Your all in my prayers and a big thank you!
If you want a watch dog you just need a yappy little dog to alert you someones here. A guard dog is either a trained dog or natural. We have mastiffs. They are natural guards. They do not warn us that's the watch dogs job. They just stand up and let the person know they are there. On the couple times we have had problems they stand between us and them. They have never had to do anything but that. But if you ever tried to harm one of us. They would using judgment react. They would take you down and hold you there until we called them off or they would kill you. We are the pack and they will die or kill for us. They have never had to react. Them just being there is enough. My mom could let the younger siblings play in the front yard knowing they were safe. We used bichon frise for watch dogs. Excellent watch dogs. My female in her youth was the most protective dog we owned. No one got near our family with her. Shes old now and can't hear as well so she shes not so great now. But I know she would still die for me. I don't have any good watch dogs now: th but the bond between us is strong enough that i know my lab would react if i needed him too. I would also suggest a lasa apso (sp?). They were bred to alert the mastiffs to a problem by the Tibetan monks.
