Would your untrained family dog protect you or your family from an intruder?

[2001SportTJ]

I'm not quite sure what my dog would do...Anybody want to volunteer to come over and find out?

 

[bassdaddy00]

In my house? It's not the typical family pets one would have to be concerned over....

Nope, not coming to your place anytime soon!

 

[bassdaddy00]

My two give me great pack alerts but would be useless at any kind of real trouble.

 

[darrenmd]

I did not make it to the end of the video... but from what I seen... there was not a panic situation.... animals read the emotional side of things also... if the owner actually was freaked out I think the dogs would act differently.... I am not sure how though.... each dog will react how they are wired.....

 

[captdave77]

Why would a chick get on TV, demonstrate her dogs are *******, and then say "I don't have a gun"?

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Dog weighed maybe 25 lbs, no history per the owner of any behavior even remote to this, animal was put down. The dog was intent on doing damage, why? who knows. This was tough on my kid and wife for the last 3 years.

I'm sure that was very tough on them. And I'd be surprised if he doesn't have PTSD. When Tank the American bull first got to the junkyard I always kept something big and heavy/or sharp within reach. And the first time I was asked to keep him for the weekend I kept him in the garage because my wife had a Jack Russell and a 3 year old girl in the house. And there was just NO WAY I was gonna put him to that test. But he worked out to be a very good dog.
Tank was riding back to work with me in 2010 when I got in a wreck in the delivery truck. His spiked collar carved a 3 inch gash in my head. So all these EMTs and Jones Co Deputies were standing around the truck wondering what to do with him. Then my wife pulled up in the Taurus wagon and hollered "Tank! Get your ass in the car." and away he went.
And when she finally got the yard owner on the phone to tell him the news the first words out of his mouth were "Is Tank okay?"

 

[IMaDad]

I may be picking up an english mastiff puppy this weekend.
I want to train him like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQMVOHSCIQM&list=SP8ECC0BA2C9F04B5C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY7IubOrgwE&list=SP8ECC0BA2C9F04B5C&index=27


having this type of functionality would be incredible, especially if I am trying to wrangle my two kids while bad guys are doing bad things.

 

[fslc94]

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[Bear44]

My beagle is the best alarm system. Stay off the yard. I've seen him scrap with plenty of critters. Whooped on a full grown chow before ac handled it. But I have nearly zero faith the little guy would attack a man.

Also if you see this in the morning bear, what's your take on "dogs being racist"? Que from the owner? Scared of something away from their norm?

That's a really good question. I think it can be caused by a variety of things. Behavior of the owner, behavior of the suspicious person, but most commonly I thnk they are just spooked because of the different skin color. Kind of like why some dogs bark at people wearing a hat.

 

[fslc94]

Im very impressed with your knowledge of dogs Bear44...Everything I read is spot on correct in my opinion.