DumDog
Posted : 12/17/2008 3:04:18 PM
Glenmar made a good point but also consider a guardian type breed is also going to be very dominant and may not get along with your two boxers. and your boxers may not accept the new dog.
you could get a puppy but you still have to wait for it to grow up, TRAIN IT, and any time between now and then someone could break in and it wouldnt matter anyway.
you could buy an older guard dog thats already trained to guard and protect but you can expect to pay a pretty penny for it and you still have to worry about the boxers getting along with the new comer.
a lot of guardian breeds tend to attach themselves to one person whether you like it or not. i think thats just in their nature. many of them are herding dogs or drovers(bulldogs, rotties etc) and its bred into them to accept only one master. that DOESNT mean the dog is going to guard your husband or try to protect you from him, although it could. my cousins american bulldog turned on her husband and almost took his arm off when the man tried to hit her. (thats a long and involved story where the husband didnt like the dog anyway and had nothing to do with him, there was no love lost between the two)
my own guard dogs tend to spend more time with me because i spend more time with them. when my husband does have time for them they're all about him and i dont exist!
keep doing some research on this. narrow down your choices in breed and talk to people who own them.