Ain't nothing like a good guard dog for the home (vanity)

me ^ | 12/13/14 | eastforker

[eastforker]

About an hour ago the wife and our dog Lucy were in bed. I was up reading FR when I thought I heard a noise outside. I get up from my chair and open the front door and the porch light is on, it has a motion sensor. I thought that was unusual when Lucy came barreling out from the back door( she has a pet door, comes and goes as she pleases) to the front door to the woods across the street barking like hell. The 4 wheeler was parked in front of the house and that is a hot item for thieves. Lucy finally came back to the house and is now laying out there, ears forward and pulling guard duty. We live in a semi rural area.

[eastforker]

I swear that dog knows something is up. She loves her bed but if she is out there watching she knows something ain't right.

[bluejean]

Yeah I trust my boy. We were walking last summer and I was heading into a green way and he stopped and refused to go with me. He was intense about it. Staring into that area and then trying to get me to go the other way. I’m looking down there trying to see what he sees and notice a very well camouflaged large coyote watching us in the trees.

GOOD dog. If he says there’s something out there, it’s there. I trust him.

[eastforker]

Yup, my girl don’t want anybody stealing (her) 4 wheeler or golf cart.She loves to go for rides.

[captmar-vell]

You have a great member of the family there,

What breed of dog is Lucy?

I’ve thought about getting a dog, would need to be small(ish)

[sheikdetailfeather]

String some twine low to the ground here and there and tie it to something solid on both sides. That way the dog can get to them before they get away. lol! (Just remember you put the twine there so you don’t trip on it.) I know it worked for me when I had someone wandering around my place at night. I also put a giant animated dracula behind the hedges and tied it. When the twine was broken I knew they had set the dracula off. It moans and screams and the head goes round and round. I also got a stealth cam and set it up out there. Things have been quiet ever since. It takes pics as well as having a video mode.

[capydick]

My boy actually woke us up at 4:30 am one morning last month barking like crazy at the bedroom window - young man who was stoned out of his gourd tried to rob my truck but was so wasted he passed out in my truck - I kid you not. Turns out this guy has been robbing vehicles in my neighborhood for a couple years and when they got a search warrant for his house - they found all kinds of stolen goods there.

My boy got two cheeseburgers that evening as his reward!

[going hot]

One of my dogs thinks the golf cart seat is his day throne. Sits there all day, ...looking...

[chris37]

My dog will protect me with her life, and I will protect my dog with my life.

There simply is no better companion in this world in my mind than a good dog.

I have never seen a more alert animal in all my life. If anything in her environment is out of the ordinary, I know instantly just from observing her body language.

This is especially helpful while walking, because she can spot other animals and people long before I can, but usually don’t have any trouble with people around here.

[eastforker]

Lucy is a Heinz 57, many varieties, and usually that’s the best kind. She will be 5 years old this spring, she weighs about 50 pounds. Some one ditched her when she was about 6 weeks old in the neighborhood. One of the best dogs I ever had.And I have had many.

[kanawa]

Bump

[WVKayaker]

I live in the Philippines now, and almost every house has a dog or two or three. Some of them like to bark into the night, and others all night. I sleep through the noise.Also, most of the houses have high walls and often barbed wire tops. It discourages most anyone with bad intentions.

But, we decided to get one for our own, and looked around. I found a Doberman puppy and have raised him to be gentle but wary. He is learning his trade well. At 7 months, he won't bark or growl at friends, but strangers get a sharp, strong voice. He sleeps on the floor of our bedroom, and makes it through the night, even with the noise from the others.

But, if anyone rattles our front gate, he instantly wakes and barks to warn us. Most of the neighbors and passersby walk the other side of the street, to acknowledge they know we have a big dog!

Nothing beats a good dog for friendship and security!

[21twelve]

Rescued mutts are the best dogs - they know somehow they owe you their lives.

Our first dog (rescued mutt) NEVER barked. I should have known when it let out a growl at 2 in the morning something was up - but I stayed in bed. In the morning saw that someone had rustled through my empty truck. 7 cars on the block did have stuff stolen.

The cop said “Anytime you think you hear a noise, or the dog barks, check it out quick. You don’t or you hesitate, and they are gone.”

First and only time anything like that has happened on our block though in 21 years.

The rescued mutt we have now barks his head off. But only if they come into our yard, driveway, or a stranger at the door. The UPS guy gets three or four woofs to let me know he’s there.

There were some workers at the street and he just sat and watched them. One of them came over onto our lawn with his lunch pail and the dog started barking with his booming voice as soon as he stepped on the grass. I was pretty impressed.

[eastforker]

Oh yea, Lucy knows the boundary lines, She knows fence to wood line is hers.

[Salamander]

For miles up and down RT 40, people got their cars and outbuildings broken into, one summer.

*Twice*.

Even though the neighbor’s barn, not even 30 feet from my house, got cleaned out, we were not touched.

The first time, my iPad, iPhone and two iPods were in the front seat of the unlocked car, mere yards from his barn.

About 4am, the Portuguese Podengo Medio, who keeps watch out the picture window in my art studio started barking and the Dobes ran to the window and put their two cents in.

The second time, the PPM was asleep in the living room but Odin was looking out the side yard window which faces the ridge.

He started snarling so I got up and let him out the front door.

He took off around the back of the house and I heard fast steps going up over the ridge.

[i assume they thought they’d avoid the security cams and dogs by sneaking in through the woods]

The dog came back very frustrated.

He was in the mood for fresh meat.

*If* there’s ever another time, I’m going to wait a bit and turn the Dobe bitch out.

She’s faster and meaner.

[Salamander]

Dobermanns are relatively quiet dogs.

In 40 years, I have *never* had one of mine bark unless there was something to bark about.

Perfect guards, IMO.

Anyone found outside the “perimeter” gets a warning bark.
Anyone found *inside* gets no warning at all.

[eastforker]

Next time , get your dobie to hold him at bay and release your snake on him, LOL.

[Salamander]

Pfffft.

My snakes are totally useless, unless the guy would just up and generously drop from a heart attack when he saw it.

:D

I haven’t taught these two to grab and hold.

More like “It’s your party, maul if you want to.”

I’m old and have less tolerance for fools, now.

:)

[eastforker]

Well, you could just suggest he was a blogger and let HG take care of him.

[Loud Mime]

I had a great dog. She died at 15.

Still choke up when I think of her.

[eastforker]

Sounds like my Digger, Lucy’s mentor, A Jack Russel Terrier. Saved three kids and Lucy from 2 pit bulls with his life.