I-Doberman yinja enkulu ene-muscular, kodwa i-slender build, inika ingcamango yesilwanyana esiqokelelweyo, esinamandla, esisebenzayo. Kuvavanyo lokubonisa ukugweba, ukuhambelana komgaqo-siseko wesilwanyana kunye nokucaca kwemigca ye-silhouette idlala indima ebalulekileyo.
I-Dobermans ihlukaniswa ngumntu osebenzayo, onamandla, othanda ukubonisa ubundlongondlongo. Banethuku elicacileyo lokukhusela, zombini ummandla kunye nenjongo yokukhusela umntu. Ngaphezu koko, kwintsapho apho le nja ihlala khona, i-Dobermans inobungane kwaye ayinabundlobongela kwizilwanyana zasekhaya, kuquka nabantwana. Ngentlalontle efanelekileyo, ezi zinja zihlukaniswa ngokunyaniseka nokuthobela onke amalungu entsapho.
Ekuqeqesheni, i-Dobermans ibonisa ubukrelekrele kunye nekhono lokuqonda ngokukhawuleza imiyalelo, zombini elula kunye neyinkimbinkimbi. Ngexesha elifanayo, ngenxa yokulawulwa ngokukhawuleza kwezakhono, kubalulekile ukuba umnini aphephe iimpazamo ekubunjweni kokuziphatha okufunwayo, ekubeni ikhono eliphosakeleyo liya kusekwa ngokukhawuleza njengoko lifunwayo. Ngexesha loqeqesho, kubalulekile ukuhlala ungaguquguquki kwiimfuno zomyalelo kwaye unike uqinisekiso oluqinisekileyo xa imiyalelo isenziwa ngokuchanekileyo.