We have a sweet and calm Lab who announces visitors with a booming bark but then becomes everyone's best friend. For the past year we have had our daughter's poodle-Lab mix who barks at everything with a frenzied bark that will wake the dead. I have always encouraged the dogs to bark when someone approaches but I have yet to find the poodle's mute button.
my grand daughters pit bull is super quiet...i have heard her bark maybe 10 times.
we had her for about a year while child was sorting out life
she would run to the door and wiggle or sniff but never make a sound
one morning i was taking both dogs out and had no idea some strangers were in back yard
both dogs took off around corner and pee as normal..but this time they ran back...and something seemed amiss
so i walked around and BOOM 4 dudes digging a hole in my back yard, tearing down my fence and both dogs had them at attention, no barks...just teeth like bruce the shark
followed by me sharing some words about wtf are you doing ..
turns out the water company had to replace my lift station as part of state thing...but never told me, never called
both dogs refused to move...they stood fast in the launch position.. as said men climbed over the fence and went to street. both dogs then ran to the front at the gate and watched like...please dad say BITE.
lets say water company got their butt in a sling when the cops arrived and i insisted they be removed to jail for trespassing. and destruction of private property..
ended up with new fence by my fence guy at their cost and a sewer pump truck guy got cited for parking his truck blocking street. and i kept one of the trucks they had parked in my driveway until my fence was fixed (3days). cop told them ...you screwed up guys...its private property and yall could be jailed. and its my truck now until such time as i release it.
i was so proud of both dogs...they gave enough looks to stop the 4 dead in their tracks
head water company guy could not stop apologizing...guess when i got notice??? less than 10 minutes before they entered my yard... the other water guy knocked on my door around 7 am....KNOCKED, no door bell no phone call.