# Your Dog Will Protect Your Home — Check the Truths & Statistics
Dogs can protect your home and defend you when there are dangers — well, keep it in mind — only in some cases.
Some of you may ask “Do burglars really avoid houses with dogs”.
Check the top 5 facts below for deep insights.
Proof 1. About 34% convicted burglars surveyed said that a dog inside would change their mind before breaking into a home.
Proof 2. A report of the US Department of Justice concluded that:
“On average, burglarized homes are less likely to have dogs than non-burglarized homes, suggesting that dogs should be a substantial deterrent.”
So your big & barking dog would be an effective theft deterrent in deterring those coward burglars.
Proof 3. True stories. A great number of posters shared their stories on how their dogs protected their homes against burglars.
For example:
“When he was about 7, my mum was home alone one evening when she answered the front door to a stranger… Our dog went utterly berserk, hackles and fur raised, lips pulled back, teeth all on show, barking and growling like mad… She has no doubt that if the man had got in, or if shed let the dog out, our boy would have attacked the intruder.” — From a Reddit poster
Proof 5. Video recordings. There is a video that records how well-trained or untrained dogs protected their little owners.
So the answer to “Will an untrained dog protect its owners from an intruder (such as Border Collie, German Shepard)?” is “Yes” in some cases.
So, what kind of dog will defend me from an intruder?
We have mentioned a few of the most natural guardians, such as close-quarter guard dogs, perimeter guardians, and livestock guarding breeds. And we have also touched on why getting one of these breeds can be a bad idea.
As these are independent and powerful dogs, they can be dangerous to humans.
For instance, a dog with too strong of a guarding instinct does not always know the difference between a child climbing into your yard to fetch a lost ball and an intruder.
So, these types of breeds are only recommended to highly responsible and experienced owners who can socialize and train them consistently.
But what about your traditional protection guard dogs? Won’t a German Shepherd or a Doberman Pinscher protect me?
True working protection dogs come from specialized working bloodlines. They undergo stringent testing and have been bred for generations to handle stress and pressure from a potential attacker.
Here is a video that clearly displays how puppies as young as six weeks old can already show the signs of a good protection dog:
As you can see, these puppies display fearlessness at an age that is too young to be taught.
Whether it’s loud noises, cracking whips, or bigger dogs, they do not flinch or recoil as most puppies would. This is the genetic blueprint they were born with.
But even within a breed like the German Shepherd, most dogs are not bred for this type of fearlessness.
Dogs that are not bred for temperament can develop extreme nervousness or hypersensitivity problems.
These dogs usually do not have the mental resilience to defend you in an attack. This video is an example of a German Shepherd not bred for protection work.
Just like German Shepherds, many of the traditional guard dogs and protection dogs like the Doberman Pinscher and Bullmastiff have been bred as pets and show dogs for too long. Now they are no longer always ideal guard dogs.
This is why when considering a dog to protect you, it is vital to consider the bloodline.
# Now … For Some Bad News on Will Your Dog Defend You and Your Property
It would be generally accepted for you that having a dog could prevent burglaries, and reduce your chances of being victimized.
But in looking at the cases below and digging further into the available resources, the possession of a dog clearly wont stop all criminal attacks.
Fact 1. Intruders or burglars would take down your dog pretty easily with just a piece of tranquilizer-drugged meat.
Well, you may hold against my opinion with this point that trained dogs would refuse any food from strangers. But is it the truth?
According to some tests, even trained guard dogs fail this distraction — the delicious, big and drugged meat.
In some extreme cases, the dogs would be even killed by the intruders. In a tragic story from Orlando, a two-year-old Boxer was stabbed by a burglar during a break-in.
So if you ask “Can a human get through your guard dogs using sticks, knives, etc. (no guns) if you got an aggressive dog”, the answer is probably “yes”.
Fact 2. Real tests. If you want to know the answer of “will your dog prevent a home burglary”, you can get the details you want in the quiz.
A TV show staff did a “would my dog protect me” quiz. The staff tested 5 protection dogs.
All of the dogs failed to stop the intruders from breaking into homes and houses. Some of the dogs even played with the intruders. You can click here to watch the video on YouTube.
So what would your dog do if someone broke in? The fact would be that your baby pet would just play games and have fun with the intruders, like you see in the video above.
Fact 3. Over 60% of convicted burglars would NOT skip homes with dogs. Thus, you could not just only rely on your dog to protect your home from intruders.
So if you are looking for the quick answer to “will the family dog protect your home”, the answers would be “No” in most cases.
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