“....Falco has become protective to the extreme.... “
Any dog that is “Protective to the extreme” is one that requires constant watching.
Somebody sticks their hand out to shake your hand and you dog could think it is an attack on you. Dogs are fast.
Take care.
Pete, I trust this dog. He read these people and was telling them to stay back.
Perhaps my words “protective to the extreme” were misleading. This was the only occasion wherein he has shown this degree of protection. It was extremely dark, we are alone, he saw them as a potential threat and warned them. I had complete control of the dog.
I raised Dobermanns for 30 years and never had a bad bite. I trained 2 of them in master protection, with a professional K-9 trainer.... I know how to read and handle a dog. At 62, this is not the first dog I have had.