When should a Doberman Pinscher be put in obedience classes?
If you are obtaining the dog from a responsible, knowledgeable breeder, they should be more than willing and capable of answering all your questions about the pup and making recommendations. I always recommend that my pups be taken as soon as they are complete with their innoculations to obedience classes. I never place prior to nine weeks of age (usually more like twelve since it gives the ears time to heal and be on the way to standing well prior to the new owner getting them). So the pups are usually fully vetted or needing maybe one more series of innoculations and then they are set to go to a good obedience class! They should be motivational puppy classes where there is no real coersion done to the pup — they are great for socializing the pup which Dobermans need for a long time… I expect and my puppy owners adhere, that the pups will continue on into at least a couple of novice level obedience classes and then if the owners want to continue, and most do, they can go into more
