Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Dobermans i ke kenekulia 19 ma Kelemania e Friedrich Louis Dobermann, nona ka inoa i kapa ʻia ai ka pua. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Rottweilers, nā kahu hipa pōkole, nā pinscher German lauoho ʻeleʻele, nā terrier ʻeleʻele a me nā ʻeleʻele, a ʻo ka mea nui paha ʻo Great Danes, nā ʻīlio, a me nā greyhounds i komo i ka hana ʻana i kēia ʻano. ʻO ka nīnau o ke kumu o ka Dobermans ua piha i nā mea pohihihi, no ka mea ʻaʻole i mālama ʻo Friedrich Dobermann i nā moʻolelo o kāna hana, a hiki i nā mea hoʻolale ma hope ke kūkulu i nā kumumanaʻo.
ʻO ka mea mahalo, ua hana ʻo Dobermann ma ke ʻano he mākaʻi a hāʻawi i kona manawa kūʻokoʻa a pau i nā ʻīlio. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole me ka hoihoi a ua holo ʻo ia i kahi malu no nā ʻīlio hele hewa. Ua ʻimi ʻo Dobermann e ʻimi i ke kiaʻi kūpono a kūpaʻa, akā ma hope o ka manawa ua hiki mai i ka hopena kokoke i kēlā me kēia ʻano e pono ai ka hoʻoponopono. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hānai kūʻokoʻa i kahi ʻano ʻīlio hou, e loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano kiaʻi maikaʻi loa, a hana i nā hana hoʻomāhuahua paʻakikī. ʻOiai ʻo Dobermann ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻohua ʻoihana, ua kūleʻa a paʻakikī ka hopena o kāna mau hana. ʻO kekahi e wehewehe i ka holomua ma ke ʻano he laki, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe - ke kumu.