I will add this: if you want a dog that will let you know when something is happening on your property, buy a Chihuahua. I worked on a particular farm, and she put the big dogs to shame.
Yep, they alert me and my gun will handle the rest if needed.
A Chihuahua is a redneck burglar alarm, good for your car as well.
Drive you nuts in the process. LOL
This is true.
My smallish Portuguese Podengo Medio maintains watch from atop the flat file cabinet in my art room, which faces the lane, and it’s she who sounds the first alert of anyone approaching the house.
*Then* the Dobes run to the windows and put in their two cents.
It’s a good system, really.
;D
I hear you! We have a 16 pound, totally blind Jack Russel. He hears everything and wakes the bigger dogs up so they can join him barking. Nothing is going to sneak up on us. We will be alerted and armed .
They hear like cats and alert instantly.
The perfect SHTF dog can live on 3oz of meat per day and let you know when to pick up your weapon.
What more do you need?
Not a good choice for here in S.E. Michigan. They're too often stolen out of their yards and used by fishermen who troll for muskies.................
Personally, I can't argue against the practice since I've hooked some monsters using Chihuahuas...........