Protective

leo02098

Buck is a very protective dog. We noticed this from a very young age. We had been given the whole "you know that breed can be agressive. Do you think that it's a good idea to have one with the kids?"
Well, we picked Buck up 4 months before our youngest was born. From day one with the baby he was incredible. Now the baby, is nearly 3 and Buck is so great with him.
Anyways, back to the protective part. Buck will actively place himself between the boys and strangers while we are all together, whether it's during a walk or if we're just at the park. If a stranger gets to close, he lets them know it. We always get people who say "what a beautiful dog!" and try to get closer. If the boys are with me, I have to warn them not to get to close, if I'm not quick enough, Buck goes on the defence and scares the **** out of the "offending" person. I have had plenty of "looks" thrown my way over it. If I'm just walking him without the boys, I never have a problem with people approaching us.
I love this quality about him. I love that he loves his boys and would protect them from harm.
Do your pups share this quality?

LoosingMyLast15

this has only happened with my 2 twice. once when a man showed up at my front door at 7 am on a saturday asking if my husband was home (he was not he was off fishing). both dogs sensed my extreme uneasiness with this strange man asking if my husband was home and went into protective mode. this was the first time i ever heard a growl like i heard come out of my two. the man quickly let me know he knew my husband from fishing (telling me things that happened at their last fishing trip - to show it was true), apologized then left.

the second time was when my husband's friend made a sudden move to sit on the couch next to me (not in an inappropriate way mind you) but my dogs took it as a threat and again low menacing growls came out of them. he quickly backed away from me and the couch.

my two are very protective of me and my akita/mal jazzy is protective of her home.

jerbear1962

Shadow is protective, a couple months ago a new neighbor came running out to his porch and startled Shadow and I damn near didn't have enough strength to hold him from pouncing on this guy.

Unrelated to Shadow I did have a Shepard/Rot mix(Buster) that was 130 pounds of muscle and he didn't like ANYONE...he literally pulled a 300 pound dog house across the yard chasing a guy out of the yard. Then it took all I had to get that house back to the original spot. He made it look so easy...but wouldn't pull it back.

Keiko385

Neither one of mine are like that, they just think everyone is their friend and has cookies for them, they never bark or even make much effort to see who is knocking on the door. I have only owned one dog that was protective but he was part German Shepherd and would guard my boys when they were little, no one got near them or the house without us knowing about it. He was a no nonsense type even as a pup, hated anything in uniform except for the police, don't ask me how he knew the difference but he did. Someday I am going to have a dog somewhere in the middle of these traits :laugh:

spangey13

I'm not kidding (or trying to be offensive) but I'm pretty sure ours is racist. She has barked three times. Once at an Asian man who was collecting a broken dishwasher, once at a Pacific Island lady who was coming to collect cushions from me, and once at my friend from Bangladesh, who came in our property from the back door, rather than the front. I think though, if you're of European descent, you can have free reign at our house.

She is very protective of any babies that come to our house - nieces, friends children, etc. If one of them starts crying she is straight to their aid - licking feet. When the visiting kids are sleeping, she parks herself next to them and looks after them. We dont' have any children, but I would be interested to see how she would react. Although that'd mean having a kid. No thanks!.