[JavaBrewer]

Rick, I forgot to mention that we also have two small kids at home. Then they were ~ 7 and 4. The dog, Ryker, loved them and played with them. I had no doubt he would die to protect them. The problem is what would happen if my son comes home with another kid and they start rough playing - as boys generally do. I was 100% certain that Ryker would "protect" my son. Sure we can enforce the dog run lockup rule with company but what about the 1% time we forget to lock the dog up.

We ended up giving the dog back to the breeder who placed him with a guy out in the country. I have no idea how that all turned out but I would wager Ryker was eventually put down.