One is a german Shepard husky sled dog looking thing. The other is a lab doberman mix. Both mutts and both can get real pissed off when they want to. Their combined bark will put the fear in anyone. When they are barking at a stranger or something they are not familiar with it is a bark like they are mad they cant get at you. I keep them in the house. Oddly they love children....
I’ve always kept mine in the house because where I needed the protection of a warning was inside, not out. When they alarmed I used to lock the dogs IN the house and then patrol the perimeter myself. If the dogs had attacked anyone, they’re the ones who would have been punished by being quarantined or euthanized. Granted, they were all mixed breeds but terrific, bright and loyal. Since one does not allow one’s good buddies to be sentenced to death unnecessarily, I’d be the one to go out.. I become extremely irritable when any member of my family might get hurt. It worked well.