I have a female corso that will be 1 year old tomorrow. She is a fun loving dog no signs of any type off aggression toward me or my family, and she does really well with my 5 year old son. My question is when should I anticipate her to assume a more protective role? Now, she is VERY alert. If she things shes heard or saw something, she immediately starts to bark and growl. But not in an investigative fashion. She acts more scared that protective. Shes been adequately socialized around other dogs/people/kids since I first got her at 8 weeks. I just don't know if I'm expecting too much so soon, or if i have just have an "oddball". Another thing that really bothers me is that she lets my in-laws' dogs punk her in her own house lol. Shes about 85 lbs now and my in-laws' might be 45 lbs. They will take her bed, her toys, or whatever else they want. Not that I want her to rip their heads off or anything, but feel like she shouldn't be so submissive or such a push-over. If one of them takes a toy from her and I take it back from them to give to her, she wont even look at it. Just hoping to see if anyone can shine some light on this or give me some hope that she will grow out of it. If not, I'll love her anyway lol. Thanks for any info in advance