You are a smart man, sir. Your dog is an ideal burglar alarm.
Thank you, Ms Oakley!
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My lab greets every stranger like a long lost friend. Heās cute, but no, he is absolutely not a part of my home defense plan.
They bark like hell if anyone they see even walks on the sidewalk down our house. Two rescue dogs. Not sure they would protect one probably as he gets upset with me when we play wrestle but no one will sneak up on our house without peircing dog barks that send 20 nails into the ceiling from even myself,
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Not just see but hear. Bark is 100 times much louder than the bite. Scares the hell out of everyone out back if outside in privacy fence.
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Just got skunked!
I lived in the country, back in the ā70s. We got burgled one day while everyone was gone. The sheriff said they were pros, who knew how to break in easily, and mace the dogs.
Our dogs are just one line of defense, they serve as an alarm and deterrent, but like the gun safe, they are not foolproof. I specifically wanted larger dogs that would bark, to my surprise, some of the neighbors like that our dogs bark at the late night / early morning cell phone walkers with their hoods up. I personally am a little suspicious of anyone who feels the need to walk their cell phone slowly past my house at 2.am, fortunately, so are the dogs.
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Like DS-1, our dog is an alarm and a deterrent. Many people who walk by may be thinking about casing a house for intrusion or theft, but hopefully the dogās alert behavior, deep bark, and large size let them know this house is not an easy target. As to whether my dog would bite if confronted by a stranger in the middle of the night, frankly I donāt know.
But I also donāt think a rational thief would chance an encounter with an 80 pound dog. Itās just one layer of our defense plan, but a very good one, indeed.
Stephen, only one way to stop an intruder from having that ability. Who would be able to say if your dog attacked before or after you shot in self defense, if you get my meaning.
I think they are a laberpoodle-cross between a poodle and a lab. There is one across the street. Itās 65 lbs. it does bark, I donāt know what itās temperament is like. 
Barton -Alarm protection sign. I have a monitor station that is alerted when my alarm goes off. It calls them on my land line. Unless you have a wireless alarm alert, itās not a good idea to have alarm warnings because if your service cable is accessible it can be cut.
My problem with using dogs for home defense is that I canāt throw them far enough. How am I supposed to hit the bad guy when I can barely lift this fat mutt?
Getting the right dog can be the luck of the draw. I learned some things about
dogs Thur dog education 101. Also had a problems and found Solutions in a book created by a military dog trainer. If you want to take the time to get the right dog for itās intended use it starts with looking at instinctive trades the pups display.
Iām not a dog know it all but Iāve had a few from a professionally trained attack pure bred dog, a 140 pound scare you just to see him German Shepard ,that would knock people over like bowling pins when he played and another German shepherd purebred that didnāt have any personality at all, and, a mix German Shepard that was all black and had one blue eye, very scary looking and a pit bull. A Family member had a pro trained doberman guard dog and she was told once they get into a attach frenzy you canāt call them off. There are also ways to see what your dog will do during
A home invasion to include gun shots. Dogs that are kept out side can be trained
Not to under any Circumstance take food from any body to avoid potential poisoning.
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