I noticed on the forum a breed I had never heard of before.
What is a Donovan Pinscher? Searched the internet with not much luck and it just seems like a mutt bred by the egotistic pit bull type of people. Is this just another wannabe working dog or should we all sell our gsd's?

There doesn't seem to be a lot of info on the web about the breed. I ran into a trainer outside of Tampa that has quite a few of them. While the dogs looked good on the training field, I don't know how they are off the field.

See photo here
Internet info is as follows:
"The Donovan’s Pinscher is a combination of several Terrier and Mastiff bloodlines bred with top herding breeds, which has produced a powerful mid-size dog conducive to police and security assignments. These dogs harness strength, intelligence and agility with the ability to reason and react with intensity unseen before in the dog world. They are accomplished in protection sports, K-9 security, detection work and personal service work such as physical assistance and therapy dogs. In their brief 16year history, they have evolved into possibly the number one utilitarian working breed in the world. Males weigh 70 to 100 lbs. and stand 22-26" at the shoulders. Females weigh 65 to 85 lbs. and stand 20-25" at the shoulders."

In a word: Superdog?
mmmm...So what are the "pit"falls in owning this breed?

good question Ann -lol. I'm personally not impressed as I assume most people on this board would agree. Just wanted to know a few others opinions on the Donovan. Good original name too... wouldn't want it getting confused with any other dog breed named after the man who developed it...? There's probably some good ones out there. Somewhere.

I have worked a few as a helper and to me they are alot like a bovier. They have real good full grips and for their size are pretty quick. The ones I saw were real well mannered with a good dispostion. But like all dog you can't judge the breed by a few dogs. But they are nice, wouldn't tread in my Mals but they are nice

Just reading the breeder's comments on his own web board is enough to turn me off the breed, unfortunately.

Coming soon to an illegal Pit Fight near you..........no thanks.

I figured... Do these people think it's cool to just thrown a bunch of breeds in a blender and "start" a new one? They look like a bunch of mutts.

If, you think about it; how many working breeds would there be if someone didn't put a bunch of dogs in blender.

Is the Donovan a true bred? I don't know. What type of documentation do you need to prove it is a bred. How many generations does it take to get the standard dog for the foundation of the breed? How many generations, do you have to bred the standard to actually call it a breed?

Personally for me, until there is some uniformity in size and appearance without the huge variations. I don't think anyone can call it a breed. Until ,people can look several dogs and say each one is a Donovan Pinscher.

If, you look at photo's on the web. Some look like big Dutch Shepherds and Mal's, while other's look like pitbull crosses. Has any one seen these dogs in person? What were your impression? Are they competing in dog sports? If, so how are they doing?

I don't know the Donovan's personally or actually seen a Donovan Pinscher in person. But, I agree with Will Rambeau some of the things said on their discussion board were disturbing. But, no matter what is on their discussion board I'll hold judgment on the Donovan Pinscher till I see several in person.