The answer to the question is yes, a Doberman Pinscher is a good dog to have. In fact, the Doberman is an excellent dog to have for an individual or a family with children, the reason being the breed’s innate sense of loyalty.

The Doberman has gained a very bad reputation over the last 150 years because of the fact that many have used this breed as a guard dog and a war dog, making it aggressive.

Dobermans have given their lives to protect the men that they were stationed with during these wars. The Dobermans were also called mercy dogs; they went into fields searching for wounded soldiers. Dobermans went where men could not or would not go. Once they found these soldiers, they would not leave their sides until help came or they led help to the fallen men.

Therefore, the Doberman will also give its life to protect you and your family from any impending dangers. The Doberman is a gentle dog breed by nature. The Doberman has been made aggressive by the hand of man, and only when it needs to be, or is commanded to be, aggressive, will the Doberman become aggressive unless the Doberman feels that its family is in danger. The Doberman then has the ability to think and act on its own in order to protect the ones it loves.

The Doberman is a playful happy creature with a good temperament. This dog breed is large and may be a little clumsy when around smaller children, but there is no need to be alarmed that the Doberman will ever harm a small child on purpose if it is trained properly.

The Doberman is easily trained to be gentle with small children, and the Doberman can be a nanny in some cases, preventing smaller children from going somewhere that the Doberman thinks may put the child at risk. The Doberman will block the child’s path with its body or even holding the child’s clothing in its mouth to prevent the child from getting away. Some family members may think this is a sign of aggression toward the child when in fact it is the total opposite.

Many owners have in fact reported having seen their own Dobermans doing this very act of preventing a small child from entering a room or doing something in the kitchen where their pet sensed danger for the child.

So yes, the Doberman is an excellent pet for any family to have in their home. It is kind, loyal and well intentioned toward the whole family if it is trained properly and not ill treated or taught to behave in an aggressive manner.