If by protect themselves you mean bite someone that broke into the house, then no they would not. They would certainly bark and make a real ruckus (when we just had my Labrador, he actually did ward off an intruder in the middle of the night by barking), but they would not bite anyone; it is not in their nature.

Frankly anyone who attempts to break into a property with several dogs barking and going berserk inside is insane anyway. 9 times out of 10 barking is more than enough of a deterrent to a would be intruder. Anyone looking to break into a residential property is looking for an empty house with nothing that draws attention to their activities...loud barking dogs obviously does just that.

A few weeks ago the police chased a gang of kids into our cul de sac... I am the end terrace so one of the kids decided to hop my fence to see if he could escape across the gardens... I was not home. Kismet was in the garden...

According to my neighbour who watched the whole thing from his window, Kismet made a hell of a racket and charged the intruder, staying out of reach and not allowing him to touch her, nor making contact with him... So I guess she's proved she would be hard to steal

[QUOTE=labradork;2208084]If by protect themselves you mean bite someone that broke into the house, then no they would not. They would certainly bark and make a real ruckus (when we just had my Labrador, he actually did ward off an intruder in the middle of the night by barking), but they would not bite anyone; it is not in their nature.

Frankly anyone who attempts to break into a property with several dogs barking and going berserk inside is insane anyway. 9 times out of 10 barking is more than enough of a deterrent to a would be intruder. Anyone looking to break into a residential property is looking for an empty house with nothing that draws attention to their activities...loud barking dogs obviously does just that.[/QUOTE]

What she said here too!

but if they were mad enough to break in, Zena would have them for sure, because she's been taught the ritual of how friendly people enter this house, so I'm sure, she would put up quite a fight if they came in any other way than going through this ritual, which they wouldn't do of course, so yes, she'd have 'em big time!

As for old Georgie, he'd let them take him yes, but I doubt they could steal him coz he weighs 55 kgs and they'd have a job lifting him up coz once he's sleeping by that back door, nothing would shift him, not even rump steak!

Hopefully it would never get that far coz their barks are enough to scare off the hardiest of criminals, it even scares me when somebody tries to enter and they both start!

Same here heck no one even gets down the drive here at the ranch without me getting notified lol. As for stealing no I don't worry about that, we are out in the boonies behind a 12 ft iron gate with a combo-only entry so no I'm not too worried

The only time I'm remotely worried is when they are in the car, Jo looks enough like a pure ACD for someone to try to & steal, Izze is always with us & is very aggressive I'm the car, she will snap at anyone who passes too close to 'her' vehicle lol.

My dogs wouldn't even wake up if we were being burgaled and if they did they wouldn't make a sound. kyiro would stay where he was watching them and Lily would wander over for a fuss.
If they had come to steal the dogs then the dogs would meekly follow even if they didn't want to.
Being greyhounds they are used to all thier lives different people getting them from the kennels so would go along without protest and its only rarely you get a greyhound that barks at noises. My two don't make a murmer.
The only noise that gets them up and at the door is my car arriving home.

My lot would wake the dead with the racket they make so anyone who continued with breaking in would have to be insane.

All I can say is that if someone broke into my house and I was not here, and Boomer was, that I surely hope they went to church the previous Sunday. If not, the moment they entered my house they should say all their prayers and get their live in order....hahahahaha....

I always think that if we got burgled Parker would bite the burglar but Cherry would show them where the tv and computer were so we had more time to play with her!

I hope no-one would be that stupid to try and break in here,
Bruce hates anyone coming through our gate if he don't know them and makes hell of a racket about it
Poppy is very friendly, but would probably hide, as she can be shy with strangers,
Megan, well she would go with anyone, she is maybe too friendly
I think Bruce will keep the other too safe, but i always worry that in protecting me, our home or my other two babies, he would then get in to trouble because of his breed.

My lurchers would let anyone in they would never even bark. My inuit and terrier make such a noise and they would defo bite someone if they were breaking in.