I'm glad I didn't have to tonight

[Hokie_PhD]

Unfortunately I am allergic to dogs...........

Fortunately my cats are belligerent.

Funny I’m allergic to cats. And my son is worse and gets really bad when he’s around them. What’s so bad is I generally like most animals.

I guess you could get a security cat! A good size tiger or lion would work. They definitely won’t bark, but I’m sure a thief who sees a lion or tiger isn’t goin* to mess with your property. And anyone dumb enough, well ...

Criminal Cat Chow

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Funny I’m allergic to cats. And my son is worse and gets really bad when he’s around them. What’s so bad is I generally like most animals.

I guess you could get a security cat! A good size tiger or lion would work. They definitely won’t bark, but I’m sure a thief who sees a lion or tiger isn’t goin* to mess with your property. And anyone dumb enough, well ...

Criminal Cat Chow

I'm hoping to teach my cats to shoot, however a lack of opposable thumbs makes that tricky. Hopefully I can teach them to wield a knife or broken been bottle.

Seriously though, it is a bummer because I like dogs and I like to hike. We are a match made in heaven, and I'd really prefer to have a big dog keeping an eye on the place while I'm not home. However, the burning eyes and constant itchiness are a problem. Typically it's the other way around, and people are allergic to cats and not dogs.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Funny I’m allergic to cats. And my son is worse and gets really bad when he’s around them. What’s so bad is I generally like most animals.

I guess you could get a security cat! A good size tiger or lion would work. They definitely won’t bark, but I’m sure a thief who sees a lion or tiger isn’t goin* to mess with your property. And anyone dumb enough, well ...

Criminal Cat Chow

Until the late '60s it was legal to keep a FL Panther as a pet with no more paperwork than a housecat....by all accounts they were no more dangerous than a large dog if raised and cared for properly.

 

[TarDevil]

While walking my little Chihuahua, he alerted me to some pervert sticking his nose in my wife's bedroom window. Draw gun, call the dog, back up to the house. Pervert runs like the rat he was.

 

[old lady new shooter]

The dog was mankind's first "early warning system". Even one that won't fight for you will alert you soon enough that you have time to not get caught by surprise. So, make sure your dog gets something special in his/her bowl as a way of saying thanks that it spared you a night at the police station explaining your self-defense shooting.

In my old house my old dog once scared off a would-be burglar who had already broken a window to get in. (Nobody was home at the time.) When the cops came later after my then-roommate got home and discovered the broken window, she barked ferociously at them, prompting them to say when I arrived, "Lady, you have a really good dog." She got chicken soup every day for a week as a reward.

 

[CapnMac]

I guess you could get a security cat! A good size tiger or lion would work. They definitely won’t bark, but I’m sure a thief who sees a lion or tiger isn’t goin* to mess with your property. And anyone dumb enough, well

One word: Savannah

Run to 4 or 5 hands at the shoulder, 30 to 35#, take to a leash, and for "walking." Sound a bit like a bobcat when they "talk" too. Claws semi-retractile, but better than, say, a Siamese or a border collie for that matter. One downside--price is right up there with Boerboels. That, and needing a refrigerator carton for a litterbox.

 

[DoubleMag]

Just how much chow does that Boerboel dine on every day? I will guess it's equivalent of 2 cans + a big scoop of dry like 10-14oz. Part of having something bigger then a chihuahua is the feed bill

Guess right?

 

[BigBore44]

I'm hoping to teach my cats to shoot, however a lack of opposable thumbs makes that tricky. Hopefully I can teach them to wield a knife or broken been bottle.

Seriously though, it is a bummer because I like dogs and I like to hike. We are a match made in heaven, and I'd really prefer to have a big dog keeping an eye on the place while I'm not home. However, the burning eyes and constant itchiness are a problem. Typically it's the other way around, and people are allergic to cats and not dogs.

Aren’t poodles hypoallergenic? A standard poodle is a big dog. A very smart dog. And a force to be reckoned with.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Good dog!

 

[beeenbag]

Here is my first line of defense. He is a pit but he’s a big baby to everyone in the house, even pouts when he gets in trouble, intimidating looking and has a very aggressive bark.


He loves blue cheese too.

 

[captain awesome]

Just how much chow does that Boerboel dine on every day? I will guess it's equivalent of 2 cans + a big scoop of dry like 10-14oz. Part of having something bigger then a chihuahua is the feed bill

Guess right?

yeah thats about right.

 

[sarge83]

I came close at an ATM many years ago. I had pulled my weapon and dropped the safety and was about to verbally challenge the hobgoblin and then engage. The guys body language and actions set off red alerts with me of an imminent attack. He saw me draw and stood down and I quickly got out of the area. I was glad as well to have not had to go through with what was about to happen. But my young son was present and would have been in great danger from this miscreants attack. The decision to engage was made already, but thankfully the guy backed down.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Aren’t poodles hypoallergenic? A standard poodle is a big dog. A very smart dog. And a force to be reckoned with.

That's true. Despite being a "poodle" full sized ones have big teeth. I believe labra doodles are hypoallergenic also as well as a few other breeds.

I may look into it at some point, but will need to wait for my cats to pass first. That's an interaction that wouldn't go well.......... for anyone.

I've always wanted an Irish wolf hound, but their life span is only 6-10 years. I was at a Celtic festival several years ago. A young lady about 13 years old was walking through the crowd with two of them, off leash. They walked on each side of her, and mirrored her movements. If she moved slightly to one side or the other to avoid walking into a group of people, these two dogs moved in sync and I swear their distance from her never deviated on either side by more than a 2 or 3 inches. It was fun to watch and very impressive given there were thousands of people walking around and talking, drinking, music everywhere, and lots of food smells. They were on a mission to protect, and distractions weren't an issue. That is one young lady that was very well protected, and her parents were undoubtedly feeling good about her protection.

I would feel good with a pair of them watching the house.

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[Shanghai McCoy]

The Boerboel breed is an impressive dog. I knew a guy some years back in Oklahoma who bred them. Feeding my lab, and a teenager, is enough for me though...
Glad that the incident went OK. maybe you need a strand, or two, of barbed wire across the top of that back fence?

 

[TarDevil]

I've always wanted an Irish wolf hound, but their life span is only 6-10 years.

Ayep. I get too attached.

...these two dogs moved in sync and I swear their distance from her never deviated on either side by more than a 2 or 3 inches

All my large dogs were trained as such. We had leash laws where I lived previously. I would put my shepherds "in command" when walking them in town and the LEO's just nodded at me, though I had no leash. I also trained them to bare teeth on command. Just a game with them, but was sufficient to keep unwanted characters distant.

 

[Armybrat]

The dog was mankind's first "early warning system". Even one that won't fight for you will alert you soon enough that you have time to not get caught by surprise. So, make sure your dog gets something special in his/her bowl as a way of saying thanks that it spared you a night at the police station explaining your self-defense shooting.

30 some years ago my MIL was awakened by her two yappy little dogs (a miniature poodle and a mutt that looked like an Ewok). Seems a shirtless guy was trying to break in the back kitchen door.
MIL (80 years old at the time) threw down on the would be burglar with her mighty little pot metal Titan .25. That, and the two dogs were enough to make him cease his efforts and to run off - with said yappy little dogs in hot pursuit.

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

My English Staffordshire. Very defensive of the home as far as strangers, but warms up quick if the wife or I is home and we act like we know you.







Well trained bully breeds can make great deterrents, at a minimum.