NYDDB
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he is super protective at night.
Same here. Very different dog at night, after dark....super "guardy" and watchful. Which, to be honest, I don't really mind....
he is super protective at night.
Same here. Very different dog at night, after dark....super "guardy" and watchful. Which, to be honest, I don't really mind....
Same here. Very different dog at night, after dark....super "guardy" and watchful. Which, to be honest, I don't really mind....
Reminds me of a story I heard years ago, a family that owned a large Doberman had to leave town for a few days. They had a dog door into the garden and they had a hatch-type affair at one door so a neighbour could insert the dog's food and water dishes. The dog was not neighbour friendly, hence this arrangement. After two days of swapping dishes with no problem, suddenly the food remained uneaten and the water untouched. The neighbour feared for the worst and asked for police to come with her to investigate. Upon opening the door they found the Dobbie stationed in front of the (thankfully) tall refrigerator and curled up on top was a crook begging for the police to save him. Good Dog!
"Does he bite? Yeah he does, when he needs to" that made them take a step back and let us through.
Just for info, as this post has been mentioned in another thread, he would NOT bite. He would stare intently and look a bit scary but he would NOT bite.
But I wasn't going to tell them that was I.
Your guardian dogs should NOT bark and growl at a person that does not pose a threat. I have gone through this with Jade and when she was young she would bark at anyone that walked past our house, young kids and old people included. This is bad behavior and the dog needs to be taught that not all people are a threat. I do understand that dogs will know when a person is odd or a bit off and maybe an outright bad guy but to become agitated just because someone is on the same walkway as you is bad behavior.
I take my dogs on social walks every weekend in our village and since I live in a resort town it is packed with thousands of tourists all walking along the sidewalk and window shopping. There are always dozens of dogs being walked as well. If my dogs acted the way that Max did the shop owners would contact city management and have me banned from bringing them into town. I am approached by hundreds of people every time I take them to town and people respectfully ASK if they can pet them ask if they can hug or cuddle and I tell them they may pet either but no hugging Jade. We have been attacked by smaller untrained dogs dozens of times and my dogs are so well trained and have such perfect temperaments that I can call them off with no small dog fatalities or serious injuries.
If you want to know what true pride in your dog is. Be able to walk away from an aggressive snarling bully dog and have a dozen people follow you and tell you how well tempered your dogs are. Having your dog return the attack will only make you look like another big dog owner whose dog is just an extension of their own ego. They don't need to appear aggressive to be a protective guard dog.