If you believe in ‘doing by yourself’ then you can certainly go ahead with your Doberman training schedule. However, training a Doberman could be a fun or a problem for you depending upon the course you take. It all depends upon your own attitude and training methods. You training should make it understand the basics like teaching it how to get what it wants. You can notice certain behaviors like jumping-up, play biting and barking which are natural to it. You can make it learn the tricks for its growth to become a good obedient Doberman dog.
It is better that you choose a Doberman puppy to train. We all know it is simply impossible to teach new tricks to a full grown Doberman. If you can get a puppy less then six weeks of age then it is very fine. First of all get a god veterinary check up of your Doberman puppy to know that it is medically fit and does not have any communicable disease. You can notice certain behaviors of it like growling, biting and playing. These are its natural instincts and need to be cultivated by you.
So as we have mentioned earlier a lot depends upon the training part. First of all provide it of its natural habitat. You can use a kennel to provide a natural home for it. By doing this your Doberman will learn how to live in a family. Another thing which you can teach it not to jump-up on the family members or even strangers as leads a very bad impression of your dog. However, such things are good with the Doberman puppy but you can understand how embarrassing and dangerous when a full grown Doberman does this trick. You need to teach it how to control it.
Being a puppy the Doberman love to bite and play with every animated thing. It could be you your kids or any one. It is all fun till it is a puppy but when it grows up you never what damage its sharp new teeth will do. So you need to keep a good track of it by teaching it how to control it.
If your puppy is not responding to your command then you need to check your methods. It could be very dangerous also. You can always seek an experts help also. So equip yourself with all training details and go ahead with your Doberman training program.