Guard dog

Bacchus gave his first quiet " woof " the other night when he heard some strange noises outside because of the high winds. Then last night when the OH came to the door late after her works night out, we got the " woof " again before he realised it was mum.
What a hero

Good boy Bachus , Tommy has become a woofer on occasions now and very alert , was sitting in my office with me the other day going mental at the window cleaner

Yep my 2 are great watch dogs. Any out of the ordinary and they will woof, specially Diesel, her hackles will go up, she will stand proud with tail up and alert.

Do you think our dogs would still lick an intruder to death though???

Harv would lick any intruder to death Chance bless um not so much

but both bark ALOT when they hear a noise or someone outside the door.

Miley is up on the chair barking at the window whenever she hears a pin drop outside a definite burglar deterrent

I dont think Rocky would let anyone enter his home who he didn't want in here. He would certainly let us know if anyone was around who shouldn't be.

Well done Bacchus, protecting the house . Loki isn't bothered by strange noises, but certain things he's barked at, and outside too.

Olly went Ballistic when some toerag tried to climb in the bedroom window ,10" x 15" drunken pratt ,he ran away before i could put any clothes on .My Hero Olly i still think he would have kissed him to death.

If my daughter comes home late Bella will go tearing up the hall growling and barking but I'm pretty sure she is all talk and would lick anyone who came in

Staffs are not natural guard dogs as we know. My Dobes were of course, and would bark at EVERYTHING which could be very wearing.

However, Kuch WILL bark at an unusual sound - very discriminating of him! I find it very reassuring in that he doesn't go berserk over the slightest sound but just something out of the ordinary. Fortunately these out of the ordinary sounds have not so far been a concern (yes, I check) but what a clever boy.

Sausage shot off the bed and downstairs to the window last night at about 3am.
I've not heard her before - she's essentially silent - but the growls and barks were enough to wake the dead.
No-one or nothing about when I went downstairs behind her, so no idea what spooked her.
When I went back upstairs, she'd nicked the pillows. Clever.

new Staffy owner wrote:Staffs are not natural guard dogs as we know. My Dobes were of course, and would bark at EVERYTHING which could be very wearing.

However, Kuch WILL bark at an unusual sound - very discriminating of him! I find it very reassuring in that he doesn't go berserk over the slightest sound but just something out of the ordinary. Fortunately these out of the ordinary sounds have not so far been a concern (yes, I check) but what a clever boy.

Same here, it's weird how they learn to tell what's a normal sound and what's a potential threat.

Very clever dogs, is what.