Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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Way back in New Haven days, we had a prowler on our back porch who was
scared away by my mother's yapping Pomeranian, Shirley. These days, some
of those prowlers might just try to shoot the dog through the door.


Mrs.E.'s dog, "Fudge" doesn't yap and rarely barks. He just waits quietly
until you enter the dark room, then attempts to tear your head off, unless
we restrain him. He doesn't have a half throttle mode. He's either chilled
out or unbelievably visious in his attack mode. I shudder sometimes
thinking of him escaping and running across a stranger. His temperment with
strangers caused us to invest in $11k worth of new fencing in the back yard
to make sure he stayed where he belongs.

When visitors come over we put him in a large dog crate in the garage. (Sam
has one too).
If unfamiliar people go over to the crates and stick their fingers in it,
Sam will lick, Fudge will try to devour. At night, Fudge roams the house
on patrol. Sam snores on a couch or on one of my leather chairs that he
has adopted for his own.

With Mrs.E. and I, "Fudge" is one of the sweetest tempered, lovable dog
you can imagine. He loves to be hugged, petted and is constantly giving us
kisses. But he is big, powerfully built, very athletic and has an
overdeveloped sense of protectionism.

As a puppy he was abused, beaten and treated poorly (which is the main
reason Mrs.E. "had" to have him.
He has taken to us, but God help anyone else who comes around.

Eisboch



Well, you deserve praise for saving the dog, but I'd sure invest in a
bit of professional training for him. If he gets loose on your property
or off, he might turn out to be a very expensive liability.