I would totally love to have this test done in our home with Oji; though I fear that if he failed, it would make me pretty darned dissatisfied with him.
My prediction regarding Oji:
If, in the test, I was not allowed to say anything to Oji – as in, give him one of my commands that means "alert on that guy!" – he might instinctively jump back away from the attacker but I think he would then come up behind/beside the attacker and investigate. If the attacker turned toward him aggressively (which, rightly, in the videoed test the attacker did not do – rather, like a good trainer he retreated and thus built the dogs' confidence and helped their training) Oji would backpedal but would reengage as soon as the attacker came back at me. If the attacker got aggressive with Oji, I think Oji would backpedal but stay engaged unless backed into a corner, in which case he would attack the attacker.
If I were allowed to give the sort of "alert" command, when the attacker invaded, Oji would very aggressively confront the guy; but it would remain to be seen if he would keep his distance out of sheer lack of actual training in this scenario.
So, since I have trained Oji in alerting on people – taking advantage of his natural Doberman guarding qualities – that part of it would go well (again, if I were allowed to give him the command). Unfortunately, since I have not have the resources to give Oji training in actually physically engaging a bad guy, I feel he would fail in that regard.
Of course, any hesitation in a true scenario would probably be very bad for the good guy due to the use of clubbing weapons or knives or firearms.
Last thought: When it comes to an attacker engaging me personally: If I put up a fight and got into a fight with the attacker I do think that there is a good chance Oji would get involved. He would probably jump on the guy and join in the wrestling and maybe start to get mouthy with the guy. This would at least provide a good distraction for the attacker which would allow me to strategically and brutally seek to disable the guy.
If an attacker physically attacked/grabbed ahold of my wife or daughter, I think that Oji would get physically involved and stay involved. Would this include biting the guy? Maybe.
Obviously, interesting stuff to think about.
