Description: The Doberman Pinscher is an agile, active dog. The dog will be 26 to 28 inches at the shoulder, with the bitch 2 inches less. Depending on the sex, the Doberman will weigh between 60 and 88 pounds. The Doberman Pinscher has a short, hard coat that can be black with tan markings, black, red, blue, or fawn. The ears are usually cropped, then taped so that they will stand upright. The tail is ordinarily docked. The Doberman is a very fast dog with great stamina. It is an extremely intelligent dog and is easily trainable. This dog can live to be 15 to 20 years old. The Doberman is also called the Dobe.
History: This breed owes its origins to a German tax collector called Karl Louis Doberman. He needed a dog to protect him when he carried sums of money through dangerous regions. Doberman was also in charge of a dog pound and used some of the inmates there in his breeding program. Because he was particularly fond of the way the Miniature Pinscher looked, he used it to develop the physical standard of the breed. By 1876, the Doberman Pinscher appeared in its first dog show.
