 LEAH & PUPS |
 BEAU, DADDY |
LEAH & PUPS |
BEAU, DADDY |
 black female |
 TADAH black male |
 HERA blue female |
 RHETT red male |
The Doberman can be traced back to 1880 thus classifying it as one of the most modern of the working breeds. The namesake of the Doberman is Herr Louis Dobermann, a local magistrate from the town of Apolda, the state of Thuringia, Germany. He is the founder of the initial strain, which classifies the Doberman Pinscher as a "man-made" breed. Among Herr Dobermanns duties were tax and rent collection and caring for the local dog pound. He came upon the idea of breeding the perfect guard dog that would serve to protect him on these collections rounds of the town. All the while knowing that this "ideal" guard dog would have to be powerful and remarkable strong.
His initial attempts at inbreeding the local dogs centered on producing litters of black, large-sized, alert dogs that were neither shy nor overly aggressive. Obedience was the prime character trait. Herr Doberman owned and much admired the Rottweiler breed, he bred some of his finest specimens to the emerging "Doberman's Dog," as they became know.
Other purebred dogs which are assumed to have played a part in the breeding at that time in Germany are, Great Dane, German Shorthaired Pointers, Weimaraners (from which the genes for blue coloring are credited), Setters, Dachshunds, and the Black-and-Tan Terriers, now known as the Manchester Terrier. Many theories also trace the Doberman ancestry to the Beauceron or "Red Sock", a French shepherding dog that had marking very similar to those of modern Dobermans.
The first exportation to the United States came about in 1908. Among the first Dobermans to the United States was "Lux v d Blakenburg" one of the greatest sires of all time in his homeland, also had a very profound influence on the course of the breed in the U.S.
The modern day Doberman has replaced the coarseness of the early Doberman Pinscher specimens; through it all the instinctively alert, loyal and watchful temperament of the breed has held true. The modern day doberman has become the "aristocrat of the dog world."
