Hello, how is everyone? This is my first time on this forum and I really need some advise/opinions on our dilemma. My husband and I can't bare to part with our litter of Doberman puppies. We love them so much. We did actually place one in a home up the street in our community and that was really hard. Since then We really haven't made any effort to place anymore. We have 5 big pure bred 10 week old pups, plus the Mom and Dad. Currently my husband doesn't work and I have an aesthetician license and work out of the home,but are able to take care of all of them financially so that's not a problem. What concerns me is that although we are both home it still seems like I we can't give the individual attention they need. Does anyone have any solutions on how to manage this problem? And is it manageable? Also the training, they are all pretty close to being house trained, but they are out of control in every other department. We are moving soon into a bigger home with some acreage we just haven't figured out where. So if anyone has any ideas or solutions on the matter I would really appreciate the feedback, I'M TORN!
Can't part with litter of Dobe puppies
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You need to seperate the littermates otherwise they will bond with eachother and exclude you at alpha. Which has probably already happend. Set up kennel runs and keep each dog seperated. Take one dog at a time for individual training so there is no distractions.
I would personally look into homing these pups with a spay/neuter contract then get mom and dad altered so you dont run into this problem again
I would personally look into homing these pups with a spay/neuter contract then get mom and dad altered so you dont run into this problem again
It would be better to place them in homes now, than to wait until all the dogs are completely out of control, not enough socialization, not enough individual attention. It will be harder to find good homes for an older dog without the training and individual attention he should have been getting at this crucial time period in their lives.
Maybe you could find homes and put your efforts into keeping just one of the puppies.
I also think you should get your dogs fixed. Way too many pups in shelters out there.
Maybe you could find homes and put your efforts into keeping just one of the puppies.
I also think you should get your dogs fixed. Way too many pups in shelters out there.
I highly recommend you place them now....in good, knowlegable homes. If you have more than one male, this is dangerous. No knowlegable Dobe owner houses more than one male Doberman together. I know you're attached, but this is way too many pups to have at one time. For their own good, bite the bullet and place all but maybe one. You'll be glad you did. One Doberman pup at a time is all any responsible breeder would ever place with a buyer. Five is just inconceivable.
Please find them homes !!! A friend of mine had dobes and kept 2 pups..... ( she too had the Mom and Dad ) What a mistake !! The males couldn't be together .... the females couldn't be together...........one time , two broke the barrier and she was in the middle of a 4 way fight ....she was in the hospital for 2 weeks .
You've got some posts from some experienced breeders already.. but I'll just add in my two cents 
Please find LOVING homes for each of your Dobes.
If you must, you could keep one. I wouldn't keep two. Sometimes littermates, without individual time can bond to one another and leave you out of the space(as Momof7 has stated).
We did get littermates for our Shelties - BUT they got individual training, individual play times and they are/were seperated to spend time with their "person".
Do you show your dogs at all? Are they registered?
If so, you could get in on a Breed club through the AKC or the CKC - where everyou are from and make some fabulous contacts for your pups.
Just make sure you make up a sale contract for each and every pup. Make sure you SCREEN homes before a purchase is taken place to ensure the best home possible for your pup and ENSURE that the pups personalty and temperment will connect with its buyer!
A good breeder will always do those!
Please find LOVING homes for each of your Dobes.
If you must, you could keep one. I wouldn't keep two. Sometimes littermates, without individual time can bond to one another and leave you out of the space(as Momof7 has stated).
We did get littermates for our Shelties - BUT they got individual training, individual play times and they are/were seperated to spend time with their "person".
Do you show your dogs at all? Are they registered?
If so, you could get in on a Breed club through the AKC or the CKC - where everyou are from and make some fabulous contacts for your pups.
Just make sure you make up a sale contract for each and every pup. Make sure you SCREEN homes before a purchase is taken place to ensure the best home possible for your pup and ENSURE that the pups personalty and temperment will connect with its buyer!
A good breeder will always do those!
hi, thanks for your replies. I agree with getting them loving homes. My husband and I did agree that we were defiantly going to keep 2 pups for sure. And they happened to both be males, we only had one female in the litter. Is it really going to be that big of a problem with 3 males in the house? We were wondering why Zues (the Dad) doesn't want to have anything to do with any of them, he runs away. Although yesterday I did have the pup that I am keeping up on the bed lying down with Dad, Mom, and me, and Zeus let the pup lick inside his ears and laid there for awhile with no problems. I really for sure for sure for sure can not give up the pup that I choose to keep. We have way to much of a bond. He was the runt, and I didn't think he was going to make it for awhile. I held him on a really good nipple for the first week, and got him nursed to strength. Now he is the biggest one, and the sweetest most gentle one of all. He's not at all crazy and out of control like the others. Sorry, I rambled on there.
No we are not breeders this was our first time and it wasn't planned. Yes we are getting Hera fixed so we don't go threw this again! Hera is 31/2 yrs old she never let Zues touch her (or we thought Zues was gay) up until now so we were surprised when we caught them in the act.
Zues and Hera are both purebred. Hera has her AKC registration and unfortunately Zues was never registered. My husband had him a yr before we met. So that’s the story, and yes I am going to try and find homes for the others its just so hard when I look at their little faces. I know, be strong.[/SIZE]
No we are not breeders this was our first time and it wasn't planned. Yes we are getting Hera fixed so we don't go threw this again! Hera is 31/2 yrs old she never let Zues touch her (or we thought Zues was gay) up until now so we were surprised when we caught them in the act.
Zues and Hera are both purebred. Hera has her AKC registration and unfortunately Zues was never registered. My husband had him a yr before we met. So that’s the story, and yes I am going to try and find homes for the others its just so hard when I look at their little faces. I know, be strong.[/SIZE]
The only thing that I can tell you is that you will have a lot cut out for you with 3 males in the house. If these were Chihuahuas then I wouldn't be overly concerned, but Dobes are a different story.
It could be a couple of years before you have problems, but it will most likely get messy at some point, when they start trying to decide who the alpha is among them.
You might want to think about what you may have to do if this becomes the case. Will you be able to deal with this, or even have the time to?
I know you hate to give them up.. but just consider what it will be like when they are adults.
It could be a couple of years before you have problems, but it will most likely get messy at some point, when they start trying to decide who the alpha is among them.
You might want to think about what you may have to do if this becomes the case. Will you be able to deal with this, or even have the time to?
I know you hate to give them up.. but just consider what it will be like when they are adults.
You can do some research of your own, but I offer you my extreme urging to not have more than one male Doberman in your house. You can go to shows, talk with reputable breeders, talk to judges familiar with the breed. Talk to someone from the DPCA.
They are notorious about becoming aggressive with another male Doberman living together....absolutely always, always advised against by knoweldgeable Dobmeran people...people who have lived with, bred, raised Dobermans for years and years. It may not happen for years. They may be great buddies and all is well for years, but then one time, something happens and they get into a fight....a terrible fight, often to the kill. No one who knows anything about Dobermans would ever advise you to keep two males. It doesn't matter if they're both neutered or not, if they're both from the same litter or not, whether they were raised from puppies together. They are famous for this very strong propensity.
Of course, there are rare exceptions, as with anything. But don't count on it.
They are notorious about becoming aggressive with another male Doberman living together....absolutely always, always advised against by knoweldgeable Dobmeran people...people who have lived with, bred, raised Dobermans for years and years. It may not happen for years. They may be great buddies and all is well for years, but then one time, something happens and they get into a fight....a terrible fight, often to the kill. No one who knows anything about Dobermans would ever advise you to keep two males. It doesn't matter if they're both neutered or not, if they're both from the same litter or not, whether they were raised from puppies together. They are famous for this very strong propensity.
Of course, there are rare exceptions, as with anything. But don't count on it.