message but I am not sleeping well over this and I want to keep my family happy and safe.
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