sentences:  The story of the choking doberman fits into this category of folklore and generally involves a protective pet found by its owner gagging on human fingers lodged in its throat.As the story unfolds, the dog's owner discovers an intruder whose hand is bleeding from the dog bite.Jan Harold Brunvand, a folklorist and professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah, wrote about this and other urban legends in his book "The Choking Doberman and Other "New" Urban Legends" published in 1984 by W.W. Norton & Company.