Would your dog stop a burglar?

If you're like a lot of dog owners, you've probably wondered what your dog does when left alone at home. But how would your dog perform if left to protect your home?

[cryotr]

person: can i have the laptop back now?
fake burglar: the what now?

[tygrelilliexotica]

My dog would beg the burglar for treats and petting. 😐

[gabe-poyi]

The first three dogs did really well, considering none was trained to defend the house while the owners are away. In a lot of these I’ve watched, many of the dogs ran and hid or acted like the last two, but these three didn’t back down. Auggie was especially intimidating. I think if he’d made a sudden move or went into other rooms in the house, Auggie might very well have bitten him. This also shows that wagging tails don’t always mean a happy dog.

[NR-hyri]

Honestly, I couldn't care less about my dog protecting my stuff when I am out, but more so as a way to alert me when something is wrong and as a sound-based deterrent when I am home.

[SazquacthF]

Dogs wouldn’t care about your stuff it’s more so the owner they’ll protect this was an incomplete experiment

[TASIAawful]

Would love to try this out with my Akita mix

[magicalminty]

I have a German shepherd. A while back, some friends of mine thought that because my dog knew them, they could get into my place to set up a surprise party. Bad idea. One of my friends has a really cool scar on his arm to remind him that even dogs that know you can decide something's wrong.

[ronaldmcdonald]

Video : Testing dogs with burglar
Me: has alligator, Ants, Black beetles, Snakes in backyard.

[Elketjeable]

I've seen a lot of these testing for dog reaction on burglar-video's this evening and I think the reaction could be different if the chemicals they can sniff out where different.. A thief would be way more nervous than a pretend thief and there would be more tension in the situation to begin with..

[lallred]

As a former pet sitter, I'm grateful that none of my clients were prone to attacking visitors. Several of my clients were powerful breeds. If they had wanted to, they could have really done some damage.

[realjc]

Dogs dont attack if an intruder comes in because they weren’t really train for that unless if the owner is in the house and they pretend their attacking the owners then they bite

[bring_back_dead_memes_yeet]

Not that it’s good but dogs don’t value phones or anything like that lol. So when burgers come in most dogs wouldn’t do much other then bark ect but if your in the house then things change.
This is my opinion anyway not that it’s a good thing.

[MANUTDLIFE]

Depends a lot on the breed of dog you have. None of these breeds are really guard dogs, with the exception of the bulldog/boxer mix who does put up some sort of attempt to scare the burglar with barking. The Burglar shows no fear to her, as he has a protective suit but in a real situation they probably would show fear which could prompt her to attack. Dogs are always more likely to attack if you show you’re scared of them. It takes a very good and in most cases trained guard dog to attack if the intruder stands there ground.

Would like to see them do this with recognised guarding breeds in the property, as quite confident Doberman’s, German Shephards and other similar breeds would attack.

Burglars don’t just come through the front door quietly either, they will usually break something to gain entry so I’d expect a dog to react differently to a real burglar.

[joeymatrix]

after watching a few of these videos I appreciate the guy at the end saying you cant have visitors with a dog who will attack anyone who walks in the house. That would be a dangerous dog

[milos]

Now try that with a genuine Cane Corso and see how it goes. Also, it's not that simple. Dog senses the vibes. They didn't felth threatened and that feeling was correct. Now try that with a real burglar.

[viajero]

Do the test with an actual breed known for protection like a Rottweiler, Doberman, etc

[shelenashares]

You actually have an "Alarm system"! The first dog had his hackles up...warning. The bulldog was the more aggressive and the reddish dog in the third set was investigating/testing the intruder when jumping up. Would any of these dogs bitten the intruder if he had advanced upon the dog? If the dog felt a threat upon them they more likely would have bitten. At least this is my thoughts. As "alarms" are dogs effective.... I know they are. Absolutely!

[accountnolongerinuse]

I wonder what my rottweilers would do. I own 3 rottweilers, oldest one is pretty calm, second one is more ''aggressive'' and the youngest one wouldn't even hurt a fly, she's never bitten anyone. I believe my second oldest rottweiler would bite, especially if they raise their hand to hit her. The other two would probably be excited.

[HarderStylesKid]

What I’ve gathered from these burglar dog test videos is that if you want noise have atleast one small dog and if you want potential protection have atleast 1 big dog. But if you want actual protection get a big dog and get it trained to be a guard dog.

[imtrashboy]

I would love to do this with my
6 dogs I have a lot of dogs