Well I owned a Doberman for a very long time. I went through obedience training with her, I never did make her attack who I wanted her to. She was just naturally protective of me. She was protective of the whole family, she loved us all.

Pax was her name, she was a pretty good sized dog, I can't remember how much she weighed but she was one of the huge ones. She loved the children, and she was a very good judge of character. She seem to sense when somebody was not to be trusted, if she didn't trust them she put them back in the car. She would not try and bite them, but she would just lope behind them, until they got back to their car. If we were not at home and somebody come into the house that she was pretty sure wasn't supposed to be there, she put them back out of the house.

She even took care of our animals, like the pigs and chickens etc. She was a very sensitive dog. She was sensitive to my feelings, she made be fell safe. She was a wonderful dog.

There were times when she thought that I was in danger, and she would try to bite somebody if they happen to be reaching toward me, she would try to grab their hand, even if they were handing me an ink pen, though she never brought blood. She was a very sweet dog, and I miss her a lot.

If you want a dog for the companionship, then they are fine around children if you let them grow up around the children. I just recommend that you spend a lot of time with the dog as it is growing up, you have to put in that dog what you want out of it, training one of that size and temperment is a lot of work. It was for my Pax, I worked with her, and even went through obedience class with her, working with her in between classes, everyday.

Me I love them, right now I have a Rottweiler, I love her, but someday I will have another Doberman.

Read books, and do research on these dogs, they are not for everybody. Just find out what to expect, and by all mean if you get one, work with it, so that it doesn't become a menace. Put love into the dog and you will get it right back.