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Ferocious guard dog on duty!

Posted : 3/24/2010 4:37:18 PM

The sprinkler guy is over right now summerizing my sprinkler system. How did I find this out? his truck inrfont of the house. T-Bone was in th backyard, not a PEEP from him. I looked out into the backyard and he was smooshed against the side of the fence looking Oh-so-distraught. I came out, he comes running to me while I talk to the guy. T-Bone is now very happy there's a friend in the backyard and starts running around him and licking his hands. LOL, "German shepherd security co" on my fence means NADA. I'm actually delighted, after having a dog who was unpredictable and very dangerous it's a relief to not have a chill as soon as I realize someone is at the house. I would never have let him come into my yard without introducing him to T-Bone, but he didn't call or knock, and T-Bone didn't bark O_o. All went well, though.

Jewlieee

Posted : 3/24/2010 5:35:36 PM

I think you have been on the forums long enough to know that this post is worthless without photos!! :)

Johnny&Tessy

Posted : 3/24/2010 5:40:42 PM

Jewlieee
I think you have been on the forums long enough to know that this post is worthless without photos!! :)

I second that....photographic evidence needed in this case to prove the cuteness!

Beejou

Posted : 3/24/2010 6:57:07 PM

LoL I didn't have my camera! Goes to show I never know when cuteness will be experienced, I should keep it charged and ready at all times.

Jewlieee

Posted : 3/24/2010 9:20:28 PM

Yes. Please don't make this mistake again! Lol

janobonano

Posted : 3/25/2010 2:49:59 PM

Silly boy! I've always joked that Rupert would greet an intruder with a stuffy in his mouth, butt wiggling. Confused

gradyupmybutt

Posted : 3/25/2010 3:19:49 PM

Speaking of 'guard' dogs. I forget sometimes that people are afraid of dogs. Yesterday we had a delivery. One of the delivery guys asked that I hold Grady. Yeah, sure, no problem. He was going outside anyway. I was shocked for about a millisecond. I know how useless G is as a watchdog but I wasn't going to tell the delivery guy that. Good boy G!

Sorry for hijacking your thread. :

CoBuHe

Posted : 3/25/2010 3:59:07 PM

janobonano

Silly boy! I've always joked that Rupert would greet an intruder with a stuffy in his mouth, butt wiggling.

No joke....Heidi HAS on numerous occassions greeted an intruder (meter reader) butt wiggling with a ball (of course) in her mouth. Oh boy, somebuddy has come to play with me! Yay! Yeah, ferocious.

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 3/25/2010 5:57:01 PM

Max is the same way. He barks at nobody and nothing ... except the leaf blower. I've always said that someone could be strangling me with one hand and if they're managing to scratch his ears with the other, he'd be cool with it.

Joyce

Beejou

Posted : 3/26/2010 1:22:13 AM

You didn't hijack the thread! I forget it too sometimes when people are like AHH GSD! He's such a lover. This sprinkler guy was obviously not scared though, he came right in past the GSD signs and was happy as a clam to let T-Bone "work" with him. I'm glad T-Bone got a positive experience. It makes me feel good knowing if a kid comes in the yard to get a ball or something there's probably not going to be an issue. When I was in TX with my mom the AC/Heat guy said "I'd hate to have to kick your dogs, put them outside please" obviously we did NOT use his service.

JackieG

Posted : 3/26/2010 6:02:45 AM

My dogs are the same way and that's how I like them to act. Good boy, T Bone. :)

As for the idiot a/c guy who threatened to kick your dogs, I would have drop kicked him out the door too. Service people who go to homes come in two varieties, IMO. The type who are used to dealing with dogs and can quickly assess a dog's intentions and act accordingly. The other type is usually ignorant of a dog's body language or had a bad experience with a dog in someone's home/yard. They are usually nervous but trying to hide it by acting tough. That's a classic way to get bitten by a nervous dog. If any tech working for our company threatened to kick a customer's dog, he'd be very sorry if I ever heard about it.