Firstly, welcome to Pet Talk Labrador Lover. I look forward to seeing pictures and hearing all about your pets, especially your Lab!

As for your friend wondering whether to dock the Dobie`s tails, I say please, please, don`t. When I had my Dobie`s, Prince and Max, many, many years ago, it was done as a matter of course and it was impossible, no matter how hard we tried, to get a Dobie with a natural tail. Nowadays it is a totally different story as more and more people are discontinuing this practice, and I hope your friend will become one of them. There is a website you and your friend may like to take a look at, on this page there is a picture of an undocked Dobie and on the very bottom there are links to read more.

http://anti-dockingalliance.co.uk/dobermann.htm

Whatever your friend decides ( and I hope it is against docking!) maybe you can, please, show us some pictures of the pups? I love Dobes!

Christine