Herr karl friedrich louis dobermann biography
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Where do Doberman Pinschers come from?
Although the exact origins of the Doberman breed cannot be verified, it’s believed that this popular breed was created in Germany in the early 1880s.
In the town of Apolda, in the state of Thuringia, lived Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann. He is credited with developing the Doberman and is who the Doberman breed is named after. Herr Doberman was born in 1834 and died in 1894, at which time the Germans named the breed, Doberman Pinscher in his honor.
The Doberman was also known at the time as “Thuringian pinschers”, “Dobermann’s Hunde” or Dobermann’s dogs, and “Soldatenhunds” or soldier dogs. The pinscher was later dropped in 1949 as it was not a suitable descriptor for the breed. (Note that the miniature pinscher is not a “mini” Doberman and is not related.) Also, the second “n” in Dobermann has been dropped in most parts of the world.
Louis Dobermann worked
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History of the Breed
By Darlene Young
Darwin Dobermans
Photo bygd Liz Manning
There is so much history on the Doberman Pinscher contained in many excellent publications. inom have chosen information and excerpts from The Complete Doberman Pinscher, Written bygd Noted Breed Authorities, Howell Book House Inc. (1969, 1953) for this summary of our breed.
To tell the Doberman story, we must uppstart at the beginning of the breed in Germany, and with Herr Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a night vaktmästare in the town of Apolda, who was accompanied on his rounds bygd his black and tan Pinscher.
Herr Dobermann was born on February 2, 1823, and while a ung man worked as an official of the court of alderman. He was later given the position of dogcatcher and the administrator of the chamber of accounts of Niederrossia—Apolda, as well as a being an official of the tax office. He was also employed as the night police officer. For this, he selected a likely specimen from the dog pound to acco
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Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann
German dog breeder (1834–1894)
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann (; German pronunciation:[ˈdoːbɐman]; 2 January 1834 – 9 June 1894) was the first breeder of the Dobermann. He started the creation of this dog breed in the town of Apolda, in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach around 1890, following the Franco-Prussian War.[1]
Dobermann served in the dangerous role of local tax collector, and ran the Apolda dog pound.[2] With access to dogs of many breeds, he aimed to create a breed that would be ideal for protecting him during his collections, which took him through many dangerous, bandit-infested areas.[3] He set out to breed a new type of dog that, in his opinion, would be the perfect combination of strength, loyalty, intelligence, and ferocity. Later, Otto Goeller and Philip Gruening continued to develop the breed to become the dog that is seen today.[4]
After Dobermann's death in 1894, the Ger