How My $3000 Doberman Is Different From My $600 Doberman

I always seem to be around Dorman, but at least in my personal life I've had two Dobermans over the last few years. Cooper, a Doberman 600 I got from a backyard breeder about 10 years ago, long before he really knew that much about Dobermans and Arlo. a Doberman

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that I got from a much better known breeder in 2020. So how does my Doberman

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compare to my Doberman 600? In this video, you'll find out exactly what I learned from having Dobermans in both. end price Alien Specter Alien first I need to start by saying that of course I love both dogs like crazy and price shouldn't really matter in theory but it really does in real world practice for the rest of us when we're in our puppy search so when you're looking for your puppy you're going to see these very varying prices and I think it's pretty natural to wonder what the differences might be between a three thousand dollar dog and a 600 dollar dog, let's talk real quick about the similarities between these two dogs because first of all there are a lot of them they are both 100 purebred European Dobermans they are both male and they are both black and rusty so you have these two dogs next to each other and they look very similar.

I bought them both at eight weeks old. About Cooper, I bought him in 2013 and Arlo, I bought him in 2020. They are both clipped and docked and both are neutered now, of course both. The dogs have those amazing Dorman traits that make this breed so great. They are both incredibly intelligent dogs. They love them. They are loyal. They are protectors. They are super gentle and careful with children. Both are excellent examples of the Doberman breed. So how did Arlo, a dog that was five times the price, turn out to be compared to my budget dog, Cooper, ah, budget dog?

I hate to say that, I'm sorry Cooper, well Cooper was always a very relaxed and calm dog to begin with, you could leave him. He was actually home at a young age and maybe he could be fully trusted because he usually just slept all day, of course he would have his big burst of energy where he could be an adventure dog and run and play and do that kind of things. but he also had no problem sleeping all day if he had the chance, that's a stark contrast to Arlo. Arlo is always hyper inactive, he always needs to move a little.

You can really see the working breed in Arlo Cooper. He doesn't need a lot of exercise to be happy. He is very happy with very little exercise. Arlo, on the other hand, needs constant outlets for his energy to be a truly happy and content dog, and sometimes that requires you to get a little creative. how you give them those outlets, but when you do, he definitely calms down and relaxes. Cooper is a very thoughtful and intelligent dog. He would really think things slower when he needed to, for example, if there was an obstacle in his way, he would really do it. he thinks a lot about a way to avoid it instead of pushing it.

Arlo, on the other hand, is much more likely to run through an obstacle than to think thoughtfully, he thinks about it a little bit, um, but they are both incredibly intelligent dogs. and instinctively Cooper was much better off leash naturally he controlled us pretty consistently he responded very well to remember that almost no recovery work was needed with Cooper to get him back off leash he was very because I think part of it. That was simply how thoughtful and focused Cooper was compared to Arlo. Arlo definitely needed some extra work in terms of retrieving to get him to consistently come to us while off leash, so that was a definite difference and Cooper also had a genetic liver disease at six years old which was a genetic condition that he inherited from his parents and of course that was heartbreaking and ultimately took his life.

My biggest mistake with Cooper was not doing a genetic test. That was a big mistake. I, Arlo, luckily I'm smart enough to test him right away after going through him and getting his results, and those show that he's at higher risk for that DCM, which is a big Dorman breed killer, but That just means he has a higher risk, it doesn't mean he's going to get it for sure, they are two very

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things because I never did a DNA test on Cooper. I had no idea the level of genetic diversity in it and that's huge, it's a very telling number.

I wish I had Arlo on the other hand I tried him and his inbreeding coefficient level is 48 and the higher the number the less genetic diversity the dog has and generally the shorter the life expectancy it is a important factor that I did not give Cooper a genetic test. I may have seen some of these red flags ahead of time and certainly the inbreeding coefficient, his inbreeding levels, would have also told me a lot about his potential longevity, but fortunately, because I tested Arlo, I have a a little more information about that, let me show this graph on your screen and in this graph we can see two things: one that thin line there is where the average purebred tests in terms of their genetic diversity the bar graph the lines of bars that is where the Doberman Pinscher had testing in terms of genetic diversity.

We know that the Doberman is generally more inbred than many other purebred dogs, so he tends to be a bit taller, but look at Arlo's inbreeding level here, while his inbreeding coefficient and genetic diversity levels are very high. on that graph, meaning it has low genetic diversity. What's the top 20, top 30 percent of that chart? He's definitely higher up on the chart and unfortunately this means his longevity is going to increase. will be affected statistically anyway, he will be less likely to live as long as the average Doberman just because of the lack of genetic diversity that Cooper, our 600th dog, has now, came from a breeder in the Sacramento area of ​​California and this breeder was In Actually, as far as I know, the first litter they had was a boyfriend and girlfriend who lived together.

Turns out they both have dorbins and both decided to breed their dogs. They didn't really investigate what genetic diversity. levels that each dog had and how they could potentially match up and what their puppies could be like and that kind of thing they just bred their dogs and their dog was once and as far as I know and then they sold the puppies um it really was It wasn't something Come to think of it, they were simply two Dobermans slapped together. I hate to admit it, that's where Arlo came from, on the other hand, he came from a very well known breeder here in California and he's actually a breeder with a bit of a reputation.

I was so excited when we got Arlo, you know, we finally got a Doorman from a well-known reputable breeder and you know this dog was a little expensive compared to Cooper who just came in. kind of a random person, a beer in the backyard, potentially, you know, for a cheap price. I was very excited to get this dog. What are some of the key takeaways I learned? Owning a three thousand dollar keeper and what is considered a cheap Doberman 600. Well, it really is that the price doesn't matter, that was something very important that I learned. I mean, both dogs became members of our family, we love them both like crazy and you know, they are both wonderful wonderful examples of Dora and the breed.

I learned that. Behavior really has a lot of

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influences, not just what their genetics are and what they were bred to do, but also what circumstances you put them in, whether your attention is divided or focused. Both things can have pros and cons, and also their age. We are neutered in all of these things that have a huge influence on a dog's behavior as they grow. Also, I really learned not to discount the, I don't want to say backyard breeders, but the small breeds or the first time breeders, not to discount them because A lot of times those big guys, the breeders, that have been doing it for years.

Many times they only want to choose champion dogs and this can have the potential to reduce the genetic diversity of the pool they are looking to breed dogs from. We end up with dogs that are less genetically diverse and since I mentioned neutering several times and we know how neutering can have big effects on a Doberman's behavior, I want to point out that I made a video on how neutering affects and changes a Doberman's behavior, so you can watch that video which should appear right in the corner of your screen if you want to learn more about it.

Cooper passed away a few years ago due to this genetic liver condition. I spoke to them and made a video at the time about his passing and what that meant was that video should appear right there in case you're curious and Arlo has since retired from YouTube. He is living a good life. If you want to learn more about that at his retreat, I also made a video about that that should appear right there, although that might take a second. There he is and you can learn more about that also about a really important thing that he wanted.

Mentioning you guys and actually making this video brought up some emotions for me about losing Cooper, my first Doberman, even though that was years ago, and, you know, the importance of doing a DNA test on your dog at home. I recommend these DNA test kits from Embark. on my channel all the time I really believe in them. I think the information you get from these things can literally save your dog's life and definitely prolong it and I pass that information on to your vet which is super valuable and I really talk about it all the time because I really believe it.

The link to the test kit I use is in the description below so you can see it, but I'll also link it to the video I made where I tested. my goalkeeper Arlo, so they can see the whole process and know what, to make things easier for them. I'm going to put that DNA test video where I tested Arlo right there on his screen, so just click on it. Now thank you so much for hanging out with me, guys. I hope you had a good time today. If you learned something new and interesting, hit the thumbs up button below and subscribe below.

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