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.
Oh yea, Lucy knows the boundary lines, She knows fence to wood line is hers.
My daughter who lives alone had a bull mutt she raised. Any dog she raises grows up to be a wimp and so did Atto. If someone came to her fence it would wag its stub and drool. If the person said “boo” Atto ran under the house whimpering. One early AM as daughter was looking out the window a scruffy fellow came to the gate and said, “Boo.” Atto ran under the house. The guy unlatched the gate and started to push it open. Atto was suddenly right there in front of him snarling and drooling. The fellow calmly latched the gate and walked away. Daughter put her Webley down. I had disparaged Atto and daughter’s inability to raise a useful dog. No more. Atto earned his keep.