Dobermans adaleredwa m'zaka za zana la 19 ku Germany ndi Friedrich Louis Dobermann, yemwe adatchulidwa dzina lake. Amakhulupirira kuti ma Rottweilers, abusa atsitsi lalifupi, ma pinscher a ku Germany atsitsi losalala, ma terriers akuda ndi a tan, komanso mwina Great Danes, hounds, ndi greyhounds adagwira nawo ntchito yopanga mtunduwo. Funso la chiyambi cha Dobermans likadali lodzaza ndi zinsinsi, chifukwa Friedrich Dobermann sanasunge zolemba za ntchito yake, ndipo obereketsa otsatira amatha kupanga malingaliro okha.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti Dobermann ankagwira ntchito ngati wapolisi ndipo ankathera nthawi yake yonse yaulere kwa agalu. Iye ankaphunzira ndi chidwi za mitundu yosiyanasiyana ndipo ankakhala ndi malo ogona agalu osokera. Dobermann ankafuna kupeza mlonda wangwiro, wokhulupirika, koma patapita nthawi anazindikira kuti pafupifupi mtundu uliwonse umafunika kusintha. Anaganiza zodziyimira pawokha mtundu watsopano wa agalu, omwe angakhale ndi makhalidwe abwino kwambiri otetezera, ndikugwira ntchito yovuta yoswana. Ngakhale kuti Dobermann sanali woweta akatswiri, zotsatira za ntchito zake zinali zopambana komanso zolemetsa. Ena amafotokoza kuti kupambanako ndi mwayi, pamene ena - cholinga.