I had to put my 2 year old German Sheperd to sleep on Thursday morning. He was 2 years old and I had gotten him trained almost perfect. He would be the first dog to attack an intruder that crossed the property line and ignored all of the warning signs of "this is bad idea to break into this house". He had acute kidney failure and they just stopped working. It took about a week from fully working to not at all, very sad and tragic. I learned on Saturday that Pig Ears are extreemly hard on the dogs kidneys. I wish I would have known that before, all the pet stores sell them for cheap and the dogs love them. I would give him 2 day and i thought i was doing a good thing for his teeth and bones, Wrong. what I did was kill my own dog and i am really upset about it. If you have a pooch and give him/her pig ears to chew on, BE WARNED.
Sunday I picked up a new AKC German Shepherd. He is 6 weeks old and we named him Ruger. This means, "Whiner or Narc in German". It should mean, "poops and pisses everywheer and distroyer of shoes". I will be training this one for the same job as the other with some modifications. I will want him th tackle the intruder and hold the neck just short of breaking and killing the subject until I can get my rock salt shells loaded or till I get home. He will be assited by my other two dogs, Rott and Mastiff, if there should be a problem and cannot handle it on his own. I should have the training completed in 12-16 months. The other one would just start eating the intruder while mawling them. I will post a pic when i can get the little **** to sit still long enough.
If you did not read the first "home security" post, its definetly worth the read. I was making a point, shooting the buger should be a last resort or maybe a personal favor to them.
its found here in this thread,
Home defense - know your rights