Help please - I need to find a big shouty dog.....

[Slinkyunicorn]

Ok I have been thinking that its time I looked for another dog.

There are several reasons for this - Sweep my big scary butch spangle is now 12 and apart from being generally useless and scared of his own shadow is now going deaf. This was bought home to me the other night when I was woken up at 12.45am thinking we were being broken into and horses being stolen (don't ask its a whole other rant but in a nutshell it was tosser liveries putting their horses in so they were dry to ride in the morning

). Now I live in the cottage at the farm which ia also a yard, we are a mile from the village and my immediate neighbours in the farmhouse is the farmer/YO and his wife. They often go away for the night/weekend etc and I have never been bothered about being on my own here before as there has been 4 shouty noisy dogs - the other night however not one of them barked - probably because they recognised the car/people - but it has made me feel a bit vulnerable.

So now I am thinking a big shouty dog to go with the Sweeplet would do the trick

- so ideas please. I have a secure garden of about half an acre, access across 500 acres of farm full of bunnies, hares and pheasants for chasing....is also a sheep farm and livery yard so also need to get used to horses, people, kids and lots of other dogs. So I'm not being demanding or anything......

Ideas please - am leaning towards a Ridgeback.......

Large G&T and a handful of choclate eclair toffees for reading this far....

 

[Sarah Sum1]

I'm not an expert on dogs, but the Alsation (sp) down the road is very, very shouty!!!!

Hope you find the perfect pooch

 

[Blue-bear]

dont laugh.....but my choc lab is a great gaurd dog. i also live on my yard and he makes me feel much safer. he is very loyal so would do his upmost to protect the ones he loves.

 

[mattilda]

My 3 shout all the time and drive me crrrrazy!! I have a ridgeback and 2 rotiies. Great guard dogs though.

 

[competitiondiva]

My parents dogs are incredible shouty.. wait for it... their cockers so not very scary!! If you said boo to them they'd continue shouting but from behind the sofa!!!! Have you looked into dobermans??? Very trainable (my friend does top obiedience with hers! And he's as daft as a brush!) they have the right pitch bark to put someone off without being trainded as a guard dog, they are very good with horses and kids if they are brought up around them. I used to have a dobbi x who thought horses were big dogs to play with! Great temperaments too.....

 

[Charmaine18]

I love German Sheps so I'd suggest one of those - people don't mess with them either, when they're barking their heads off.

One thing I certainly would not suggest is a whippet cross! Absolutely useless guard dog... if Leah hears a funny noise in the night she creeps upstairs to sleep in my room.

 

[kirstyhen]

Get an Irish Water Spaniel!

My Mum's one has a VERY butch bark

and he is very protective. They do look a bit silly though

Or based on my Parent's, get a Working Cocker, bloody noisey mutts

They bark at anyone coming to the door, and I think the eldest one would protect my Mum from anything!

Don't get a Springer, Otto has only barked once, and managed to frighten himself doing it

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Sweep used to be very good

- but since his hearing has started to go he is now frankly rubbish

!! I got woken up the other night (when I thought we were being burgled) by the cat growling

!! Sweep was still fast asleep snoring his little paws off......

 

[kirstyhen]

Get another Cocker then

You now you want to

Sweep would feel all inadequate if you got a big dog!

 

[joeanne]

See this is my problem.....I cant give you any BUTCH mouthy dogs, because every noisy, attitude filled doggie I know is a miniture!

The worst being my mothers bl**dy chihuahua (which isnt really a dog, more a very big rat).
If you were outside my mothers house, her dog wold fool you into thinking there was a huge big scarey beastie on the other side

 

[Puppy]

Another vote for a GSD

Mine was such a star!! Always made me feel safe. I miss her so much

 

[Riz]

You want a shouty dog? I'll pop my neighbours GSD in the post to you - gobbiest doggy on the planet - you just have to sneeze and she lets the entire road know about it. She's very pretty as well - for an annoying, gobby thing.....

 

[Thistle]

My boxer is big and butch, he guards anyone and everyone. He is also a big softie but with a great instinct to protect.

 

[monochroma]

My aunt's mastiff cross, Max, was the loudest thing on her road by a mile and he had a bark so deep you could feel it. And to top it all off he used to slobber while he was barking - thus earning him the title of Mad Max. They can be a bit thick though, Max was a lovely boy was as dense as a housebrick

 

[kickandshout]

I have a big shouty dog and guess what its a GSD.
she doesn't go for a walk she patrols the area.
no-one and I mean no one is allowed to walk on the same pavement as us without being barked at
and as for someone shutting a car door down the street when shes in the house well . . .they get told off for that too.
but if anyone could see her being beaten up by my small JRT she would loose her scary reputation.
I took her to the yard recently and when my car wouldnt start and it had to be pushed she nearly blooming deafened me.
so yes another vote for a shouty GSD I keep threatening mine with a job change to scrapyard dog on a chain but then she wouldn't be able to sleep on my bed !!!

note to ones self -- when the puppy cries don't take it in the bedroom because it will grow up and take over the bed !!!

 

[CAYLA]

I would also say 1st a Gsd, because they are very intelligent and highly trainable, and they will guard their territory like their life depends on it, they are also very easy to train to stick around, and they are faithful as the day is long.

However

since owning a rotti, I feel like I have my own body guard, I work night shift alone in a not so great area and my rotti is on guard mode the minue we walk through the door, she will defend me till her last breath, and know one would be stupid enough to argue with her

she instantly knows when Im worried and pick up on my vibes, she would not bite unless pushed but she certainly looks the part and scares anyone sh!tless that does not know her

Both breeds are vocal when it comes to their own patch being disturbed and to me are easily the best guarding breed from personal experience.

 

[camilla4]

In response to Blue-Bear's comments, I have to say that my choccie lab is also a great guard dog. A total softie, she is totally submissive in all respects but there is no way that anyone - anyone! - gets near our house without us knowing about it!

Can also second German Sheperds though - I grew up with one. Lovely dogs - suitably intimidating to look at, fab guard dogs but wonderful natures.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Ok - I have phoned the local labrador rescue and the other rescue about a 1 year old GSD. Would look at a Rottie but my mum would cr*p herself and as they dogsit for me when I am away I had better find something they will look after!!!

Will let you know how I get on......

PS Will have to do bloody housework now to pass the 'homecheck'........

 

[CorvusCorax]

EXCITED!!!!!!!
Please let us know how you get on, and look forward to you joining the HHO GSD Mafia

 

[camilla4]

I'm so glad you're looking at getting a rescue! Mine came from Labrador Rescue and she's the best thing ever. So many unhappy dogs and so few homes!

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

If you don't end up getting a lab, consider a doberman. Mine is very shoutie, but is the biggest lump of cuddles around inside the house. They are good as they are very clever and easily trainable (unlike rotties who are as thick as two short planks!)

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

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They are good as they are very clever and easily trainable (unlike rotties who are as thick as two short planks!)

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*takes cover for when CALA reads this bit....*

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

Oh dear... *hides behind sofa*. In my experience all the rotties I have met have been 99p short of a pound but I am sure there are exceptions to the rule!

 

[CAYLA]

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Oh dear... *hides behind sofa*. In my experience all the rotties I have met have been 99p short of a pound but I am sure there are exceptions to the rule!

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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh

I will admit rottis are not the brightest

but they are faithful as the day is long and by far the best guarding breed their is

She siad she wanted a vocal dog..not a whinge machine, she wants people scared off with a bark, not driven to distraction by a high pitched glass breaking whine

I have to say....I would not have a doberman if it was the last dog on earth

I train 3 in a behavioural capacity and they are a nightmare

Just to add....they are also soft as sh!te and could not be locked in the cold weather and very STUBBORN

 

[Pixxie]

i will say Alsatian purely because...my instructors is the most fabulous guard dog ever, very sweet and playful, ridiculously and incredibly loyal, very quiet and patient and sits on their (non fenced) drive outside all day waiting, follows every car round the back of the house and sits and the car door waiting to 'approve' whoever steps out of said car. but by god if someone comes near that house that he doesnt know or gets a bad feeling from SHEEESH never heard anything like it!

 

[Scranny_Ann]

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However

since owning a rotti, I feel like I have my own body guard, I work night shift alone in a not so great area and my rotti is on guard mode the minue we walk through the door, she will defend me till her last breath, and know one would be stupid enough to argue with her

she instantly knows when Im worried and pick up on my vibes, she would not bite unless pushed but she certainly looks the part and scares anyone sh!tless that does not know her

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What she said ^^

Rotti's are amazing .. .so loving and loyal and surprisingly trainable ....but extremely territorial

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

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She siad she wanted a vocal dog..not a whinge machine, she wants people scared off with a bark, not driven to distraction by a high pitched glass breaking whine

I have to say....I would not have a doberman if it was the last dog on earth

I train 3 in a behavioural capacity and they are a nightmare

Just to add....they are also soft as sh!te and could not be locked in the cold weather and very STUBBORN

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Ironic really, I can hear the rottie round the corner whining as his friend as been taken out for a walk, and yet my boy has a big deep bark

I agree they are soft in that they can't be kept outside though, my boy once didn't wee for 2 days as he didn't like the snow!