Sure I'll weigh in..

Gracie which is a full bred dobie, she gets fed twice a day. She gets 2 cups in the morning and 2 at night. So far we have had her almost a month and a half. He have bought 2- 40 pound bags of food for her. We just got the second bag today.

So far I have been the only one to work with her to train her. She and I are both trying to be 'top dog' in this house. I make her sit and stay before she is allowed to eat. If she goes for it before I say 'go' it gets taken away and we start over. I also make her sit and stay before she goes outside. I walk out the door and look around. I am being the alpha by doing this. It lets her know I am protecting her and she isn't the one to protect. She is very smart almost to smart for her own good.

Most are very good with other dogs. I have read that you don't want to have 2 dominate dogs such as a doberman and a rott. They are both very protective dogs and will fight if need be. I am not saying they will, that is just what I have read and heard from other people.

So far I haven't run in to any helth problems. Knock on wood. Most common that I have read about is bloatting.

I also take Gracie outside once an hour or so and I let her run for 15 - 20 minutes at a time. I also TRY to make her sit while she is in full run. So far it hasn't worked with out a few nips here and there.

Gracie loves and I mean loves children. When my neices and nephew comes over she is very gentle but is more than happy to run in the yard with them. And she doesn't chase them like she does me.

If I had to do it all over again, I would get another Doberman. And this is alot for me to say considering this is my first 'real' dog. She isn't the family pet. Well she is mine and my husbands, but I do all the feeding, the training and all of that.

I hope this helps and I'm sorry it's so long. If you have any questions please feel free to pm me. Lorraine has been a huge help to me. I'm sure she will have alot more to say than I do. She has a lot more experiance with them.

Katie

Also just as a side note. You will want to feed high quality food to them, just like any dog. The cheaper the food the more you have to feed. I am also not sure if this is common in dobes or not, but Gracie gets very bad gas and I mean bad. She farts and burps like no ones business. It's kind of funny to watch her. She will look at you like you did it.