I ka wā mua, ua kapa ʻia ka pua hou ʻo Thuringian Pinscher, a ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka "makua" o ka pua, ʻo Friedrich Dobermann, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Dobermann Pinscher. Ma hope mai, i ka makahiki 1949, ua wehe ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "pinscher" mai kekahi o nā paʻi o ka hae, a ua kapa inoa ʻia nā ʻīlio ʻo Dobermans.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Dobermans "nā ʻīlio gendarme".
ʻO Dobermans nā ʻīlio lawelawe akamai loa. Hana lākou no nā mākaʻi a komo i nā hana paʻakikī. ʻO kekahi o nā kauā ʻoi loa o ka hoʻonohonoho pono i manaʻo ʻia he Doberman i kapa ʻia ʻo Tref. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ua hoʻoponopono ʻo ia ma luna o hoʻokahi tausani mau hewa. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua make ka mea nona ka ʻīlio. Ma hope o kēia pōʻino, ua hopohopo nui ʻo Tref a ʻaʻole i hoʻi hou i ka lawelawe ʻimi. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻoponopono ke keiki a Tref, i kapa ʻia ʻo Ber, i nā hewa he 65 i 1.5 mau makahiki. No ka hoʻohālikelike: i ka manawa like, ua hoʻoponopono ka ʻīlio kahu hipa akamai loa i 24 mau hewa.
I ka makahiki 1944, ua hāʻawi nā Dobermans 25 i ko lākou ola i ka hakakā ʻana e hoʻokuʻu i ka mokupuni ʻo Guam. Ua kūkulu ʻia kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo no ko lākou hanohano ma ka mokupuni. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Always Faithful".
ʻO ka mele a Sergei Yesenin "E hāʻawi, Jim, no ka laki o kuʻu wāwae" e pili ana i kahi Doberman no ka mea hoʻokani Katchalov.