Then you'll have plenty of room to shoot over him.
All three of my dogs are trained to "whoa" after flushing birds, so they won't get shot. You could train a house dog the same way you train a bird dog or retriever.
It's a good idea to make sure they're stanch to shot too.
With my luck, if I shot a burglar my dogs would do their level best to retrieve him.
Great tips & LOL at your last line.
I have a 4YO Golden. For some stupid reason, he has decided the back yard is his and the house is mine. So, he guards his back yard vociferously, but rarely makes a sound in the house.
In fact, when something wakes him up suddenly, he’s mostly a big bundle of fear in the house.
So, I’m not sure what he would do if someone tried to break in at 3am. But I sleep light, my Maverick 88 with an 18 1/2 inch barrel one step and a short reach away. To protect myself, my wife, my daughter, I would take a shot without regard to the dog. (And I’m very attached to that dog.)
Priorities.
>With my luck, if I shot a burglar my dogs would do their level best to retrieve him.
LOL - Well, that would make it easier for you to hand the corpse over to the police/coroner.