They are all so different. Josie is an indoor dog in a residential area. Indoors, she barks whenever there's a noise outside. She always lays facing away from us and facing the nearest door as if she's guarding us.
In the backyard, she barks at every noise and movement outside the fence. But in the front yard where there's no fence and she's off lease, not a peep. She lays down watching traffic and movement and she seems interested in what's going on, but it's like what goes on in front of the house is not her problem.
Paul
--- On Tue, 3/9/10, Christine <chrissy@instant.net> wrote:
From: Christine <chrissy@instant.net>
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] How do working LGD's cue in on predator
activity
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 11:18 PM
Kodiak is an outdoor non-working dog but he is the same way. He dislikes being in the house and really only wants to be in the house during the hot summer months. When the weather dropped to the low 20's we brought him in at night. Our front door is too far from the drive for Kodiak to hear anything. Certain sounds that alert him outside will prompt him; for example, if he happens to hear other dogs bark he'll want to go outside and return after he checks things out. Other than that he could care less what happens outside. When someone (rings/knocks) on the front door he does nothing. I mean, he is not even curious. When people visit he'll continue
to sleep or lounge. If he smells something good cooking sometimes he'll move and plop down/sleep outside the kitchen. Household sounds don't bother him in the least. In fact, he loves the round brush attachment on the vacuum cleaner. In short, he's much of an alarmist let alone a guard dog in the house.
All of my Pyrs have had the "it's not my job now," attitude when they are in the house.
Christine
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