Any Doberman or Rottweiler Available?

When I was getting ready to get my Doberman, I spent several months researching different breeders in the area. I had to drive up to a couple hours and across state lines to meet up with a couple different breeders. There are a couple reasons I spent that time: Dobermans and Rottweilers both tend to have more health problems than many other breeds. In order to minimize that risk, it's really important to find a reputable breeder who actually knows the lineage of the dogs they breed, and carefully select animals that don't have histories of genetic health problems.

Also, after seeing a few different breeders, we got an idea of what looked like healthier dogs, and were able to see how the home they lived in was taken care of.

In addition, and this again is particularly true with breeds like doberman and rottweiler, the perception is that they're more aggressive dogs. This isn't always true, obviously, but since they do tend to be more protective, it's important to understand the temperament of the dog. Unfortunately, breeds like those have tended to be favored by backyard breeders who just want to breed dogs to make money -- those dogs are more likely to be raised in poorer conditions and have temperament issues because of it. With a legitimate breeder, they pay careful attention to the temperament of the dogs they breed, and raise the puppies in a positive and healthy environment.

That being said, it costs *significantly* more than $300 to buy one of these puppies from a legitimate breeder. Ours was $1800, and the common prices from the breeders I visited was generally like $1300-$2200. I know it seems like a lot, but if you want a breeder that breeds for good health and temperament (two attributes that can save you LOTS of money down the road), it will cost that much.

Any breeder that charges less than $500 for purebred dogs like dobermans and rottweilers are NOT doing a thorough job at breeding for good health and temperament.

So, please consider those aspects.

SIDENOTE:

As far as cropping ears, it is true that the practice is pretty much over in Europe. It's still relatively common in the U.S. Our breeder took its litter to get their ears cropped, and honestly we liked that look for the doberman. It really isn't particularly abusive -- the cropping is done when the dog is several weeks old; it's a quick procedure, doesn't take long to heal, and is MUCH less invasive than getting a female spayed (something that no one really thinks twice about).

When training the ears to stand, it does take typically take at least several months (it took about a year for us). I didn't realize it would take that long, but the ears of our dog were cropped to be fairly long, so it requires more time and diligence to stand by themselves. Once or twice a week, we'd unwrap the ears, massage them, clean them, and wrap them back up. The breeder showed us how to do it. It got to the point where our dog would occasionally fall asleep while we were doing it -- not a particularly stressful activity, if you ask me.

The historic benefits of cropping ears were that, for protective dogs, it prevented something from being grabbed or used against them. That's not really an issue for dogs now! For us, it makes it easier to keep the ears clean (and we clean her ears regularly), and again, we just liked that stereotypical doberman look with cropped ears.

SIDENOTE 2:

Really try to avoid buying dogs from pet stores. If you do even a little bit of research about dogs from pet stores and puppy mills, you'll easily see that most pet store dogs come from really unpleasant conditions by companies looking to be as profitable as possible by selling dogs. It's not at all a good practice, and the conditions those puppies come from are widely condemned. That's not to say those dogs are evil, bad, mean, or incapable of being good pets. But, they DO have a much higher incidence of having health problems, along with behavioral and developmental problems due to not being with their mother and litter for close to long enough. Buying from pet stores supports the continuation of that practice, and you're increasing the chance of having an unhealthy or behaviorally challenged dog. With dobermans and rottweilers, that's not a good recipe if you can avoid it (again, it's not the dogs' fault, and they're not inherently bad, you just need to understand this).

Breeds like that are expensive if bought from a Reputable breeder and need an experainced and knowledgeable owner .

Sorry to hear about your puppy but how did a puppy that was under control manage to get in the way of a car.

You also got rid of another dog which you must of known about the Insurance .

Is a dog really for you .

Yup i bought my blue doberman at 7 or 8 months. She's the sweetest pup around!! Unfortunately i dont see any locations in your question, so no, i do not know where a breeder would be. But i did buy my doby for a lil more than 300 at my local pet store. BTW: dont clip their ears!!! It is now considered animal abuse, will sometimes fail to stay up, and plus, they look ten times cuter with floppy big ears, and can pass as a weimaraner to the insurance companies.

Look on petfinder.com. They have plenty of dogs of all ages in shelters and rescues listed there. Do not shut out any mixes of these breeds either.

I have no idea whereabouts you are but here are some links to check out

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/il52.html

http://www.petfinder.com/

http://www.familydobes.com/Doberman_puppy_for_sale...

http://www.puppyfind.com/rottweiler.php

http://www.puppyfind.com/