An intruder breaks in...what would your dog do?

Gelcoater said:
See,this goes back to my original thoughts on this video.
One dog had an owner present and was receiving protection training while the other two had no training and no one present for guidance or that extra incentive to "protect" it's person.
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they are also all male dogs. At least all the videos ive seen on the subject, it also seems most are not even protection breeds skewing results for us Doberman owners.. Personally ive yet to see a video of this nature that depicted a mature confidant Doberman
 
FredC said:
Actually that would be another great topic for another discussion.. Why so few women helpers? and who are they?
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AresMyDobie said:
Alright hahaha I'm little though and will go down easy if she goes for me lol my only hope would be to out run her ...
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I think @AresMyDobie answered that question, Fred. :D Whenever I watch those videos and see the dog go after the helper, I always think, God help him! LOL I would go down like a sack of potatoes! lol!! There's no way!
 
AresMyDobie said:
I know someone would be in big trouble with both our big dogs. Boo might back off but Ares wouldn't and that would probably insight a pack thing where'd he'd boost her and she's continue on. Deegan is the ultimate alerter, he hears something sounds off and the other two jump into action lol
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Here's my take, i'm 'guessing' you over estimate your dog, but then again you would know better then i... I say this as a retired cable guy who entered properties and houses all day everyday and have only ever had one GSD and one Pit Bull ever stop me dead in my tracks.. both times no owners where home and they had my trapped in the yard. these were two separate occasions with a few years in between.. i think that most everyone who expects their untrained dog to do more then Alert and posture are likely in for a rude awakening.. fortunately most home invaders are just going to pass the house with the noisy dogs up and find an easier target.. I also believe that that confidence plays a big role.. A trespasser who panics is far more likely to get bit then a confidant trespasser who understands dog psychology some. With that being said there is the pack mentality that significantly changes a dogs confidence in situations such as those in this discussion.
 
MyBuddy said:
I think @AresMyDobie answered that question, Fred. :D Whenever I watch those videos and see the dog go after the helper, I always think, God help him! LOL I would go down like a sack of potatoes! lol!! There's no way!
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Sure if your only 5' tall but i know plenty of women that could kick the pants out of some of these 21st century sissy punk wankers.. as a matter of fact i watched one on the news yesterday beat down some guy at a trump rally.. ugh the humiliation that guy most be feeling knowing all his buddies get to watch him on You Tube getting his ass handed to him by a girl... Boy do we live in different times.. but i digress what were we talking about again? ;)
 
The scenario that I have always wanted to do is.............hide an intruder in my home. Come home with my dog and enter the house.........and see if he can tell that there is someone there, hiding. And seek him out too! I have wanted to do that since my first Doberman! I used to play hide and seek with him and he was damn good! I would go in the house and when someone let him inside, he would RUN through the house and find me. Stand there and bark too, until I came out. So I always wanted to hide someone else to see if when we came home, that he could tell someone was here. That would be so cool! But I could never convince someone to hide! Go figure! lol Big Chickens! I told them they just have to stay in the closet and I would control my dog. But nope. I still would love to do that. Maybe even with my daughter, who the dogs LOVE and who isn't living here so her scent should be noticed. Hmmmmm.....maybe I could do that somehow with her next trip home! ;)
 
Well Doctor isn't trained in protection, but I'll say that this morning when my mother in law let herself into my house, I had to run to grab him because he had her stopped in front of the door.

Last week some JW's came to my door and he I had to physically restrain him while my husband got them to leave.

I have zero doubts that he would stop an intruder.
 
TheDoctor'sMom said:
Well Doctor isn't trained in protection, but I'll say that this morning when my mother in law let herself into my house, I had to run to grab him because he had her stopped in front of the door.

Last week some JW's came to my door and he I had to physically restrain him while my husband got them to leave.

I have zero doubts that he would stop an intruder.
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The JW's have a no go list,and I'm on it;)
 
When Oji got loose to "greet" the FedEx guy in the middle of the street the other day he reacted how I expected. Ran up to him and pose poked him. No growling, no defensive display. No tail wagginess either. Just wanted to investigate the guy. A nice balance.
 
My 9 month old Ella definitely lets her presence be known. What she would do face to face with an intruder, who knows We had a situation already. One night I heard her barking from her crate at 4 am. Not her usual thing, I let her out in the courtyard and she ran for the gate and went nutso! All of a sudden a guy came running out of a side yard and down the street. She definitely earned her keep that day. Not sure what she would have done but that night she showed no fear. Will get her into some training so she has an off switch. She shows no aggression towards visitors I let in the house. She just wants to turn them into her personal toy! LOL
 
I've had one JW at the door since Luna joined us and Luna ran her off rather quickly! Just tonight someone came to the door to try to sell me something. My son answered the door and I took my time getting there while letting Luna bark and growl the whole time. I couldn't really hear them over Luna when I did finally make it to the door and they finally gave up and moved on. That's my girl! :D
 
PandoraB said:
I've had one JW at the door since Luna joined us and Luna ran her off rather quickly! Just tonight someone came to the door to try to sell me something. My son answered the door and I took my time getting there while letting Luna bark and growl the whole time. I couldn't really hear them over Luna when I did finally make it to the door and they finally gave up and moved on. That's my girl! :D
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Oh yes, that's a legitimate technique: The "Sorry, my Dobe is crazy and I can't control them, so, shrug. Bye!" technique.
 
Oh Little Oji said:
Oh yes, that's a legitimate technique: The "Sorry, my Dobe is crazy and I can't control them, so, shrug. Bye!" technique.
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I take a slightly different approach. I let them see that I have him under my control, but still allow him to growl and bark at them so they know I mean business. I give the little eyebrow raise and ask if they are done, and have never had someone say no, lol!
 
Gelcoater said:
I wonder who trained this dog to attack?:D

Appears to be a Rhodesian
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That video put a smile on my face for the whole 3:44! :D I wonder why he didn't go out the way he came in? Or did he try? I would have loved to come out at that point :guns: And I love the way the other dogs are like, "Ya got this, Joe?" :whoop: :spit:
TheDoctor'sMom said:
It has been several years since any have attempted to come to my door after Belle terrified some ladies.
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Its been several years since I've seen them here too. I could't believe it when I saw them! Out here? In the middle of nowhere? A regular neighborhood I can see. But this is actually dangerous territory to just be walking up to someones door! Of course, they drove, but still. Anyway, by the time I answered Buddy's barking, they were running back to there car! :evilgrin: Bye Bye!
Nutella said:
One night I heard her barking from her crate at 4 am. Not her usual thing, I let her out in the courtyard and she ran for the gate and went nutso!
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Good Girl!! Never question a middle of the night bark!!:thumbsup:
 
We were out of town last year, and our daughter and her two children were at the house, and our daughter was so mad because the dogs were both barking like CRAZY and pretty much going on and on...Turns out our car was being stolen from our driveway!!! A couple of weeks ago we were again out of town, and the dogs were again going crazy..this time she checked it out and it turns out the guy across the street was cleaning out his car,(at 11:00 pm), and my dogs were NOT happy.. I assume from these incidents that they would at least bark if someone tried to come into the house.
 
Gelcoater said:

I wonder who trained this dog to attack?:D

Appears to be a Rhodesian
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I think you ask a good question. The dog does some pretty right things, and right away.

With how heavy the dog was I think the man would have been able to get away (after a while) were it not for the fence.
 
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