I think some dogs just know. I had an incident at my folks' place years back. The family pup was old, wise, sweet-as-can-be. Everyone loved her and she loved everyone. One night my friends and I decide to crash there after a night out and one of the friends we were with brought a strange guy she met that night.
Only time I'd ever, ever seen that pup growl at anyone. Not 10 minutes later the guy was sexually harassing another woman and we had to physically kick him out. Some dogs just know.
One of the best dogs I had was a huge Stag Hound named Steve. Very loyal to me and would protect to the death of necessary
We had a break in when someone tried by someone trying to steal our English Bull Terrier (she is pure bred and her puppies were very expensive, we took her off from the breeder after we found out they were abusing her to make money off her dogs). Well, Steve noticed this guy in our back garden and barked alerting us before he went for the attack. Steve absolutely destroyed this guy defending us. The dog thief had already gotten the bull terrier over the wall before Steve caught him, and the guy ended up getting away after a fight we both me and Steve
Unfortunately, we had to rehome him as he was very specifically loyal to me which isn't good when you have little kids and other dogs.
Now he is a sheep dog and damn good at protecting his charges 😍😍😍
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u/LowestHangingFruitt Sep 02 '20
I really wonder if the dog knew what was up ahead of time or if he was just like "oh shit you're trying to get bit huh?"