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The two photos I have used of Jake so far are with
Jake and his brother Max. These are some of the happy times we remember because
they were so close yet such great difference in size. Max is only 5 pounds but
he and Jake grew up together and loved each other. Jake would have protected
Max from anything and never ever hurt one little bone in his body.
They played together, slept together in front of
the fireplace and even shared the same chew treats. In their almost 5 years
together this never changed except Jake kept getting bigger and Max didn't.
Somehow Jake knew how to even be gentle as he grew and didn't apply much
strength with playing with pull toys. But it wasn't unusual either to see Jake
running through the house with a pull toy in his mouth and Max being drug
behind.
This relationship between Jake & Max did create
some complications though. Because Max was here a couple more months than Jake
and about 4 months older, we kinda ended up with an identity crisis. All 5
pounds of Max thinks he is a Great Dane, and Jake though he was 5 pounds. We
had gotten Jake when we still lived in a condo knowing that in two months we
would be moving to acerage. When we got here Jake loved the room to run but on
his first encounter with the neighbors St. Bernard, Jake almost died of fright.
I have never heard a dog scream, but he did. We ended up finding another
breeder here to come visit 2-3 times a week with her female Dobie (a month
older) to teach Jake how to be a "Doberman"!!
One of our favorite times was watching Jake run
through the pasture. He had about 10 acres to run and a creek that separated
the two pastures. For 4 years Jake has had an ongoing game with coyotes. His
last coyote chase was about three weeks ago, we were so glad we saw that
because they were all so funny. Jake spotted the coyote on the other side of
the creek from the house. He took off running, down the first pasture and
thorough the creek. As he got to the other side of the creek the coyote decided
to run under the fence. Jake was right on his trail only the coyote went north
and Jake went south. All of a sudden we saw the coyote come back...was sorta
like "hey you went the wrong way!" Jake stopped and turned around and the chase
was on again. There was never contact between the coyotes and Jake but it
appeared they had some kind of agreement that the game was fun.
 We all remember when we first bring our babies home,
this was Jake with his Dad, Jerry, his first day home. Jerry had never had a
Dobie before and fell in love with his wonderful temperament and loyalty. For
Jakes entire life he wouldn't take sides between us. He hated it if we
disagreed loudly and would go to bed until we calmed down.
We will always remember Jake and it will bring a
smile to both of us!
Jakes Mom & Dad, Sandy & Jerry
Stillwell
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