My ninety five pound shepard mix definitely would. She can sense in an instant if we are uncomfortable with a visitor or anyone at the door.
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Would your untrained family dog protect you or your family from an intruder?
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I would also like to add that the "test" was poorly done. The intruders were too calm and friendly. The dogs new nothing bad was going on they could sense that their owners weren't in any danger. The owners new it was all fake and therefore the dogs had nothing to pick up on.
You are preaching to the choir brother.
The sweetest thing ever and absolutely adores young children and will make sure no one touches my younger cousin. But when an adult male he doesn't know comes to the house or approaches our way he will let them know to walk the other way.
Had a few guys working at the house laying stacked stone and they were pretty rough looking and they wanted to pet him. He was on his leash and I told them I didn't think it was a good idea, they gave me the typical "I was raised around pit bulls my whole life, it's ok". Well he bit one on the neck and his wound bled QUITE a bit and the other guy was lucky just to have a finger clamped down on.
Had a few guys working at the house laying stacked stone and they were pretty rough looking and they wanted to pet him. He was on his leash and I told them I didn't think it was a good idea, they gave me the typical "I was raised around pit bulls my whole life, it's ok". Well he bit one on the neck and his wound bled QUITE a bit and the other guy was lucky just to have a finger clamped down on.
Good thing it's a Boxer, huh?
Um, all I can say to you guys that are confident your dogs would step up and defend you and your family is, test the theory. Put someone in protective gear and let them play bad guy. You will probably be very disappointed.
The only members of your family that it would be normal for them to protect instinctively is themselves and the children....maybe. The aggressive behaviors that folks attribute to protective instincts are almost always motivated my other things than protection. Pack alerts, territorialism, self preservation. None of these are specific motivations to protect other pack members. The only pack members that wolves in the wild protect are the puppies of the pack. Everyone else is on their own if they come under attack outside the area immediately surrounding the heart of the denning area and that is not protective behavior. It's territorialism.
The only members of your family that it would be normal for them to protect instinctively is themselves and the children....maybe. The aggressive behaviors that folks attribute to protective instincts are almost always motivated my other things than protection. Pack alerts, territorialism, self preservation. None of these are specific motivations to protect other pack members. The only pack members that wolves in the wild protect are the puppies of the pack. Everyone else is on their own if they come under attack outside the area immediately surrounding the heart of the denning area and that is not protective behavior. It's territorialism.
