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Originally Posted by Paul (Dozer)

My dog loves people, and will be very friendly to anyone he meets on the street or who get's invited into my house.

i was a little worries about the same thing for a while... until the other day.

There were two men that needed to come into by yard to do some land surveying (landlord is selling) and my dog was staring at them through the window, all tensed up with his hackles raised and he was GROWLING at them loudly. I have full confidence now that he'd protect me and my home from any uninvited guests.

Growling with hackles up at a window does not a protector make. Hackles up are a sign of fear and discomfort with the situation. Putting one's confidence in a dog that has not been proven to protect is risky at best, and dangerous at worst.

Please do a search on this on the forums here... MUCH has been discussed regarding this.