Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[21hens-incharge]

My Pitsky learned from my now gone big guys. Anyone at the door was met with serious snarl and loud invite to "move along".
She hits the door in full ready to rip someone up mode. Tilly is right there with her. River is still a baby so not so much. Her pop was scared of strangers....her mom was indifferent. Mom even let me handle her 4 week old pups with the owners not at home....I was dog sitting.
The Malamute is very apprehensive of strangers to the point she would attack if even slightly cornered. I doubt an intruder would even come close to trying to approach a 100# furball with teeth...and she WOULD be showing those.

 

[seminolewind]

Wow, just wow you should delete that

Am I saying something unacceptable here? As a joke?

 

[ShrekDawg]

My Pitsky learned from my now gone big guys. Anyone at the door was met with serious snarl and loud invite to "move along".
She hits the door in full ready to rip someone up mode. Tilly is right there with her. River is still a baby so not so much. Her pop was scared of strangers....her mom was indifferent. Mom even let me handle her 4 week old pups with the owners not at home....I was dog sitting.
The Malamute is very apprehensive of strangers to the point she would attack if even slightly cornered. I doubt an intruder would even come close to trying to approach a 100# furball with teeth...and she WOULD be showing those.

Gator used to do that too!! He would lunge at the window and put his feet up on it and be going BALLISTIC!! He was actually quite scary in full protection mode he even put on his big, deep, scary, aggressive bark. But once they were inside, he was fine and wanted to be besties and he loved everyone on walks, especially kids. Had no problems with strangers but was very protective and territorial. I have no doubt he would have given his life to protect any one of us.

I should also note we have a big bay window in the porch room and the house is higher than the garden so when you’re walking up, he looked even bigger than he was! Especially since he would stand in it. And he was like ~140 lb Black Lab/Great Pyrenees mix so already plenty big enough and tall enough without the added height of the window! He scared quite a few delivery people

 

[21hens-incharge]

Gator used to do that too!! He would lunge at the window and put his feet up on it and be going BALLISTIC!! He was actually quite scary in full protection mode he even put on his big, deep, scary, aggressive bark. But once they were inside, he was fine and wanted to be besties and he loved everyone on walks, especially kids. Had no problems with strangers but was very protective and territorial. I have no doubt he would have given his life to protect any one of us.

I should also note we have a big bay window in the porch room and the house is higher than the garden so when you’re walking up, he looked even bigger than he was! Especially since he would stand in it. And he was like ~140 lb Black Lab/Great Pyrenees mix so already plenty big enough and tall enough without the added height of the window! He scared quite a few delivery people

Delivery people here move rather quickly on the way back to their truck.

Hubs friend knocks on the door then braces the screen door with both hands just in case. My wood door is never left open. He just doesn't want to find out if mine would actually bite him.
He owns hunting dogs so is dog familiar.

People always cross the street when I am walking my pitsky.....she is not pulling or barking or acting up.

 

[seminolewind]

Why? It’s not like they’re a murderer or anything. They’re talking strictly about defending yourself or your family if you have to. I don’t even really like or use guns and even I knew that.

I personally don’t think I could do it but sometimes it might be necessary and if you freeze up or hesitate or the gun jams or whatever (all very real and plausible scenarios), you’d be dead.

Which is why they were saying they wish you could practice.

That said, you CAN practice on a range with targets and trying to hit center mass or whatever it’s called. Though not quite the same.

But around here, I would probably just hide and call the cops. But some areas, it may be an hour or more before police show up, if they ever do, and you may have to learn to defend yourself or be killed.

Maybe that's why people have a shotgun next to their bed...just the noise of bringing a bullet up, that cha-ching (whatever) is enough to drive anyone away. And not have to shoot anyone.

 

[Kiki]

I think if I had multiple howling dogs inside I'd end up wanting to kill them.


Just regular barking drives me nuts and I claim to be a dog person.

 

[igorsMistress]

I feel like the smaller dogs have so much more attitude for sure

Sounds like they made a great team!!

Oh they were the best. Loved those 2 so much! Of course my pups now are pretty damn awesome as well.

 

[Kiki]

Don't worry Henny...I can't even murder a quail.

 

[IamRainey]

That Queen adaptation is BRILLIANT! The lyrics, the singing. Everything!

Who did it?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Don't worry Henny...I can't even murder a quail.

So quail are friends not food?