Do you think your dog would protect you if you were attacked?

[crb07]

Golden Retriever, not likely but possible.

[1975porsche]

Yes, 10 month old husky/akita mix. Very loyal and on gaurd, she loves my grand daughter and has stepped in between her and my sisters dog when it was barking at my granddaughter, so yes!

[vash]

Originally Posted by Craig T

When you own a Boerboel, the question isn't; "Do you think your dog would protect you if you were under attack?". The question is..."How do you stop your Boerboel from trying protecting you when you're NOT under attack?".

Teaching him that it was MY job to determine what is a threat or not, and NOT his job, was a difficult process. Unfortunately, when I was not home, he took over that responsibility over my wife and daughter.

damn..i would name that dog "secret service"

my friend has one that is a mix..half Boerboel. he gets put away anytime someone strange comes over to visit. technically i have never seen that dog in person. i just see the poor vibrating door holding him away from my throat. total dog management. i couldnt do it.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Craig T

When you own a Boerboel, the question isn't; "Do you think your dog would protect you if you were under attack?". The question is..."How do you stop your Boerboel from trying protecting you when you're NOT under attack?".

Teaching him that it was MY job to determine what is a threat or not, and NOT his job, was a difficult process. Unfortunately, when I was not home, he took over that responsibility over my wife and daughter.

that dog wears a super cowboy hat

[Tobra]

Yes, or the one on the left does anyway. One on the right is about 10# heavier, taller, longer and louder, but only 11 months old and still spooks pretty easy. Dog charged us Sunday morning when out for a walk. Brindle got behind me, brown got in front. Just sort of held the other dog off, until it nipped the brindle on the leg, at which point the attacking dog was on his back tout de suite. Dog slipped out of his collar and his owner went to pieces, which I think made things worse. I sort of doubt that I would need them to protect me from any sane human. Who would want to wrassle a couple hundred pounds of dogs?

So is Boerboel German for "wild boar killer" or something?

[arcsine]

I have watched my pups be very subtle as they move to place themselves between any one of the family and anyone else. I have no doubt if things escalated they would do their all to protect us. I think it would be a challenged person to try though.

FWIW I am 6'2"

[stomachmonkey]

My Mastiffs, not even a question.

My Schnauzer, whirling dervish of death and destruction.

Pound for pound that thing was way scarier than the Mastiffs.

Don't know where he learned it from but if you made a gun with your hand he would go ballistic.

Dog had no fear or sense of his own size.

[DWBOX2000]

My Rottie would. 130lbs of strength and fearlessness. Great with family and friends, didn't like strangers too much. Nice knowing he was home when I was away.

Now I have a pit bull in the neighborhood that wouldn't hurt a fly. Living in a suburbia, I am amazed no one has called the dog officer on him. Going on 4 or 5 years now. He goes house to house looking for someone to throw a ball to him. When he can't find someone, he goes to the next neighborhood. His name is Knuckles, his name is Rocky the next block over I am told.
Doesn't bother humans, squirrels, cats, rabbits, turkeys. He could care less. Now a tennis ball, he will hunt all day. I would consider a pit bull as a pet if there wasn't such a stigma. He's a great dog.

[fastfredracing]

He would probably meet the intruder/attacker with his rope toy, and jump on , and slobber all over them, making their attempts at harming any one in the family futile .
Not a mean bone in his body , but I would think twice if I heard him growling at me from the other side of the door .
I do sleep at lot better knowing we have him. He is super aware of anything out of place in the yard, or house at all hours of the day.

[arcsine]

Originally Posted by arcsine

I have watched my pups be very subtle as they move to place themselves between any one of the family and anyone else. I have no doubt if things escalated they would do their all to protect us. I think it would be a challenged person to try though.

FWIW I am 6'2"

And forgot the relevant story:
There was a meth-head on a spree one day hitting just about every other house in the hood. At our house he opened a gate, unlocked a door to the garage by crawling through the dog door (it was a "normal" size dog door and not a great dane door), up the stairs to the door to the house. Upon opening this door, he was met by my two danes, Siba and Megan. Megan was the smaller one at 130 lbs but built like a linebacker. Siba however was a sturdy 185lbs. Not sure exactly what happened but the meth-head went no further and left the premises very quickly leaving a tablet that was obvious on the counter almost within arms reach. So much like the sound of racking a shotgun shell is considered reason for pause, the chance meeting of a bad guy and 300+ lbs of big dog had a similar effect.

[mreid]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

He would probably meet the intruder/attacker with his rope toy, and jump on , and slobber all over them, making their attempts at harming any one in the family futile .
Not a mean bone in his body , but I would think twice if I heard him growling at me from the other side of the door .
I do sleep at lot better knowing we have him. He is super aware of anything out of place in the yard, or house at all hours of the day.

Got to love the tag of shame...although, he seems quite proud!

[vash]

funny,,the game board in back says FACT CRAP..hahah.

[fastfredracing]

fact or crap. We used to have fun playing it !

[varmint]

Sometimes I’ll jump my wife and have a tickle fight. The older dog, TRex, doesn’t care. But Chaos gets very upset when she screams. He will tug on my leg, or any clothing he can grab, and pull me away.

I don’t expect the dogs to defend me. They are family. Their job is to wake me up in time to grab a gun.

[billybek]

Forgot to mention that the Pepper treed a black bear in her second summer!
She put the run on it when it wandered onto the property. I didn't notice it and was busy tuning a bike but Peps sure did.
I was also surprised that I was able to call her off...

[flipper35]

Our old yellow lab, without a doubt. She killed a dog that tried to attack me one day when I went to get the mail. She did not let any male in the yard if I was not home but I don't think she would bite anyone that did not have ill intentions.

The new yellow lab I would have said no because she was afraid of her own shadow. Then our beagle, who is an awesome alert dog, got into it with a racoon and when he yelped our scaredy-catdog lab killed it. We now joke she sees everything in black and white. You are either a playmate or dead.

[varmint]

Years ago I had to drive three hours up to Anchorage for a meeting. A co worker asked if I could give her nephew a ride there. Turns out the reason she didn’t do it was because the nephew was a meth head leaving state just ahead of a warrant being issued. I found all this out as he told me the story over the course of the trip.
TRex was in the back seat the whole time with her nose two inches from the guy’s ear letting out this barely perceptible growl. She was in her prime back then. And really wanted an excuse to **** that guy up.

[70SATMan]

My new baby girl without a doubt. Rotti/Rhodie mix. She’s on the smaller side, not yet a year old but, stout as Fuch.




Now this guy, maybe. He loves everybody. Lab/Rotti mix and a big boy. Has a tremendous bark that resonates very well through solid doors. . There’s been the rare occasion on very early morning walks in the dark where we’ve come across the rare person he didn’t like the feel of and in those instances he goes into this tense/ alert posture but, totally silent. A little unnerving. I think he’d get the job done.

[RKDinOKC]

My first Golden was very smart and trainable. I was able to train her to show her teeth and growl if I made a fist. If I then said "Attack!" she would go after what or whomever I was pointing at. Was abe to train her that way because she got agressive about food you have given her. Made a game out of growling and snarling. The "Attack!" started with squirrels and birds, then progressed to whatever i was pointing at.

Was outside with her where I work and she was happily meeting my fellow employees that were outside with us. One guy kicked her away and she left him alone. I had some choice words about kicking my dog. He was argumentative so I said on yeah, pointed at him and said "Attack!". She went after him snarling and showing her teeth. He turned and ran. I whistled and she stopped. Everyone had come outside specifically to meet my dog. That guy shouldn't have, or at least said something before kicking my dog. All the other coworkers outside said I should have let her have at him.

Last and current Goldens are too happy with people. They turn into wiggly puppies when anyone gives them attention.

[GH85Carrera]

Back in the olden days when I was single......

I had a girlfriend over for the night. At the time I had a very friendly Doberman. She like all people. BUT, late at night about 3:30 AM someone was beating on my front door and yelling something I did not understand. My doberman started snarling, barking and making guttural nasty sounds that I had never heard from her before at the door. Whoever it was decided not to try to come through the door. If my dog had ever looked at me and made those noises she would have been put down.

I realized back then beside the dog all I had was a butcher knife for home defense. I changed that the very next weekend with my first handgun.

After the excitement was over the girl I had over mentioned her ex-boyfriend sometimes stalked her. She decided to leave at that point. I did not date her anymore.