steph&leala

Leala is very protective. I do not have signs outside my fence, don't need them haha. She stands with her front paws on the railing of the deck and stares people down.

I have been working a lot with her accepting strangers entering the house. It has been a long and sometimes frustrating process. But we now have a system for introducing guests and she is doing great. But if someone entered our house without me welcoming them they would regret it.

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Instant Noodle

Here's a video of Duke from today.

I like how in the end, he's like, "okay, scared him off...time to play with my new toy!"

Duke the Protector - YouTube

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Lazerbro97

Brutus is reaching 5 months in a couple of days and a couple of times he would stand in the middle of the yard and bark and do a slight growl at the mail truck. My neighbor was carrying a yard umbrella next door, but Brutus only saw the umbrella and he went insane with the barking and growling (I had to take him inside). The biggest scenario was when we were going for a walk, and he knows the area, and two guys about my age were riding skateboards in our direction. Brutus stood in front of me, almost tripping me, and started to growl, bark and pull a little when they got closer. This has all happened within the past month.

Jhagman

Khaleesi Dragon Queen showed she truly is the Queen of Dragons last night when we were watching a movie on TV (The Rock w/ Nick Cage and Sean Connery).

Sean Connery had a huge closeup and was staring straight thru our TV with those intense blue eyes of his. He had a threatening look on his face.

Khaleesi looks up, sees a strange man staring through our living room "window" (aka TV)....she growls deeply, and barrels out the doggie door barking and growling like crazy, expecting to see Sean Connery in our yard! (She came back empty-handed, alas.)

(Our 2 year old gentle giant, Dexter, only does that when dogs are on TV! Never humans.)

Khaleesi tested strongly in protection (her sire & dam were strong in SCH), and we can see a huge difference in her personality from other dobes we've owned. She also growled at training when she was lying in the grass, and a huge crow swooped in a little to closely towards Sandy (her trainer) and me. I kept looking around, expecting to see another dog or human, and Sandy said, "Yes Khaleesi, we see that scary crow."

She is living up to the Game of Thrones name, shooting warning sparks once in awhile. But she's friendly to anyone introduced to her.

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Delmira Arya Khaleesi Dragon Queen, Dexter the Doberman, Connelley James the Cavalier King James Spaniel[SIGPIC]

Jhagman

PS: sorry for the upside down thumb nail! couldn't get it deleted! DOH!

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Delmira Arya Khaleesi Dragon Queen, Dexter the Doberman, Connelley James the Cavalier King James Spaniel[SIGPIC]

ISLANDDOC

Hades only welcomes people to our house if he sees that we welcome them.. Otherwise he will just bark like crazy and show his teeth... he really doesnt like the mail man. I dont know if you call it protective but he doesnt like other dogs coming near our daughter. He will chest bump them out of the way and stand in front of her

Wylde

my girl does not like men much, so I do have to exercise caution when introducing her to them, she loves kids and good with women.

Extremely protective of the vehicle she is in. And if I raise my voice she will see what is causing the problem and if its something she needs to handle . At home if I see a spider and scream, she comes a running ready to rumble. and yes she kills it for me LOL ( just tell her, get that bug ! )

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Leonidas

Leo is like a little soldier in the house going from doors to windows. Sometimes I provide the voice-over for him when he thinks he heard something amiss and does his soldier routine. "Bump detected! Defcon 2! All forces report to front door for Operation Posturing! Front door clear, checking upstairs window lookout! Upstairs clear, checking family. Family secure. Recheck front door. Recheck window.....5 minutes later....threat eliminated, assume sentry position on sofa."
Wind blows, tree branch hits taps kitchen window, repeat!

Cerbuerus

Once when my family came to visit me, my boyfriend wanted to surprise me with it. And he had my dad walk into my room while me and my puppy were sleeping. Cerbuerus jumped up and bit him and got real defensive. It wasn't until I jumped up and had to drag him off of my dad that he calmed down.


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4Dobes

Hi I board dogs and had a particularly nasty Labrador staying for a few nights. He was fine with other dogs just very possessive over his things with people.

One night I put him to bed in the kitchen, my troupe and I went off upstairs to our beds
I couldn't remember if I had left water down for the Lab so went to check.
I just was walking through the kitchen to see if he had water, when he stood up and started baring his teeth at me and growling.
I had no where to go and couldn't reach for anything to use as a block or weapon. If I went backward I wasn't sure if he would charge. I tried talking to him but he just kept low growling at me whilst stalking across the floor into my direction all teeth showing.

I was trying to keep calm and not show him i was intimidated, when I heard a low growl coming from behind.

Boris was standing there with all his hackles up staring down at the Lab.
He then took a couple of steps forward and put himself in front of me, his teeth display and growling was much more impressive than the labs who immediately backed down.

Boris didn't charge or get into a fight with him, he just instinctively knew where to place himself.

I still don't know how he knew i needed help or how he opened the doors to get to me but he did.

My hero

Ps the Lab was fine in the morning like nothing had happened. !!!




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Rednec_13

Mine her barks like crazy when anyone enters the house. If you didnt know better you would think she was being protective. She corner a friend who let him self in the house. Her tail was moving 90 mph. She is just an alarm system. She will let you know if anything (people birds cats or other dogs) are around the house. Now on of the fosters I had got in a fight with another dog at the house and she jumped in to help. That was the only time I seen her act like that. Other dogs have gone after her and she ran. She may protect me she may not but no way would she pass the WAE. She does not do good with loud noises.

tucknroll

Having never needed defense since we got Mila, I couldn't say for sure how protective she would be. Her butt wiggles feverishly for every stranger she meets! Her "alert barks" could be a good deterrent once she grows up though, just like Duke's probably are


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M_Shannon

Wife and I constantly say she's all bark no bite...

However, wouldn't surprise me in the least IF one of her "family" was in a situation, she'd put herself between the threat and family member.

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MelissaRz

That shouldn't be a problem... Doesn't Toby eat raw?


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MelissaRz

I often think about what my 9 month old Bella would do if an intruder came in. She is a fierce Dobergirl with a deep, male-sounding bark (even at 10 weeks old she sounded scary!!) that scares family, friends and neighbors. Many wont even venture to to be in the same room with her, when she's only barking out of excitement to see them! She'll bark at you and then cover you with kisses when you come closer!!! When thats the case, she's just vocalizing her excitement to see you!

However, when she's being protective, her bark is even scarier, and is accompanied by the raising of the hackles. That happens several times daily as she sees neighbors walking in the yard behind us (she doesn't know them yet) or strangers walking in the alley behind our yard to collect bottles and cans from the neighbor's recycling can -- she thinks we own ALL the yards and as far as she can see -- so these people are trespassing!!

One night i was walking her, and out of a dark alley, two guys in skull caps came running out, right in front of me (turns out they were young guys joking around with each other) - well, she freaked out and I had a hard time holding her back. She obviously felt that I was startled and reacted. She didn't try to bite or anything, but boy, was she scary! Once she realized there was no real threat (they ran away and were laughing at each other for almost peeing themselves) she immediately calmed down and walked nicely down the rest of the block. i got the feeling she was proud of herself, lol! I've often wondered if someone put on a bite suit and came to my back door, what she would do... I honestly believe she'd attack if she thought they were threatening me, even though she's the world's sweetest mush to the feral cats outside, small children, our Bichon, other dogs, friends and family. I think she'd lay down her life in a heartbeat without even thinking about it!


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gailatmsu

I've never been in a situation where I've had to chance to find out, and I hope I never am.

Probably not very though - he's still just a baby (19 weeks today - was born on Christmas day ). We do have local elections coming up, and he has gotten between me and the politicians knocking on our door. At the same time, he has no problem joining in with my sons and their friends whenever they are playing. He seems to really like kids.

There were two labs that had gotten loose running around our street yesterday. He just stared at them until one came in our yard. Then he started barking like crazy at them, and the hair on his back (what little there is) went straight up. Striker isn't a barker. I can count the number of times we've actually heard him bark on one hand. So...while he doesn't mind our other dogs, he doesn't mind running into/playing with animals at the park/vet, he obviously doesn't like strange animals coming into his territory. His bark always startles me whenever he does it - such a powerful bark for such a small pup! Since he barely does it, it's so unexpected.

I haven't heard him growl at all - not even a playful growl when playing - so I don't think he's very aggressive by nature.

Sorrelli

Wow, I'm surprised how old some threads are (this one started in '08) but sparingly continue on. I'll add to the mix.

I think that Aries is not protective. He does however alert me to sounds I cannot hear. By how silent he usually is, I take his barks/growls/whines seriously when I do hear him. I don't know what he would do to a complete stranger walking up on my property without me being around. I think his breed and look is enough to ward anyone away. That works for me.

Gideonsmom

Gideon stays between me and a guest / unknown person, and barks when he sees or hears someone outside. He goes to the door to investigate when someone comes in. (Around my house, we just walk in - family and close friends, that is). He barks if it is not someone he immediately knows. His face can be quite intimidating, and when paired with a loud growl / bark, down right scary. I don't know about if someone were to attack though. He might go get in his crate and cry. Or he might feed off of Jack and hurt an intruder. Not real sure.

The cattle dog is viscious though. Jack maintains contact with my body at all times. If no one is over, he still sits ON my feet. He bristles up and goes nuts when someone comes in the house. Friend or otherwise. I have to be VERY careful with him around any person other than my husband and child. He is extremely protective of all of us.

Gideonsmom

Gideon has done this before!!! It was a similar situation with a menacing looking man (not sure what we were watching) was raising his voice on TV. Both Gideon and Jack ran to the tv teeth showing, barking! Craziness!