Yup, Malinois and Dobes cause them to hit that pause button with both hands.
As a side note I once noticed a couple in NYC’s Central Park during some big gathering part the crowd like Moses at the Red Sea. They had a pair of big beautiful. Bouviers doing a circling eight pattern around them, heads doing a slow swivel and stare.
Most impressive and effective. Training, training, training, and genes.
Funny you’d mention those.
Way back when I had my “man stopper” Wonder Dobe, I was at a local training class one afternoon.
We were doing our thing and an SUV pulled up.
The trainer stopped and went over to it and a guy popped the hatch and ginormous Bouvier hopped out.
Went straight for my dog.
*That* time, I tried to grab my dog up an run.
Crazy Tito was trying to get away from me and go back and pick up the gauntlet that Bouv had thrown down.
Wild times for a 16 year old girl.
:D