In today's news, it was reported that 2 different females had their houses broken in to and were sexually assaulted. The first assault happened when the girl left her front door unlocked. The second happened after the other woman answered a knock on her door. Both of these break ins are just blocks from my house.

This makes me really glad that I have 2 good sized dogs living with me! Dakota has no guardian instincts but she looks threatening. Neiko on the other hand, has a very threatening bark and growl and isn't afraid to use it when something is out of the norm around our house and yard.

Just last night, I let both dogs out to go to the bathroom. Dakota came right back in but Neiko didn't. After a few mins, I heard this very scary growl followed by a really mean bark. It's still hard to believe that comes from Neiko, he's such a soft dog. Anyway, he was looking out over the short side of the privacy fence towards our driveway. Who knows what he was barking at but considering the news reports, I'm glad that he did!

I praised him, said thank you and invited him back in the house to get a treat for his efforts. I am so glad that I got a dog with guardian instincts this time around.