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Originally Posted by WhizKid
Screw them owners that use an animal as a cheap 'intruder alarm'.
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My dog, a large-boned male German shepherd, serves as an intruder alarm. He also serves as companion and good-will ambassador to the neighborhood kids (he's well-trained enough that they can walk him on leash for short distances and they love the feeling of power). Back in the day, when the neighborhood was rougher and our bedroom was in the front of the house, he served as an enforcer at night when we would have to go out and break up some noisy and/or violent altercation so we could go back to sleep.
But he doesn't bark for hours on end incessantly. Only when the mailman, for whom he has conceived a deep and abiding loathing, is on our block. And my next door neighbors, whom I've queried about this, say the noise of his 'alert' barking isn't overwhelming and doesn't both them.