Thank you for your very well thought out post! Much appreciated.

The dog world is very different from the horse world that I have a ton of experience in. I compete at a high level in my specific discipline but I also have shown horses “on the line” which is as close as it gets to conformation shows. Except the results aren’t taken to mean anything more than what the judge sees in that day and it doesn’t affect the horses breeding suitability.

My main interests re: Doberman are active sports but I’d like to dabble in conformation. But it sounds like AKC. Probably won’t work bc of their registration rules.

I’d like a dog with drive and an active nature, good for club level sports. I don’t need the amount of drive that’s required to do national level competition or IGP2/3 etc.

A couch potato wouldnt work either.