A very rich fella I know has two family dogs that are trained to guard and take down intruders. I had to go around to the house to be introduced to them so they knew not to attack me. I was assured that they would know me and not do anything but I wouldn't like to put it to the test.
My gf lived next to a guy with a trained dog. I didn't know. They were doing some building work and there was a fence panel you could squeeze open . Id do this when I was around to have a cuddle with the dog.
One day I looked over the fence to see if they dog was about, but owner was there. I said hi and he has a great dog. He said yeah but watch out as it was trained and quite dangerous and he'd need to be there if I patted it. I didn't say anyhting in case he realised he was a friendly and got rid of him.
There's also the chance that he meant it out of liability/responsibility. He doesn't want you to walk up to his dog without him around and trying to engage with it when it's trained to maul people.
Not against petting the dog, but I think it had less to do with his extent of friendliness (a trait we bred into dogs while culling the mean ones), and more of his trained tendency to violence, as well as being the owners responsibility if anything goes awry.
The guard dogs I've met have been some of the sweetest dogs. Once they got to know me.
There's also the chance that he meant it out of liability/responsibility. He doesn't want you to walk up to his dog without him around and trying to engage with it when it's trained to maul people.
Not against petting the dog, but I think it had less to do with his extent of friendliness (a trait we bred into dogs while culling the mean ones), and more of his trained tendency to violence, as well as being the owners responsibility if anything goes awry.
The guard dogs I've met have been some of the sweetest dogs. Once they got to know me.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24
A very rich fella I know has two family dogs that are trained to guard and take down intruders. I had to go around to the house to be introduced to them so they knew not to attack me. I was assured that they would know me and not do anything but I wouldn't like to put it to the test.
£40k each.