My name is Kipp, I am about to get my very first Doberman Pincher puppy. I just finished the

Hello,

My name is Kipp, I am about to get my very first Doberman Pincher puppy. I have had 2 puppies in my life both being min pin, this will be my first large dog which I have wanted since I was young. I have spent the last 2 years or so doing research on the breed and finding a good breeder and resources. I myself am a police officer who is currently in between departments and I have the hopes of hopefully being a K9 officer with a Doberman (even though I know this is rare). With this said the majority of my time in the last 2 years has been researching training DVDs and books. I was given your website by a member of www.dobermantalk.com. When I started going through your site I was amazed by the extensive amount of knowledge on your site. It is very easy to learn from and well laid out. I can't tell you the excitement and joy I felt when I found you did Podcasts!!! Now I've only listened to 2 so far, but I just finished the "Who Can Pet my Puppy" cast. My question to you is does this not interfere with the socializing on of the puppy. I have heard NOTHING more in the last two years then get your puppy around as many people and other puppies and adult dogs as you can. Was I misunderstanding your meaning when you said this? Also when you mentioned family, are you advising when I visit my parents or other family that its not OK for the dog to sit with them or have any interaction such as playing fetch, or was this just in the young stages of his life? Also you said you do not allow your dogs to show aggression towards other people unless you tell him to. Is that taught through special training or just simple body language because although I want a well mannered dog, in this line of work I want my doberman to protect me if I need it (as I'm sure you can appreciate). I hope you can clear this up for me as I am spending 90 percent of my day now getting ready for my puppy by reading and rereading training info, I know the bad rep that the Doberman has and my one and only goal is to make my puppy into a respectable member of the community. I also am buying a Dogstra E-Collar, which would you recommend for a doberman the 280 or the 2300? Additionally after just 2 of your amazing Podcasts I have decided I am going to buy all my future training material from you! If your DVDs are 1/4th as help full as your Podcasts I will never have to search the web ever again for anything related to dogs! I look forward to more pod-cast and getting my DVDs from you. Thank you for all your time in responding to my question, I will definitely pass along how great your site is through the dobermantalk forums!!!

Kipp