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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74
Just a thought, I'm over the pond so the whole owning guns issues is different here, but can you really depend on a dog to attack a burglar??
I'm sure most dogs will give early warning by barking.
But a criminal that wants to come inside and knows you have a dog, can he not bypass the dog problem very easily with a piece of meat, or sweets??
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A number of years ago, someone I know very well had his house burglarized. His pit bull was killed and gun safe penetrated and cleaned-out. He lost quite a collection including pre-ban black rifle stuff. Nothing much else was taken, so obviously they knew what was in the house and how to get at it.
We had a very intimidating and protective dog (115lb male Akita) for a number of years. He scared the bajeezus out of strangers as well as many family and friends. Problem was, I trusted him with my life but was always a bit nervous about my own kids and in particular, neighborhood kids who might get into the backyard when I wasn't around. That would have been very, very bad. He died of natural causes and now we have an Aussie that barks when so motivated but I doubt he would scare anything bigger than a rabbit away.