Doberman Pit

Elton is wild, but I love him with my whole heart. He was easy to housetrain as a puppy (I have an older dog that showed him the ropes), and he never chewed up any of my personal belongings, furniture, rugs, etc. So he was easy in that regard. He is not friendly towards strangers though. He will tolerate them, but if they get too close to him or to me, he will bark and show teeth, and I have no doubt he would probably bite if he felt threatened enough. It takes him about 3-5 times of meeting someone before he determines that they are a friend, and then he lets his guard down and becomes the fun-loving, goofy dog that he is at home. He is an overall loyal companion, and a high energy Velcro dog.

she weighs 40 pounds and is 3 years old, my family has been saying to only feed her a handful of food, she always tries to eat other peoples food i think feeding her a little more will help and i think she needs more food than that.

He's very loyal and protective. Friendly, although this varies depending on the owner. And finally, he's intelligent.

He is in so incredibly sweet, loving, loves to give love and receive love. He is very athletic and has lots of energy. We adopted him at a year old and we thought it would’ve difficult to train him but he instantly became attached to my wife. He will listen to her and would probably follow her to the end of the world. He is a quick learner and is actually quite vocal. We taught him to bark on command and now he talks back to us when we take too long to feed him haha. We have him on a raw food diet and it has completely changed his mood, energy and physique in a positive way. He is overprotective of us and is definitely a guard dog, he will not let anyone into our property unless he notices that WE allow them in. He gets along well with dogs at parks but has had trouble with other pitbulls. I think he has had bad experiences with pitbulls when he was with his previous owner. Overall he’s a great dog but I do suggest spending quality time training them, praising them and showing love and patience. We don’t hit our dog and only raise our voice when necessary.

Super awesome dog with a great temperament and it's perfect with kids and the downside he is as stubborn as they come very hard to train and contain one left alone for longer than 30 minutes. He's family but he's a handful!

Extremely hyper. Runs and slides all over the house.has to eat everything she can get ahold of.

Great so far! She has an amazing scent of smell and super friendly and loving

Great and loveyly dog if properly trainned and looked after, wouldn’t recommend to new/inexperienced dog owners as they need proper training because of possible aggressiveness towards people and other animals as they are guard dogs but this can also depend on their personality. Otherwise they make lovely pets and for an active and sporty person like me they make a great companion

Georgia is a very affectionate, well mannered dog. Shes calm and likes to stay right beside me. She interacts well with everyone. Has a great temperment and loves to cuddle.

Before LuLu and I found each other, I was unaware of her breed mix. But, now that I have experienced her, I will ALWAYS have this breed mix for as long as I have dogs. I will suggest her breed to anyone who ask or will listen. LuLu is my everything 💘💘💘💘💘

We got her at 2 months old and we haven't slowed down since. She's a big ball of energy even playing with her 3 brothers and her sister that is a cat she goes all day and night. She loves them all. She's having a hard time potty training and is a real brat when we leave to go to work, she will pee on the tile. We try not to leave her alone for more then 3 ours tops.We will be sending her to school as soon as she is done with her second round of shots and getting her spayed.

Fun,diverse,and amazing

I have had Kaden for about a month now, I got him when he was 2 months from the local shelter. Honestly went in just to have a look around but when I saw him... I just had to take him for a walk. After that I fell in love! I’ve never committed to a dog, yet I adopted him on the spot . Although I waited a week to bring him home, when his surgery was done. I had to work that day so I brought him to work 🤫. When I tell you getting him was the best choice I have ever made ! Kaden had become my bestfriend, well behaved anywhere I take him. My baby just wants to make friends and interact with everyone. NOT AGGRESSIVE AT ALL! I keep him inside and from the day I brought him home, he used the pee pads. I didn’t train him, he just knew? This is a beautiful mix of dogs, with great characteristics. They just wanna play with you and love you. Even when I leave for work, he just lays around till I get home and I take him almost everywhere with me. Like i said well behaved, sometimes talks back to me but I let him know who’s in charge . I live alone so I got him for protection yet I have found my most loyal friend.

I love my boy, but I can not get out of his sight or he barks and whines. When I come back he act as through I been gone days.

So far so good just getting her to go potty outside is a strugle

Millie: Born on December 2nd 2018 Millie is a super sweet and loving baby. She weighs 56 lbs and is a very healthy weight for her build she’s a medium sized dog and she has the body of an American pit bull terrier but the face of an American Doberman Pinscher. She’s got the color and markings of a chocolate dobe with white on her paws and chest and belly with some light fawn spots in the white (her mom was a mostly white American pit bull terrier with light brown spots all over her as well). She lives with myself (21 year old female) and my boyfriend (21 year old male) She was mistreated by her previous owner so it took a couple of months for her to not be afraid of us. She was just a year old when we first got her and she just turned 2 December 2nd 2020. She was pretty scared of new people when we first got her. She would aggressively bark if someone new came in the house or too close to our car. She never bit though and was fairly easy to calm down. After we’d show her that we were comfortable with this new person she’d relax and sniff them and even started to lick strangers after a few months of meeting new people. After she became well accustomed to strangers we started taking her on short hikes that progressively got longer. We learned that she absolutely loves hikes and car rides. We always pay attention to her needs and bring pop up water bowls with bottled water and healthy snacks for her (ex. Apples, blueberries, bananas (HER FAVORITE), and some dog food as well) she’s very loving and cuddly she often likes to lay on our pillows on the bed. She also does very well with other dogs she LOVES meeting new dogs. My mom has a male beagle and a male large mix breed and she loves to visit them to cuddle and play. She does however chase cats that run from her, but she just chases she never attacks but she definitely scares them. She does have about 5 cat friends though (when they don’t run she doesn’t chase). She loves to lick the cats and clean their faces and cuddle up to them. When she tries to play with them though they usually just bat at her until she leaves them alone to go mope. When she tries to play with cats she just backs about a foot away from them and does play bows and so far the cats are not into it. She’s a very smart dog as well she only knew how to sit when we got her. We’ve had her about a year now and with treats and tons of positive reinforcement we’ve taught her to “hush” when she barks at strangers or noises that scare her (knocking and she used to be scared of beeping noises like the microwave or stove we think because when her previous owner got home she locked her car and it beeps in a very similar way and when she heard these beeps she’d run to the front door and bark her butt off). We’ve also taught her lay down, stay, beg, potty, kisses, paw, other paw, crawl, high five (she does this differently from giving her paws for shakes), come dance (she jumps up on her dad usually and “dances” around with him). She also learned speak in one night as I was showing my brother her new tricks and he tried to get her to speak and when I told him she didn’t know that yet we barked until she did and when she did we gave her treats and repeatedly said “good speak Millie!” And after that we said speak three times (with like a minute in between tries) and she knew it by the third time. The only issue we had was when she first barked she would flinch and run because her previous owner beat her for barking. This is why we think this specific trick was a very good bonding experience for us and Millie. It showed her that we got excited and happy when she barked and wouldn’t hurt her. Also when we were teaching her to hush we just pet and spoke calmly to calm her while shushing her and telling her “hush Millie, hush baby, it’s okay” and when she was quiet we told her “good girl!” and gave her treats and more pets and she figured out what we wanted very quickly. She loves learning new tricks and gets very excited and proud of herself when she realizes she’s learned something new. Millie is extremely bonded with us now and is an extremely sweet and playful puppy and we wouldn’t trade her for the world. She’s extremely intelligent and has her own personality and although she can be stubborn sometimes ( like eating the cats food when she knows better), she’s a very very good friend and I hope we can keep her as happy and healthy as possible for the rest of her life and I can’t wait to watch her continue to amaze us for however long she lives.

It's been a long time since I got her at 8 weeks old to just now and we are almost done with all of her training to be my service dog. We just have to get her over her fear of the dark and having people walk past us in the dark. But we are doing good. I have owned Pit Bulls before owning my Doberman Pit Bull mix and I have to say I would be more comfortable having my Doberman Pit Bull mix over anything.

My first pit mix I love him he such a lover and a bed hog

although i love my dog i got him at a year old and he’s very tough to train although he looks nice and is friendly as well as protective his jumps on every one and doesn’t back down they must be trained from young or they will be some of the most unruly dogs you will meet.

We got Phoenix when she was just 8 DAYS old. Me, my wife, and our 10 year old daughter all took equal part in nursing her and caring for her. (We ALL work online). She is an extremely tough minded and strong spirited beast. Her will to proceed and succeed is unmatched. Training her has been very easy for us as I have had straight pits in the past (never had a Doberman though) so I knew what it would take. We ALL are very patient with her, but STERN. She learns SUPER FAST. It takes just 1 or 2 attempts to teach her something and she gets it as if she’s always gotten it. DO NOT GET THIS BREED IF YOU ARE LAZY. Dobemans are very athletic, and Pits are very STRONG. And BOTH are high energy dogs. She is taken out each day for a combined total of 5-7 miles of running and hiking. Yes, MILES. If you don’t give this breed at LEAST 2-3 miles of RUNNING (not walking) EACH DAY, you will have a difficult time keeping him/her calm and balanced because they are a literal ball of energy needing to expel its power continuously. Also, DO NOT GET THIS BREED IF YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL FINANCIALLY. For optimum health, development, and temprerant, this breed (as with ALL breeds) needs a primarily RAW DIET. Dry “dog” food and canned “dog” food is the reason most dogs are SICK, low on energy, bi-polar, and need to go the vet all the time. Phoenix is fed 2-4 lbs of RAW GROUND BEEF, 2-3 RAW CHICKEN LEGS (with BONE), 1 cup RAW chicken LIVER and GIZZARDS, 1 can of cooked sardines, 3 cups PURINA ONE (this is the ONLY DRY FOOD WE WOULD EVER FEED OUR CATS/DOGS), 1 cooked potato, 1 bunch of cilantro (to remove accumulated heavy metals and toxins from her system), 1 celery stick (for the fiber, hydration, mineral salts, and her gut health), 1/2 cup olive oil (for skin and coat), multi-vitamins, amino acids, PUMPKIN SEED POWDER (keeps her body free of WORMS AND PARASITES), vitamin B-1 (keeps FLEAS and TICKS and MITES off of her), vitamin D + K (for proper bone and skeletal form development), a few sprinkles of BLACK HIMALAYAN SALT (cuz high is SULFUR and other minerals), 1 cup Greek yogurt (for licking enjoyment), plenty of FRESH WATER. This is EVERY DAY. This diet will run you $600-$1000/mo. This diet will ALSO ensure you don’t have a “chewing” problem. DOGS ONLY CHEW ON STUFF (including “chew toys and bones”) BECAUSE OF A POOR DIET. Also, dogs only have “dog breath” due to a poor diet as well! Great diet = GREAT BREATH. Phoenix is the most trainable breed I have ever had. At 3 months she was already willing to die AND kill for my wife and daughter. She sees my wife as MOM, my daughter as SISTER, and me as FATHER/ALPHA. She is hands down the greatest guard dog I have ever known because she is so intuitive of people and circumstances. I highly recommend this breed if you can afford it in both time and money, and if you have the strength of mind and GUTS to. Again, this breed is POWERFUL both in body and will. Phoenix is just 5 months. So I’m sure the cost of maintaining her diet, her health, and her exercise will increase over the next 1.5 years. P.S. A crate is a MUST for training this breed if he/she is going to be kept indoors. Otherwise, this breed will pee and poop everywhere. Ever since she was a baby, she REFUSED to pee or poop in her box or bed. Keep this in mind. That’s why a CRATE is KEY to potty training your beast. Do NOT let them roam free out of the crate UNTIL they are trained to pee in ONE SPOT in your home on a pee/poop mat. “From crate to mat and back to crate” is the secret to potty training.

still full of energy, big darling, careful of other people, hard play with other dogs