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I have a huge American Bulldog. He's playful, fun, obedient and extremely well trained ... and outright terrifying when someone approaches the house. We say "I
by jvanderbot 5y ago
I have a huge American Bulldog. He's playful, fun, obedient and extremely well trained ... and outright terrifying when someone approaches the house. We say "I see them, thank you" and he's friendly again. He'll go find us to alert us to people in the yard. At night, we have to go walk through the house together if he's on edge.
Everyone is quite intimidated until they come visit and have a proper meeting. He also remembers guests quite well, and reacts differently to them. He learns mailpeople's faces / walks and gives a cursory "gruff" for old ones, and the full-throated threats to new ones.
That's a feature: Dogs are the best break-in / intruder deterrent around. My wife originally bought him for that reason. There's never been a problem with kids, friends, neighbors, or anything, but if you were walking through our neighborhood and saw him threaten you, you'd probably say he was a menace. He's not.
- duxup 5y agoI don't doubt it works. In fact I keept a chewed up tennis ball and dog dish next to my back door for ages. No break in attempts, despite it happening to neighbors ... no dog, but it seemed to be enough ;) Having said that as a more practical point if I were some super burglar (granted I suspect most criminals are not) ... I really think most angry dogs would happy change their mind and be your best friend if you just dropped some treats for them. They really wouldn't care what you did after that.
- jvanderbot 5y agoDogs are a great alarm, decent deterrent, and wonderful companion. They somehow react to the very human uncertainty that someone feels when a big-toothed animal is acting aggressively. It's unsettling on a primal level. If we need more deterrent, there are other options in the house, but it's nice to have early warning at least, I'd imagine.