dobies sleep alot! they always want to be on the sofa. or on the bed or eney other place that you don't want her/him. they love the attetion and they usealy get it (they are cute) dobermens are better off with a other dog arownd my dobie is with a rottwiler and they love etch other! if you teatch them somthing then they will use that for eney thing they want, our dog knows how to shake with her paw, and now if she wants attetion then she trys to give you a paw shake and it hits me in the knee or the stomach and it hurts from her nails.speaking of nails, they hate to get there nails cliped it is sutch a struggel!!!..... i gusse that is all the info that i have to give you...