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Plantman · #1 08-07-2006, 10:57 AM

After a recent home break in, I have decided to get another dog.

My requirements are the following:

Must be able to fire a glock.....

Not too big, maybe 60lbs tops.

Something that can be trained to maul unwelcome strangers

IS relatively calm otherwise and is not a persistent barker.

Any ideas are welcome.

Mistress · #2 08-07-2006, 11:00 AM

A Chihuahua. Be sure after you get the dog, you have a "name my dog" contest on the forum. I am sorry your home was violated, hope you are o.k.

TX76513 · #3 08-07-2006, 11:03 AM

High Tech Fido

Mistress · #4 08-07-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TX76513

High Tech Fido

OMG- that is too funny- pretty dog.

alabbasi · #5 08-07-2006, 11:06 AM

If you try to train a dog as an attack dog, you'll end up getting yourself in trouble because it's hard to turn that off around your family and friends.

I would suggest any type of Shepard as they are protective by nature.

If I was to get a dog for the perception of protection, I think I would get a Bull Mastiff or an English Mastiff. They will eat you out of house and home , but they are generally calm and well natured. If I was a robber and I saw a Bull Mastiff through the living room window, I'd move onto the next house. If you hit a Mastiff, you'll regret it.

I would avoid a Pitt Bull, they are not good guard dogs. They don't have the territorial instinct that a Shepard dog would. When I lived in Texas, it Pitt Bulls would often be stolen from a back yard and used for fighting.

Obnoxio · #6 08-07-2006, 11:18 AM

[QUOTE=alabbasi;1238774]If you try to train a dog as an attack dog, you'll end up getting yourself in trouble because it's hard to turn that off around your family and friends.

If I was to get a dog for the perception of protection, I think I would get a Bull Mastiff or an English Mastiff. They will eat you out of house and home , but they are generally calm and well natured. If I was a robber and I saw a Bull Mastiff through the living room window, I'd move onto the next house. If you hit a Mastiff, you'll regret it.

Ill second the Mastiff. Hogarth didnt even need to bark, he just looked out the window and gave people second thoughts. He was great with kids and guests, didnt really eat a bunch, and we loved him dearly. I would shy away from the BullMastiffs right now, as they are getting very popular and the breeding can be questionable. We lost our Mastiff on sunday after eight years, but we will be getting another shortly. My house does not feel right without the thump of a tail in it.

Wes Bender · #7 08-07-2006, 11:22 AM

You don't need a dog. Just do the following:

1) Go to a second-hand store, buy a pair of men's used work boots, a really big pair.

2) Put them outside your front door on top of a copy of "Guns and Ammo" magazine.

3) Put a dog dish beside it. A really big dog dish.

4) Leave a note on your front door that says:

"Bubba: Big Mike and I have gone to get more ammo - back in an hour. Leave the Pit bulls alone, they're pissed since they've just been castrated."

That should solve your break-in problems.

Mistress · #8 08-07-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Wes Bender

You don't need a dog. Just do the following:

1) Go to a second-hand store, buy a pair of men's used work boots, a really big pair.

2) Put them outside your front door on top of a copy of "Guns and Ammo" magazine.

3) Put a dog dish beside it. A really big dog dish.

4) Leave a note on your front door that says:

"Bubba: Big Mike and I have gone to get more ammo - back in an hour. Leave the Pit bulls alone, they're pissed since they've just been castrated."

That should solve your break-in problems.

Now that's funny...

Plantman · #9 08-07-2006, 12:21 PM

My policeman neighbor has some infrared cameras that are motion activated, that would be cool.

Gotta ask him.

iwrock · #10 08-07-2006, 12:45 PM

I love me Dane. She doesnt bark alot, but when she does, it will scare the crap outta anyone breaking in.

Plus her size is very intimidating, so many people run when they just see her.

aklim · #11 08-07-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by alabbasi

I would avoid a Pitt Bull, they are not good guard dogs. They don't have the territorial instinct that a Shepard dog would. When I lived in Texas, it Pitt Bulls would often be stolen from a back yard and used for fighting.

I beg to differ. Had a Pit that would be territorial and an Am Staff that IS. You can take him out and he'll be shy till he knows you better. However, come into his territory and he'll go ballistic till I or the wife introduce you to him.

sfloriII · #12 08-07-2006, 01:56 PM

I had a lab years ago as a child. He was the sweetest dog in the world, very good natured, and both gentle and patient with young children.

One day the meter man came to the house to check the gas meter. When he tried to come back up from the basement Caesar went nuts and lunged at him, thinking he was an intruder. Only the door saved him!

Not an isolated case either-- my dog would defend any of us if the situation needed it. BTW, he was 1/2 lab, 1/4 greyhound, 1/4 german shepherd.

I'll always miss him.........

riethoven · #13 08-07-2006, 03:09 PM

[QUOTE=Obnoxio;1238787]

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Originally Posted by alabbasi

If you try to train a dog as an attack dog, you'll end up getting yourself in trouble because it's hard to turn that off around your family and friends.

If I was to get a dog for the perception of protection, I think I would get a Bull Mastiff or an English Mastiff. They will eat you out of house and home , but they are generally calm and well natured. If I was a robber and I saw a Bull Mastiff through the living room window, I'd move onto the next house. If you hit a Mastiff, you'll regret it.

Ill second the Mastiff. Hogarth didnt even need to bark, he just looked out the window and gave people second thoughts. He was great with kids and guests, didnt really eat a bunch, and we loved him dearly. I would shy away from the BullMastiffs right now, as they are getting very popular and the breeding can be questionable. We lost our Mastiff on sunday after eight years, but we will be getting another shortly. My house does not feel right without the thump of a tail in it.

I don't know if it is true of not, but I heard that the Conquistadors had Bull Mastiffs trained to kill. Word got around to the Central American Natives and when they heard the Bull Mastiffs coming they would kill themselves rather than being mauled to death by the dogs.

Friends had a Pit Bull to guard their shop and he was a real baby with them, but could NEVER be around anyone else alone or he would attack them. He was even iffy when they were there. I got to know him a little but was always afraid. Someone came into the shop unannounced during business hours and went into a storage area to steal stuff. The guy came across the dog and the dog attacked. The dog bit the guy on his right tricep as he was moving his arm to guard his throat because that was what the dog was going for! My buddies had to actually pry the dog's jaws off of the guy's arm. Of course the guy sued, but he lost! Their is still some justice left in the US.

alabbasi · #14 08-07-2006, 03:24 PM

A friend in England used to Breed English Mastiff's. He told me that these dogs were used by farmers back in the day to protect them from poachers as poaching was punishable by death and pouchers would rather kill then get caught. They were also used to Kill Lions in the Roman arenas.

Today, most of the aggression has been bred out of them and for the most part they are pretty docile. They don't really move a lot so they actually make good apartment dogs, but you really don't want to upset them.

I have a few friends with Pit Bulls and English staffs. They are very sweet but very highly strung dogs so winding them up really is a good idea. The problem isn't the fact that they snap but more what they can do when they snap. When I lived in in England, I met a Rastafarian mechanic (named Elvis) who worked on Beemers. He had a cross between a mastiff and a Pitt. It looked like a 200lb Pitt bull. I don't know he got past the dangerous dog's act.

crash9 · #15 08-07-2006, 04:10 PM

Chow Chow - naturally very protective of their family and property but not good with small children. They just think they're small game.
My stepson in Phoenix had somebody try to break in recently. "Prince" my dogs father was going lame and couldn't move to well, but they came home to find somebody's blood all over the place and nothing missing.