[LORHEL]

Well since she is 10 months, she's still growing, and they say large breeds grow fast, but mature slowly.

I would expect her to start feeling more protective of home and you, as she grows older, and matures. She should have that wait and see attitude, which is the standard.

We brought our rescue girl home at 2 years. I never heard a peep out of her, for the first few months. After she settled in, however, she will now bark ( a short bark if its a stranger, or a noise ) to let me know something is up, then I'll go check it out, and she's fine.

However, if its someone she knows, such as daddy, coming home... sometimes, she won't even move... (I do tell her daddy's here, so that kind of sets her to not worry about it) either that or she will whine, because she knows its someone "friendly" she loves..

But when my husband is gone, she is much more "alert" as if she knows that the changing of the guard has shifted so to speak, and is more aware of things.

When he comes home, she tends to relax, but is still "alert".

:D

Trust me, they know when its for real and when its not. :)