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Fri 5 May, 2017 12:26 am
Guard Dogs – These dogs should not be confused with attack dogs. They are completely different. A guard dog is similar to a watchdog. As the name suggest they are trained to guard their owner against the presence of strange or unexpected people as well animal.
Whereas a guard dog is generally not trained to attack but this doesn’t mean a guard dog cannot attack. They are capable of attacking if the situation arises. Specifically, the main work of guard dog is to alert its owner.
Most of the people confused them with alert dogs. Alert dogs are the dogs which bark in the presence of an intruder and likely to attack. Whereas guard dogs not only barks but have the capability to protect their owner from an uncertainty due to their size and tendency to bark. Examples of best guard dogs are as follows;Rottweiler, Chow chow, Doberman, Labrador etc.
@marshallspetzone,
You already have some good choices for a guard dog. I had dobermans. They were great at barking at intruders, while being gentle with you. It comes to how much care you give them that they give you protection in return. Seems most any dog will do that. Dogs left out in the yard alone sometimes get too aggressive and can give you lawsuits in attacks on visitors. My dogs had indoor comfort and were well behaved. There was always a door open for them to go out and check on my premises.
@marshallspetzone,
Mastiffs make a good guard dog. They are loyal to the core but are typically not physically aggressive. They also make quite the impression!
Chihuahua. Sure they're small; but all that yapping alerts you and they can inflict hundreds of tiny bites to destroy the intruder.
Yeah, Sturgis has it right. Little yippers are great guard dogs. They are loud and obnoxious about it.
@marshallspetzone,
My Labradors were great at barking but if someone broke in I'm not sure that they wouldn't have laid on their backs and begged for a tummy rub.
The black lab was far more menacing that than the yellow but few people want to test the docility of a big dog.
I'd pick a well trained german shepherd. That's because a doctor I used to work with also raised german shepherds and was a raconteur about their exploits, especially one story about a burglar who tried to break into his house... and was sorry he tried that. Later in my life I've had the pleasure of my wonderful dog, Katy, beautiful, very smart, and who never scared me personally, quite the opposite, also fine with my friends.
@ossobucotemp,
My doberman once scared off an intruder in my house. The person must have been small to have squeezed through my ground floor door that was chained open just wide enough for my dogs to get through, around 14". I had to do something near that door that kept me busy. My dog on the next floor was jumping and running around, going up and down the stairs between the second and third floors. He never did that before. After a couple of minutes of that, I went up the stairs. My dog was standing alert on the third floor. The third floor door is at street level going to my garage, and it was wide open. The door has a floor bolt in addition to two door locks. It had to be opened from the inside. From what I can figure, my dog kept the intruder from taking anything, and the person ran out the door without bothering to close it. Funny thing was my dog did not bark all during this time. Maybe my dog didn't really see him or her as a threat. Could have been a young kid. My neighborhood had several house break ins around this time. Happy at the outcome.
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