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As a committed Rottie fan (God I miss my Rottie!) my current roommate situation has opened my eyes to the value of any self-propelled intelligent alarm system. I live in a large 3-bedroom apartment with two guys for roomies. One is a bartender/college-student, the other a work-at-home graphic designer (check my page, in-house pros rule!), so someone's home & awake most always. Even if they aren't, one roomie has a Boston Terrier and the other has a Shih-Tzu and a Shih-Tzu/Boston Terrier/Chihuahua (end result looks just like a miniature Schnauzer, go figure). These little dogs are well-trained, well-behaved and lovable, but any noise at the threshhold has a herd of barking terriers off to investigate. It doesn't matter if they know you, they do it to me every night. The dogs are not satisfied until they have had close visual, olfactory, and auditory confirmation of anyone coming in the door. They may not be a pack of slavering pit-bulls, but they are enough to rouse a Glock-packing apartment dweller, infinitely worse for the bad guy than even Cujo... What kind of dogs keep y'all safe at night?

(This post dedicated to Detox, Tiki, and Harley, who help me sleep safe...)

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
 
Two lovable non-slobbering, non-people aggressive apbt terriers, and one bumbling,stumbling, wore out owner...lol...fubsy.
 
Danes are not referred to Great without cause ;)
Yes, he does slobber, but it adds to the overall effect. Nothing on earth compares to the sound of a large dog growling as far as fear factor goes. When he winds up a good growl, you would swear there are 22 bass-thumping punks driving past with the speakers just-a-vibrating. Problem is, he is only show (sound) and no go. He might drown a BG with a well placed blob of slobber. On the other hand, he is very protective of my wife, and all bets would be off if anyone tried anything with her. 3 years ago she broke her ankle, and he held off 3 EMT's and myself. He refused to let anyone near her, and it wasn't until he wore down that I managed to get him in a "scissors" hold on the floor. Bad move on my part. All it did was give him a chance to rest. When the EMT's carted my wife out the door, the Alpha male test got pretty interesting. No biting, but so much shouting and carrying on it drew a crowd :) Looking back, standing there screaming A$$hole at a dog must have been pretty funny.

"Puddin", our late German Shep was a different story. No show in her, only go. Zero to teeth in nothing flat without a sound :) They made a very competent pair.
 
Sh!tzu-Maltese. Looks like Gizmo the Gremlin. Eyes the size of half-dollars, lungs the size of a bull horn. Can swallow a watermelon whole! Knows NO fear. This will be her downfall if one day I am not there to protect her from evil. The other day she ran off a Blue Heeler and a Chow that roam the neighborhood. I had tears coming down, it was so funny! :)

Note: I just experienced the profanity filter for the first time. ****zu doesn't get spelled out. :p

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I need to get my PA (Petey Alert) patrol back on duty.

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sensop:

No lie about Shih-Tzu's courage! Isn't the name old Mandarin for "Little Lion" or something like that? Tiki is 12 years old and the Grand Dowager of our apartment. Took her outside the other day, and while she was going about her daily constitutional the downstairs neighbor's Rottie (150lbs if he's an ounce and sweet as the day is long) gave her posterior a friendly sniff. She turned and, yapping and snarling, chased him 50 yards across the lawn. It was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time since she weighs in at maybe 4 pounds and looks like a long-haired softball... Just goes to prove the second line in my signature...
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
 
I recommend Akitas.

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We have an interesting 'Mutt and Jeff' combo:
a German Shepard and a Shih-Tzu.
They compliment each other very well, and are very protective.
I would truly hate to be a BG in a 'breaking and entering' kind of mood around my house.
:)

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Currently got a Rotty but she is getting close to Service Life Efficiency (read old). An debateing btwn another Rotty (Trained to Track (may even go for Shutzenhound Cert eventually)) or a Mastiff.

I don't do small dogs. <G>

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5 hair-trigger, yappin' chihuahua's.
I figure that any intruder that tries to silence them in the dark has a better than even chance of shooting himself in the foot.
 
We have two miniature dachshunds, one long hair and one short hair, who guard the place. Nothing gets past them. They are alert to everything. The long hair female is the most protective (the male loves everyone, especially women who baby talk to him). And let me tell you, God never told them that they are small dogs. We once witnessed the female chasing our neighbor's two Rottweilers down our driveway. Either one of the Rotties could have had my Doxie for lunch, but the ferocious short snarling hairball nipping at their feet was just too much to cope with. At such times the tone of her bark changes. It as if she is saying "I may die but I'm taking you with me!!!"
 
I've got a Bullmastiff--he's big, lovable, smart, but not real street smart. When he gets the idea, though, he can be rather efficient.

His partner is a Sheltie/coyote/cowdog cross--she's the brains of the team (isn't that the way it usually works? :D), street-smart and 25 pounds of teeth and muscle.

Last, but certainly not least, I have a 21-year-old Sheltie. I don't think she'd be any good in a scrap anymore, but she rules the house and no one gets in without passing her inspection.

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A dachshund inside and a half Lab, half boxer outside. They both bark at every pin drop. I also have two killer cats. The cats can hear things that the dogs will often sleep through. I always watch the expressions on the faces of my cats. They always tell me when someone is near.

If anyone tries to mess with me, even if in fun, the dachshund is barking and growling at them. She's litte but very protective.

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We have three dobies living with us. Nobody gets to the door without a good barking at. They're big and loud but just marshmellows at hart. They do a good job at keeping salesmens visits short though. :D
 
Shih-Tzu. I recognized that as the correct spelling as soon as I saw it. Very funny mistake! :) 'Don't need the profanity filter after all! :p I have days which are very long dense moments.



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Two German Shepards, one is 6, the other is almost 3. Both are first generation US. I lost most of my hearing in the Marine Corps (infantry, artillery tours). They're the first line, then its an AR15 with a 30 round mag. Great dogs, smart, loyal, and tough! Had a Shih Tzu ... and she was tough, too. Any dog is great.
 
Be warned, there are two kill'her beagles at my house. One will kill'her-self trying to find out who is at the door in the yard. The other will kill'her-self trying to find someplace to hide :) But that gives me enough time to get the assualt weapons fully charged. At which beagle two will shih-tzu all over herself and beagle one will forget about intruders and start looking for rabbits.

Speaking of which they are barkng right now, where did I lay those A.P. rounds, gotta go find me ammo.

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Know Yourself, Know Your Weapon, Know Your Enemy; then Know Victory! ---DaHaMac
 
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