Comments on: Appearance is everything

By: macula_densa

macula_densa — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:13:52 +0000

Raisin (hey, I was 10) was the black lab I grew up with. She loved everybody and was a perpetual puppy. You would never expect her to be that great a watchdog. However, one night we had a prowler who climbed over the fence to our back yard. My mother knew she was barking at something and let her out, only to discover there was a man there. Raisin proceeded to run up to him, jump, and rip his shirt off of him.

He climbed right back over the fence. We never questioned her watchdog capabilities ever again.

Summer, on the other hand, ran up and kissed the drunk intruder that walked into our house at 4 a.m. looking for his flip flops. Maybe she just knew he was an idiot and not malicious… at least, that’s what I’d rather think. o_O

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:27 +0000

my terv is the biggest baby and thinks are people are his biggest fans. he goes berserk when someone comes to the door, but once it’s opened he’s all wags and kisses – but strangers don’t know that. it cracks me up when people see us walking down the street and cross to avoid walking by the scary dog.

By: lawgeekgurl

lawgeekgurl — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:33:10 +0000

never underestimate the power of a good barking deterrent! My late Obie doggie (Shepherd/Dobie characterized as “a Collie mix” by the Humane Society when I got him as a baby – aha ha ha aha ha ha – no, he was huge. He might have had Collie in him somewhere cuz his snoot was long and pointed) was the sweetest (and most timid) dog in the history of ever, but sounded fierce with his deep bark. I remember once the cable guy came and was afeared of him and made a point of asking a few times “does he bite?” when he first arrived but by the time he was mid-service call, he was startled and looked down to see Obie butting him on the knee with the edge of his squeaky monkey toy, asking for play. That kind of killed the whole “fierce guard dog” impression.

By: K

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:02:04 +0000

Emmett brought the thunder when it mattered… he unleashed that woof with intent when we got rushed on a walk once, and the offending dog stopped in its tracks, peed, and ran. Miss you Buddy!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:44 +0000

I love his crimped ear fur

By: hidden exposures

hidden exposures — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:31:49 +0000

am i the only one that picked up on you calling her “koa”? does that mean “koa” won? hooray!

i am quite happy to let my dog bark his head off at people who come to the door…partially because i like them hearing what sounds like a vicious dog (but isn’t), but also because my dog before him had been sadly debarked by his previous owners. i didn’t find out until after a while that he had been with me as he didn’t try to bark but every now and then would and it was horrific sound. when he had to be anesthetized for a procedure i had the vet look to confirm. so, so, so sad. this was something i had never heard of until i got him. and to think he ended up abandoned anyway by someone (as he had been found as a stray – this is a purebred vizsla)!

long story short, i won’t let my current dog be outside and bark and bark and annoy the neighbors, but every time he does bark i imagine he is barking for him and for my previous dog.

By: Chile

Chile — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:07 +0000

LOL! My male Rottweiler (he was 125 lbs at one point) was like that too. Intimidating to most due to his size and his bark but he was scared of his own shadow!!

By: Barbara/Daisy

Barbara/Daisy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:23:52 +0000

10 yr old Daisy has been with me for almost 2 years, and hasn’t barked at all. She lived the first 8 yrs of her life breeding in a puppy mill. I guess that being quiet helped her to survive. It would be nice if she “found her voice”, but what really matters is that she is now safe and cared for. The roles of protection are somewhat reversed in our house!

By: Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:11:49 +0000

We have a 70 pound pit bull, he has a deep terrifying bark when he wants to. He also likes to jump up against the screen door when he sees someone coming, he can reach the top of the door, lol. I do the same thing when salespeople or other sketchy people come to the door and then ask if he bites! But as soon as we invite someone into the house he is nothing but kisses. What’s funny is he is the wussiest dog alive, scared of everything possible…plastic bags, napkins, storms, hats, sunglasses, towels, nail clippers, pillows…

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:53:59 +0000

Prudence, in all of her 17lb glory, has the meanest, loudest bark I have ever heard come from a small dog. While she doesn’t have the deep bass of a bigger dog, she has definitely terrified her fair share of postal and delivery people. Apparently the word of her has traveled through our local postmen and woman. One morning she and I were out taking care of her business when a new post lady walked up the sidewalk. Prudence did her usual launch to the end of her leash and bark crazily. The post lady laughed and said “You must be Prudence. I thought you’d be bigger.” It was quite hilarious.