I have cared for two Goldin's and still do at the owners home while they go away for 3-4 days...I run the dogs in the back yard, play with them, feed and water them...love playing with them... I use to have my own Doberman...Vet visits as required, wormed, kept healthy. I trained my own Doberman...He would take one treat out the entire ben, catch pop corn, friendly but protective of me. I obtained him through the rescue for Dobermans. He was 100 pounds and what is called gun metal gray. He was a full blood Doberman without his ears cropped. When training him I praised him so much he would get so excited...he just did what I asked him to do for me...He would curl up in a ball by my feet when I was resting..stick his nose in my face in the am to get me to take him out...