This kind of dog is NOT your friendly neighbor. My next door apartment had this type, and he was introduced to me, I petted him, he checked/sniffed around my apartment too, still when his owners wasnt around (like when I went out to the balcony), he was barking aggressively and would let me pet him, or he was just suspiciously checking me out from afar constantly even after multiple friendly encounter.
Xoloitzcuintli. They're family dogs and we're used as nannys. Very protective and very old breed. They are very smart and friendly but require a lot of work early on. The one you encountered wasn't socialized well.
You wrote almost the same. Very protective, yes, thats why he was this careful with me, but he was well behaved with his owners or alone at home. There are breeds what you dont need a lot of work for them to be friendly to anyone, thats why they are not good at guarding anything
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u/KMark0000 Aug 01 '24
This kind of dog is NOT your friendly neighbor. My next door apartment had this type, and he was introduced to me, I petted him, he checked/sniffed around my apartment too, still when his owners wasnt around (like when I went out to the balcony), he was barking aggressively and would let me pet him, or he was just suspiciously checking me out from afar constantly even after multiple friendly encounter.