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I want to ask all the posters if any of you have ever had a dog who allow a stranger to walk into your home, go up the stairs and take a child from their bed.

When my dog was about 6 months old, we had a peeping Tom in our backyard (2.5 acres). The drapes were all closed, the doors locked and all lights off in the house. We were all in bed. The dog started going nuts until we let him out. We thought he needed to relieve himself because we saw nothing. He cornered the guy in a tree on the edge of our property and wouldn't let him down. The dog would never allow a stranger to come into the house and remove a child, or even touch a child for that matter. When we would take him to my son's bb games, he wouldn't let anyone lean on our car. This was just a springer spaniel.

Now do any of you have a dog who would not alert the family to a prowler?

Now do any of you have a dog who would not alert the family to a prowler?

The problem with the van Dam's dog is that it was over stimulated. Imagine the hordes of men and women in heat (hormone clouds) tromping through the house. The dog was also most likely stoned from marijuana smoke and wired from residual cocaine on the floor and in the carpet.

By now, the dog was too tired to bark at strangers, activities or smells.

When my dog was about 6 months old, we had a peeping Tom in our backyard (2.5 acres). The drapes were all closed, the doors locked and all lights off in the house. We were all in bed. The dog started going nuts until we let him out. We thought he needed to relieve himself because we saw nothing. He cornered the guy in a tree on the edge of our property and wouldn't let him down. The dog would never allow a stranger to come into the house and remove a child, or even touch a child for that matter. When we would take him to my son's bb games, he wouldn't let anyone lean on our car. This was just a springer spaniel.

That dog deserves a treat.

Now do any of you have a dog who would not alert the family to a prowler?

My dog goes off like an explosion when the postman so much as walks down the opposite side of the street.

No all do, however. Still, someone entering the house in the middle of the night...

All things considered, I don't think DW ever set foot inside the vD house. I don't think it's possible that he did. That doesn't mean he's necessarily innocent, but it goes a long way that direction.

"I want to ask all the posters if any of you have ever had a dog who allow a stranger to walk into your home, go up the stairs and take a child from their bed."

There is no way anybody comes into our house without being fully greeted by our two dogs. I'm sure if some stranger got in the house in the middle of the night we would know.

Teddy and Ruckus would "Alert" in no uncertain terms!!!

I want to ask all the posters if any of you have ever had a dog who allow a stranger to walk into your home, go up the stairs and take a child from their bed.

I have a dog not a foot tall who would DIE before he let a stranger in. In fact, he has been known to bite friends. LOL. I also have an outside dog who is friendly with everyone who comes along, unless they reach out toward me or touch me. Then he goes ballistic. I love dogs, and I think if everyone had one (and treated it well), we would all be much safer at night. There's no alarm system as good as a dog, of ANY size.