What color doberman should i get

Your comment is awaiting moderation. My white doberman is perfectly healthy, with show quality disposition and features. Nothing wrong with her at all. We rescued our white dobie. By far, my white girl is the healthiest of all of them, and has the thickest, most beautiful coat of all of them too. Having nearly 50 years experience with this breed, the one thing to keep in mind is there are known issues which even many who have absolute whites are not aware of and have no understanding of why their dog behaves or reacts certain way.

In truth, there are various factors involved that may have deemed one dog bad, while another dog even from the same litter, but who has never been subjected to the same issues. The environment is everything. So for example, the sunlight affecting them is a fact, it is much more than causing them to squint or blink a lot. But you could try avoiding excessive exposure to direct sun, if you have to take them out, incorporate the use of sunglasses as a medical need, rather than an occasional accessory feature element of having the dog look cool.

It has been what most often leads to fear biting which is not as prevalent in other colors. Monitor these things, supervise and dedicate time to them as a member of your home. I have several dobermans I have all colors including white she is a beautiful happy healthy 2 and a half year old she has no health problems.

Seriously: Seek help. You obviously are quite the Bible Scholar, huh? Although, inbreeding would explain your human shortcomings.

Religious bashing is rude. All dogs are subject to health problems, purebreds more so. And humans are an inbred species wether or not you believe the principalities of Christianity.

Although, that book does contradict itself in so many ways… I digress. All of this snobbery over an inbred animal is simply ridiculous. White dobermans can be sickly or healthy as can ANY other dog. You, however, do sound very stupid and childish by 1. Calling them stupid. Keep in mind, we are arguing over a DOG. You have the attitude of a twelve year old girl, though I would like to think you are older. I am 16 years of age and I am more adult than well over half the people leaving comments here.

Namely you. How sad and pitiful are you? I had a red dobie for 13 years…my white is no different…no added health issues. She has the dobie markings…just two different colors of cream. I agree that the albino is in her gene pool…but, she is NOT an albino.

She is smart and is trained well with a good disposition. She loves to swim in our pool,the lake,ocean, whatever. Black and Tan have always been what most people think about…but, reds,fawns,blues etc…have made there way into common breeding…why not whites?

I think some people have developed an absurd bias. Love your dog and I will Love mine! Orginal and natural skin is brown due to melanin which attracts the sun and creates vitamin d and makes us stronger. Whites have been insecure about this fact and rewrote history to try and make white skin more attractive when it is in fact inferior and a genetic mutation.

So there you have it. Specifically that white people suffer from osteoporosis because they cannot go in the sun. I have seen black people and babies with rickets legs bend. The white skin is a mutation which occurred most likely to increase absorption off vitamin D in northern countries which is where the white races evolved.

They have even discovered that Neanderthals had red hair and blue eyes. That is thousands of years ago and they lived in northern Europe and into Russia. So learn more before spouting off. And by the way dogs are not people. Amen, Michelle. Their temperments were all wonderful and they were glorious blessings. Love this breed and thank you for loving it, too. I am 66 years old, and am on my 5th Doberman…Perhaps my last and it is unthinkable for me not to not have one. Writer, have you never seen a Chihuahua?

Yes humans manipulate genetics for their entertainment at times, and at times they are guided through intelligence and a divergence from the norm that forms that which has given us the diversity in all living things, the mind expanding wild and exhilarating roller coaster ride of explosive evolution. I suppose you hold your beliefs deeply.

It does that to almost everybody. You are not special. You are the product of mating genetics just as much as a white or silver Doberman or two humans of any color some better adapted than others awhile, but then things change because a male had an erection and a female accommodated it by choice or force.

That is a serious offer, and transport too. Unless of course you live on Mars, and I do take that as a serious possibility. Additionally, Alaska just has to many kinds of cultures in the small parts that are accessible to support humans in numbers to have to embrace racial beliefs.

I have served in jails, as an assistant in two State Senates, as a contender in the ring with men of all colors and of determined heart, many long walks and talks.

Come North of Canada. Beautifully said. I am honored to read your story. You sound like you have a deep love for the breed. So do I. Would like to tell you my story. We lost 3 German shepherds in 11 months, 2 with in 48 hours of one another. All due to old age band sickness. The youngest was He rescued us just as much as we rescued him. Their was life again in our house instead of tears and grieving. He was badly abused so we know its going to be a long road.

With time, love and patience he will become the dog god intended him to be. Thank you for reading our story. God bless. I had two doberman a blue and a fawn they both loved to play with tennis balls.

When I worked they was able go outside in a large fenced yard. They were taught you give kisses no bite. Okay, I own a beautiful Dob. Give your head a shake. Bottom line is that it is a mutation and more importantly it causes health issues for these poor animals! Again you may get lucky and have no issues with your dob now but the percent is huge on these to have extreme health issues. Just curious, I have a 1 year old purebred blue Doberman and he has blue eyes.

Is it normal for them to have blue eyes as an adult? He has been checked over by a vet several times and has no vision or health problems. They are done with little to no health testing as well as little to no titling. That in no way is improving the breed.

Do not let smooth talking greeders convince you. I am getting ready to buy the only black and rust puppy from an all white litter. Should I be concerned? I have a male and female black and tan dobermans the female i got frim indiana the male i got from tennessee i just bred them last year and one pup came out white so please explain to me how my white doberman is the product of inbreeding some of you need to realize thats not the only way their made.

You have two dog, who has one black allel and one white. The white one is hidden if there is a black. But if you breed them, you can get 3 sorts of puppy because the puppy get one allel from each parents:.

When the first white dog occured, they inbreed her strongly. It is usual behaviour by breeders when a new mutations occurs. But the allel can occur spontan and of course, your dogs can be offspring from this white line. The pure ignorance and arrogance in a lot of these comments is overwhelming.

Is the concept of good breeding practices really so difficult to comprehend? Good breeding is done to maintain the health of the breed as a whole. You all claim to care so much about these dogs but yet you obviously put no effort into educating yourselves about them and how maintaining a healthy vibrate breed standard is accomplished. You are not helping, you are hurting, period. I have taken in many dogs that were not purebred and wonderful animals.

All dogs no matter what breed should be spayed bottom line. The local shelter has several purebred dobies waiting to be adopted right now. If you were any better you wouldnt be breeding dobermans and adding to the unwanted masses of dogs in shelters you would be adopting and careing for the dogs already here. During his life span never suffered from any of the health risks associated to dogs specific on either side of his family. Sickly dogs produce sickly pups, I wonder why its supposed to be ok to breed a unhealthy black and tan doberman but not a healthy white one?

All breeds of everything has standards, standards change over time. They always have. They always will! It is very cruel to spay or neuter pets. That is the equivalent of cutting out a womans ovaries and a mans testicles without their consent. Not breeding them is a ridiculous notion as purebreds do have their uses hounds are bred for hunting and they excel at it.

Shepherds are excellent at herding, which is their purpose. Pit bulls are amazing at guarding homes, mostly children, and they were bred to be nanny dogs. Mutt dogs shelter dogs make better pets for the simple fact that they are not typically bred for a specific purpose and this gives them depending on the mix of breeds wonderful personalities and surprising qualities.

However, they are a bit of a roulette because the negative qualities of their parental breeds are also there. Still, breeding is needed for that so the idiot you replied to is, in fact, an idiot. Every pedigree dog has been interbred at its early stage in history to obtain the desired looks etc that are required from it.

What is so different with these? Also, what about the numerous pedigrees out there that suffer from various ailments i. One day, the gene pool might be sufficiently large enough to breed-out any unwanted traits from the initial in-breeding…. I have 2 dobes, black and red, and Isabella. The AKC does register white albino dobermans.

The first recorded albino female, Shebah is not the only white doberman of record. At the time of her registration it was found that there was in fact 7 other AKC registered white dobes. Listed as white only because albino is not a color.

These dogs were never tracked nor were their litters. Only Shebah. To say all albinos today come from her blood line is false. No one has had all the albinos dna tracked to see. If you have ever seen a picture of Shebah you will see she was not totally white.

She was a faded Isabella, very pale tan. Fact is that there are still breeders that destroy blues and Isabellas and reds, because they are from mutated genes.

She is simply the first accepted by the AKC that can be tracked this way. I have one too rescue. You people are a bunch of hypocrites. More educated people know about this so spread the word. Their nose is pink usually and skin.

So they are very susceptible to sunburn, vision problems. They are NOT a dog you can put out in the backyard and ignore. NO DOG should be put outside like lawn furniture, but a Dobeman willl make your life hell if you think you can do that. I have grown to love the Dobmerman due to their intelligence, loyalty and gorgeous looks. I love that they require not coat clipping. Special consideration should be taken that the Dobermans nails are kept short so that their feet remain healthy and cat like when standing.

Ear cropping is optional, however I like the appearance of the cut ears, it is illegal to cut the Dobermans ears in some European countries. It is an albino full of health problems and should never be bred. It is a fault, there are only four allowed colors. Very important. Take it from someone who found out the hard way. To Marcela Rodriguez; a friend had a blue dobie with skin issues you are experiencing.

She used a Shaklee product called Basic H diluted in water. She bathed the dog in it and used in spray bottle as insect deterrent. She said it worked well. Only try something new on small part of animal at first as sensitivity issues are indivual to dog. Good luck! All white or mostly white dogs with short hair and pink or light colored skin are more prone to sun burn and skin cancer, this includes boxers, pit bulls, and terriers, which all can be solid white without albinism.

Most of the diseases and illnesses recorded in white dobes are nearly constant in other breeds of dogs, regardless of coloration. Until scientific research is done to prove they are albinoid, you all have no right to bicker like children about a dog.

Study and actually thoroughly read what you find. All of which are not albinoid. Once more, white tigers come to mind. I took four semesters in genetic based studies just for shiggles; this stuff is easy to understand if you just READ.

A friggin moron would say their eyes are just like ours with normal sun sensitivity, she squints so bad in the sunlight, it looks painful. And she has bright pink skin that burns easily. We take our walks in the evening and she wears sunscreen if we have to be in the sun for extended periods of time. My fawn does have skin allergies, but we are able to keep it under control, with no hair loss and his coat is shiny.

I love my babies period, but people just want what is unusual and what others dont have. I have a dog, so I should breed? And Marcela Rodriguez, you might want to try fish oil and get your blue in to see a vet and or a dermatologist quickly to try and help his coat. I had a white male dobermen pinscher. His name was Logan. He had not sight problems. My parents breed him with a rusty female doberman with tan markings who was not from the same bloodline as Logan and half of eights puppies were white the other half rusty-colored.

They are worth because of the love they give not because of how many contests they can win. I own a blue doberman. Thank you for your support I hope you can answer. They are beautiful dogs and behave just as well as any other dobe. Also they are not albino they are like any other color variation. Hey I do not breed dobermans but my neighbor does… I have researched the breed to the highest of levels cause I could not understand y she was hoping for a blue or white… Well we both share 7 acers and have one fence around the entire property… I breed wolf hybrids been doing so since I moved she breeds dobies and her brother breeds pitbulls.

I can honestly say even thou pitbulls have a bad rep I have no problems with the pitbulls now the dobies I have a major problems with…her dobie attacks my cat and had my kid by the throat I know not all dobies are this way and I still love all dogs but if she was to have a white dobie that was inbreed somehow it highers the risk for innocent people to get hurt… I agree with people who say its not the dogs fault its the owner cause it is but I do not agree with the whole thing that if God made it it should be here God did not tell someone to make inbreed dobies.

So get that idea out your head and just research the dog you get before you get it or ask ur local vet. Reading through all these comments. I have to say I actually own 4 white Dobes and 4 white factored Dobermans. We have done all the testing that any breeder should do. We have beautiful, healthy dogs.

We have never had a blind, or deaf puppy. All of our dogs are socialized and do not have temperment problems. The whites are AKC. Which at this point is all it is. People expressed their hateful opinions here and actual owners mostly said that they have healthy white Dobermans. Educate yourself, you freaking twelve-year-olds.

People like you need to be shot. That is most definitely venom and passion. Realistically, none of this makes a difference. Any of my sickly pooches see the vet often and my healthy ones visit the vet twice a year for check ups and boosters. The dilute colors were frowned upon in their beginning as well. This will continue to happen due to the affluent culture and the preferences of people.

The evolution of dogs is extremely rapid and at the descretion of their human counterparts. They were gorgeous animals will massive abilities and they have been evolved into the short, squat English bulldogs we know today only because of the breeding. This will continue to happen regardless of how many people are advocates for or against a particular trait. What would actually be beneficial is if all of the passionate people that felt the need to express their explosive opinions on this article actually got together and tried to make an argument collectively to have the dobermans removed from the aggressive dog lists that affect housing.

Perhaps if people quit trying to stop what every one is doing and started promoting responsible pet ownership, first and foremost, maybe more people would be able to enjoy the breed. Just because you read one article, dont take it for fact. It almost kllled my dog and I was not told what to watch out for.. Needless to say she and my Mom take the same pill, lucky for me.

It disgusts me deeply. Also there are some white champions in schutzhund as well as obedience and agility course do your research like i said. Whites have been around for a very long time! The only reason you didnt see them until recently was because breeders culled them drowned them or broke their necks as soon as they were born.

You people that are for that are disgusting and as for the health problems duh people watch your breeders inbred dogs do have health problems no matter what the color and as for the dpca they only have bad things to say about the whites because they are disgusting and kill the whites to i have done extensive research as far as even going thru old records registrations and clippings they descended from greyhounds as well as multiple other breeds do your research before you say people are disgusting for breeding whites you are disgusting for helping in the bad rap they get and in getting killed at birth for it none of you are true dog lovers.

Well I am the Proud owner and friend of one black and rust, one blue and rust, one red and rust, and two isabella fawn and rust Dobermans. I believe that Albinos should not be bred but i am not an advocate of euthanizing them. An owner of an Albino should realize that they need to spay or neuter the animal as soon as possible.

I also belive that dobermans that carry the albino trait should not be bred even if they are a champion. With the AKC you will know if the doberman has the possibility of having the recessive trait due to the Z attached to the end of the registration number. Also if you purchase an albino doberman you are getting ripped off. When you purchase puppies the price is based on quality of desired traits.

So champions and show winner puppies will cost more than you pet quality doberman. So if you go by that logic albinos are free since it cant even be showed at competitions. You can easily make this yourself or call a few vets for other suggestions. It is a FACT they are prone to way more health problems than the other color variations. Does that NOT send a red flag right there? Sure, some may be loving, intelligent, and even have no health problems; however, the majority of them do.

I would never say put the white dobermans down, they ARE dogs, but to purposely keep trying to breed white dobies and keep the color going is completely irresponsible. To the guy that said the bull mastiff came about by interbreeding other bull mastiffs — you are an idiot. So what if it was, so what if all breeds came about that way? I am not intowhite vs. I want all the colors i may breed i may not breed, but as with any thing line breeding can cause problems. But let us think about this line breeding.

In the begining there was only adam and eve….. I am a dark skinned person i hve stomach problems, light sensitivity, and sometimes i dont behave like i should….

Yes i agree dont breed for a color but i do want a white but for temperment and health i have seen dobies that are just ill tempered in any color. No i dont want a dog that has temper problems but i like the varitiey of colors. I realy think breeding 2 whites is where the problem comes in. Breeding white dobermans is like defecating in your own gene pool.

I grew up with black and tan dobermans from the age of 3, I now have a beautiful fawn and tan called Senya who literally stops traffic! I am looking for a blue and tan puppy to join her but the only litter I have found seems to be for a lady that has v negative feedback from. I have a beautiful loving white dobe, he is very healthy and weights in at a nice 92 his skin is good. People you are forgetting one thing Dobermanns where breed from Weimaraners So Isabella color and the variations- it is totally normal considering this.

Any reputable Dobe breeder will react with horror at the idea of continued or purposed breeding of these poor dogs. I am proud to say I own a white doberman male one of the best i have ever had as a companion I also have kids and he thinks he is one of them. He has had no health problems very easy trained.

As far as the akc lots of dogs that ar registered with them now did not start out with them they accept new breeds all the time. Myself I dont like akc I would rather deal with A. I have had alot of dobermans over the years all colors the color does not make the dog what makes the dog is how you raise it train it love it and socialize them. You need to remember all dogs came from the wolf and though breeding such as line breeding and inbreeding we have a wide variety of dogs some good some not so good but they all deserve our love and care no matter what.

I am not a dog breeder or trainer, nor have I too much experience raising dogs. While these coat colors highly recognize them, they are also born with other colors. Here are the 6 Doberman colors you will here about the most.

The most common coat Dobermans are born with is the black and tan colors the tan part is also referred to as brown or rust. People recognize the coat color because it is the breed usually seen in television and movies. A fallacy many people have with this colored Doberman breed is that they are dangerous.

The rust color gives the breed a shiny, sleek look, but it can also lead to health issues. For example, they may suffer heat-related conditions when out in direct sunlight or high temperatures. Another standard Doberman breed color is red and rust. The coat of red Dobermans can range from dark chocolate to light copper. Since red Dobermans have various shades to their coat, each region of the world calls them something different. For example, Europeans will designate red Dobermans as brown.

Like many of the breeds on this list, Blue Dobermans are susceptible to many health issues. These include Von Willebrand Disease and Cardiomyopathy. They can even suffer from hair loss and skin infections. As a result, Blue Dobermans are not always legal to breed.

Pure Fawn Dobermans are known for their exotic look, which is a shiny, almost pure brown coat, which looks lilac in sunlight. Their tan rust points are harder to see than on the Fawn and Rust breed. Solid Fawn Dobermans have many associated health risks due to the inbreeding required to create them. This is even worse than the Pure Blues due to how comparatively difficult Fawns are to breed successfully.

Many sellers attempt to pass off their diluted genes as an exotic rarity rather than a result of breeding. Some consider the Fawn, also called the Isabella Doberman, to be the rarest breed. Fawn Dobermans are known for developing color dilution alopecia, which can cause them to go hairless at young ages. Therefore, fully grown Fawn Dobermans with all their fur are even rarer. The rarest Doberman color is the Albino Doberman. Albino Dobermans have a white coat just as the Cream or White Dobermans do.

However, by their markings and especially by their eye color, you can tell if they are a true Albino, which is a result of genetic abnormalities, not simply of breeding.

Albinos have pink, or colorless eyes, contrasting with the bright blue eyes of a White Doberman. An Albino will not have shades of cream or off-white in its coat. Click on any of the Doberman colors below to learn more.

Click on any of the Doberman types below to learn more. There are seven possible colors that Dobermans can come in. However, many people strongly believe they do exist. The reason for this may be a lot of confusion surrounding the white and albino Dobermans, but more on that in a bit. There are two genes in the Doberman pertaining to color, a black gene, and a color dilution gene.

These two genes can produce four color combinations. These four combinations are the only colors recognized by the AKC: black, red, blue and fawn with rust markings. I will also include some information about the typical temperament traits of each type whenever there appear to be common themes reported by owners. Every dog will have its own unique temperament of course, but since many Doberman owners claim that certain colors seem to have common temperament traits, I will describe those here.

Although please keep in mind that this information is quite anecdotal. In addition to the main coat color, this breed is known for its prominent rust or tan markings. Despite the various different colors, almost all of the variations have these traditional markings.

Some American breed Dobermans even have a small white patch in the chest area. The black and rust Doberman is the most common color combination seen. This is the most traditional color and is the color most often depicted for this breed in movies and on television. This color is known for their shiny, sleek coat. Due to their black coat, they can have issues with heat in the direct sun, although most dogs of this breed do not do well in extreme temperatures.

The next most common color for the Doberman is the red and rust color. This color is slightly less common than the black, but still quite easy to find. The coat on these dogs can range in color from a lighter copper-like tone to almost a dark chocolate tone. Others have described the color as a light brownish-red color. Some owners report that red and rust Dobermans are easy going, a little more light-hearted, and less territorial.

Dobermans, in general, are prone to some skin issues, but the red and rust varieties may be slightly more prone to these. The skin issues are usually minor and very treatable if they do arise, such as acne and light hair loss. The blue and rust Doberman is a bit more rare than its red or black counterparts and is only an accepted standard color for the American variety.

However, the blue color can still be a disqualifier for some dog shows. That is why this color is often avoided by breeders, making them less frequently seen. Actually, these dogs are not blue at all but are technically a diluted black.