Why wrote:
BINGO! That's why I have Dobermans, they work guarding. Plus they keep
the tax man away.

Speaking of the tax man, the original reason why dogs tails were cut
short was so that the tax man could tell a working dog from a pet.
Working dogs were not taxed, pets were.



Well, the guy that invented Dobermans was a tax collector & needed a
guard dog with short hair & cropped ears & no tail to protect him from
people that didn't like the tax collectors . There is not much to grab
on in a Doberman. Oh this was about cats, dobes like cats

I don't hate cats, nor do I wish harm on cats. But I like dogs that are
well trained and well behaved. .