We have five (5) Dobies. They are well known in the area. We never get Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Our very ethnic neighborhood has a church which houses some sort of a Pentecostal church.................in spite of a large sign *NO SOLICITING* on my front door [these people can’t read], invariably, we get solicited for donations. Usually, I open the door and let the dog go to the screen door..................they back off the top step and walk away without a word spoken. They don’t seem to like big-black dogs with deep voices. :)
FIVE? Wow. I adopted my first one by default, and really didn’t plan on or want a dobe. Then I was ready to send him back after two nights.
Eleven years later.....
I have often thought it would be super fun to have a whole herd of them, but two was really enough for me, mostly due to vet costs etc. Our Palli-girl (now gone) was an adopted dog as well, and she came with a host of medical issues. Since vet care costs have nearly doubled in the past half decade, I am hesitant to find another girl just yet. Our Zeus is twelve now, and in good health - but OLD for a dobe.
Still, I check the dobe rescues regularly for a likely young lady. I haven’t found one just yet. :(
What cracks me up is when some pamphlet peddler knocks on the door and Zeus launches his body against the door windows, barking like crazy, and the peddler just stands there grinning like a dope. The postal guys drop packages and retreat quickly - I’m guessing they know the difference between “doorbell” and “dangerous” in their line of work.
“We never get Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Why not?
Are your dogs too slow?
;D
I’ve had Dobermanns for 38 years and the last time a Census worker came out because I didn’t send in my forms was...well, the last time a Census worker ever came out here.
That was back in 1990.
LOL
We don’t get *any* solicitors.
Once though, some guy selling steaks out of the back of a truck [WTH?] stood outside the gate, carefully pondering the warning signs and dogs barking and decided it wasn’t worth the effort and left.