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Posted on 11/12/2012 6:03:49 PM PST by Daffynition
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They are very loyal to their owners; and can be loners. It’s characteristic of the breed. They also one the smartest breeds.
ROFLOL....PERFECT! LOL!!! Devil dog.
My part Chesapeake reacts the same way.
My grandparents had this old ranch dog who was never allowed inside the house. He just roamed the farmyard. He probably had some German Shepherd + various other breeds in him. My father came home from college one night, arriving after everyone else was in bed. That dog would not allow him to get out of the car. He had to wait until morning until someone got up to milk the cows and called Otto off.
We have five (5) Dobies. They are well known in the area. We never get Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Stupendous! Naughty List! LOL
I love it.... I have a #1 nominee. :)
The experiment is flawed because the owner is right outside.
In the video with the Rotie, the dog keeps watching the owner outside.
LOL, I believe it. In my experience, the little high-strung dogs are much more likely to “go off” than the big ones.
Our very ethnic neighborhood has a church which houses some sort of a Pentecostal church.................in spite of a large sign *NO SOLICITING* on my front door [these people can’t read], invariably, we get solicited for donations. Usually, I open the door and let the dog go to the screen door..................they back off the top step and walk away without a word spoken. They don’t seem to like big-black dogs with deep voices. :)
Ever wonder what goes through the mind of a burglar? Well, SimpliSafe home security sent a team of us out to hit the streets for some raw data. We got the chance to sit down with burglary professionals and ask them some real tough questions. It wasn’t easy getting these questions answered but we got them! We gathered the most common answers and assembled them to give you an inside look into the mind of a burglar. It’s time for you to meet Bob, your local burglar.
A lot of people ask me why I do what I do, and why I haven’t been caught yet. Do you know what I tell them? Because people don’t realize how easy they make it for me. I shouldn’t be doing this but I need a challenge!
Before picking a house I have to scope the whole neighborhood. To do this I’m not going to be walking in the traditional cat burglar uniform. I’m going to be walking around with a rake, dressed up as the cable, electric, or phone repairman. In some cases I even post a flier on your door for a closer look. Usually my work hours are from 8AM-11AM. I want to avoid any kind of confrontation.
And that’s it folks. It usually takes me about 8-12 minutes to get in and out of your home. It’s as easy as that!
In closing, there are a lot of things that you can do to avoid someone like me. A security system is a no brain-er. If that’s not an option, leaving a TV or stereo on during the day usually helps someone like me avoid your home. This usually indicates someone is home. Also most burglars won’t even attempt entry if they know there’s a large dog in the home.
So now you know my methods and secrets. Hopefully this will help you avoid bad guys like me. If not, I’ll be lurking around. So, once again, I'm Bob, your local Burglar, and I’ll be coming to a city near you!
“...his adopted Aussie Shepard. I really meant that she stays by his side all day, preferring his company over everyone else in the household.”
Aussie owners commonly describe their dogs as “velcro” because of the way they stick close to their people. I have two Aussies that definitely conform to the Aussie stereotype: aloof with strangers, guardians, protectors, loyal, affectionate, smart. They take their job very seriously. Mine are insanely territorial regarding “their” house. Anything within 100 yards is an intruder. I don’t have to worry about burglars. One day the dogs seemed anxious to go outside, so I opened the door to our fenced back yard. They shot out like bullets and promptly cornered a man that had jumped our fence to read the gas meter. They had him bottled up in the corner of the yard and he wasn’t going anywhere. I said, the next time you should knock before jumping people’s locked gates unannounced, it isn’t very healthy. The dogs instinctively knew to stay just beyond reach and threaten if he should move. Guests to my house must be formally introduced to be accepted. In public, off their own turf, they are more sociable, but are still protective of me. They would not be an ideal dog for most people, but I wouldn’t have any other.
FIVE? Wow. I adopted my first one by default, and really didn’t plan on or want a dobe. Then I was ready to send him back after two nights.
Eleven years later.....
I have often thought it would be super fun to have a whole herd of them, but two was really enough for me, mostly due to vet costs etc. Our Palli-girl (now gone) was an adopted dog as well, and she came with a host of medical issues. Since vet care costs have nearly doubled in the past half decade, I am hesitant to find another girl just yet. Our Zeus is twelve now, and in good health - but OLD for a dobe.
Still, I check the dobe rescues regularly for a likely young lady. I haven’t found one just yet. :(
What cracks me up is when some pamphlet peddler knocks on the door and Zeus launches his body against the door windows, barking like crazy, and the peddler just stands there grinning like a dope. The postal guys drop packages and retreat quickly - I’m guessing they know the difference between “doorbell” and “dangerous” in their line of work.
I know exactly what my GSD would do. I had him outside with me the first time I had a cleaning woman over, because he’s so protective I can’t even walk him. He caught sight of her and was full body length up the glass side door in viscous mode. I had to run my daughter to school and put him in the bedroom, not really thinking about the shutters and gardeners coming. No one was home. I found my shutters a mess. I once had an ex Seal do security for our company. He said an intruder would just throw a dog some meat. Not this dog. He doesn’t eat stuff dropped unless called to eat it by me, and I regularly leave late night snacks on the coffee table- never touched. I figure if I were home, by the time I got my gun and the safety off I wouldn’t need it. We worked with a professional trainer who came to the conclusion the protectiveness wouldn’t be trained out of him. I’m guessing it’s from his East German blood line. Being a woman living alone, I’m pretty happy with him.
People fear a dog more if it’s black.
leaving a TV or stereo on during the day usually helps someone like me avoid your home. This usually indicates someone is home. Also most burglars won’t even attempt entry if they know there’s a large dog in the home.
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I rented the upstairs of an ex-policeman’s house in N.J. around 1980 when I was 18. He’d go out in the evening, leave the tv and mood lighting on, with the front door cracked in nice weather. He had a St. Bernard. He said burglars don’t want to stumble on someone home. The neighbors had bars on everything and had been burgled 3 times. No one had ever touched his house.
Your Aussies sound almost exactly like my dobe. I am now spoiled and must forever have my velcro dobes.
I warn people who think they want a dobe to consider how it will feel to be constantly followed (literally shadowed), watched, sat upon, herded, and guarded every minute you are around them. It can be unnerving to some, and is even occasionally irritating to me even though I am accustomed to it.
It is similar to having a toddler hanging onto your pants leg all day, every day. I mean that literally. It’s purposefully bred into some breeds though, so it isn’t an issue of “balance” with these dogs.
“We never get Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Why not?
Are your dogs too slow?
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I’ve had Dobermanns for 38 years and the last time a Census worker came out because I didn’t send in my forms was...well, the last time a Census worker ever came out here.
That was back in 1990.
LOL
We don’t get *any* solicitors.
Once though, some guy selling steaks out of the back of a truck [WTH?] stood outside the gate, carefully pondering the warning signs and dogs barking and decided it wasn’t worth the effort and left.
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