Dobes will do that.
If a burglar gets in, they generally stay silent and then hit.
[hence the classical “Dobermann stalk”]
I’ve had some that ‘went invisible’ when strangers came around.
My Wonder Dobe would sneak up behind my dad when he got home at midnight and suddenly *bark*.
The dog thought it was hilarious to see dad jump a foot.
Dad was not amused.
Weird thing is, if they see someone outside the perimeter, then they will bark a warning.
But I am discussing “natural”, not-protection trained Dobes.
They generally agitate them into barking at the perp.
I prefer their innate style.
:)
What I saw with dogs like that is a couple of things, dogs tire and they lose interest in men moving around them (out of reach) after a while, they give up, especially in heat, and then you can enter their territory, another thing was that they cue on subtle signals on the human, when caught in ambush I had a talent to feel at ease and be the master as though I belonged there, which either deceived them, or overwhelmed them.
Remember they aren’t really sure if you belong or not, they are trying to read you to decide if you are outside of their owners accepted human world or not, they are idiots whose assignment is not as clearly defined as we think it is for them, they are always just winging it on their limited instincts.
I do want to say something that I evidently didn’t convey in that post, I was surveying in Texas, the land of 6 foot fences, and Doberman’s were fairly common, this wolf thing that I was trying to convey was different than all of them, different from all of the dog experiences.
The stalk and headbutt, what the devil is that all about?
Asking because i get that from dobies.
I have a friend who had an Akita.
He said they’re wonderful watchdogs but the interesting thing about them is that they’ll let a stranger in but not out.
He had a plumber friend who went into someone’s house to fix the sink and the dog was fine. He went to leave and it was another story. He was stuck under the sink for a few hours until the owners came home.
My friend had an Akita. It’s a large dog breed in Japan to guard royalty and monasteries. It has one unusual trait, it doesn’t bark until after it attacks.