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Bitter-Basket t1_j38bj38 wrote

Reply to comment by Sometimes_Stutters in Who goes there? Digital painting by me by drewtheunquestioned

My German Shepherd years ago would do that. And patrol at night. There was zero chance of anyone even stepping into the yard without her knowing. My current dog curls up in a little ball on the couch and sleeps all night.

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Sometimes_Stutters t1_j38c64z wrote

I always wondered how my dogs would react to a threat to our home. About a year ago a guy tried entering my front door at 2am and my dogs went berserk.

We then bought a home camera system and learned that our dogs literally sit guard all night while we sleep.

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Bitter-Basket t1_j38dics wrote

Lol. What is good about that, aside from the warning, is that thieves hate dogs. They don't know if it's a biter or a barker. So they usually move on. I like having a dog and my cameras.

My current dog barks maybe once a month, but when he does - better come running because something is going down.

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sygnathid t1_j38j1z3 wrote

One of my friends has dogs, her boyfriend went to the bathroom and the rest of us went to hide to prank like we left the house because he was taking a long time. The dogs seemed to sense that we were hiding from him, postured defensively between him and us and even barked at him when he came out.

He's not even a stranger, they've been together almost a decade, one of the dogs prefers to cuddle with him instead of her, they just read those situational cues a little wrong. They would almost certainly attack a stranger if their owners were hiding and actually scared.

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