How would your pet react to a burglar

I don't know.

I know there would be lots of barking and a burglar probably would not enter.

I have a fenced yard and a dog door so mine have access to house and yard. I once had an exterminator come unexpectedly when I didn't have anyone to meet him. He said they were both fine. One hid in the doghouse and peeped out at him. (70lb bassador) The other ran behind the dog house but would try to sneak up on him and he would yell and she would run. (50lb blue heeler mix)

I also had my cousin cut my yard. He was going to be on a riding mower so I wasn't too concerned, but told him to watch out for the blue because she has been aggressive before with men and not to worry about the other one because he is scared of everything. He told me that the blue was fine, but the other one chased him around the yard while he was on the mower and tried to eat him up. I would have to see a video to actually believe that one. My bassador has never been aggressive with ANYTHING. The only time I have ever seen him protective was when I walked up and tried to pet a horse in a fence when I was walking him. He had never seen a horse or anything like it so he freaked out, barked, growled...his idea of protection was to bite my pants and pull me back while HIDING BEHIND ME.

I know my blue would attack if someone threatened me.

Beezer would bark like mad. Also, knowing how he is with Hannah, I bet he would do his best to place himself between the intruder and Hannah. Beezer would be better than any alarm system. I feel confident he would give me the 10-15 seconds I would need to get the home defence shotgun into play.

Now, on the other hand... Our lovely Belle... LOL. As long as they did not try to take the couch she happened to be laying on, she would not care what happened. LOL

This thread has brought up some names I haven't seen in a while! Hope all is doing well.

My cats...hmmm....Gus and Dakky would dart away quickly, perhaps both attempting to fit through a one-cat max door way at the same time, causing the other to thump into the door. Funny, but not, at the same time.

Allie would skulk low and look, knowing chances are good she will want to say hello.

Monte would probably run TO the door, if only to slither out like only a black panther can slither. You would not believe the number of times that cat can slither out, all cause he is black and your eye doesn't pick him up.

Arizona, the 'kitten'? I think she would just lay on the floor and take things in as they approach her. She might 'attack' if you had food, or something.

Well, my friend came to wash the deck and Zoee barked as usual. Then he got in a funny stance, like playful position and after that she wanted nothing to do with him. She wouldn't even come up to him to take treats. Well, she took the treats but then backed away quickly.
So I'm afraid if anyone came in and made aggresive moves toward her she'd retreat. I honestly believe a male harmed her while she was at the breeders. Because when we first got her she wouldn't take treats from Bruce, only from me. :( My poor baby.

Pumpkin would hide and Zippy would most likely greet them.

My dog Blue has scared burglars away before so bark like mad and attack if the burglar tried to hurt any of his people.

My cats would probably watch the burglar. The rats would beg for treats, the gerbils would hide, the fish would beg for food and the hamsters would either beg for treats or keep doing what ever.

Our schnauzers would bark like mad. They have a very deep and loud bark. Possum, our rescue girl, would just go them. They would end up with no tendons & kneecaps. Of course if we've invited someone in, they all just clamor to get hugs & kisses.

Its funny how all animals react isnt it?

Maggy Would growl..Not sure if she would do anything.

Lacy I dont think she would do anything,unless one of us was in Harms way.

Molly Would help the Person or Persons carry everything out.

And..

Storm I think he would be devastated and just run and Hide,He was such a happy little guy he just would not understand the situation.

Having only kitties , they would run and hide, ellie would panic terribly and probably hurt herself trying to get out, she is such a scaredy cat, hope it never happens thats for sure.,if it were during the day, they could escape out of the cat door.

A burglar? That's a very rare chance of happening in my neighborhood, but my dogs would go through the fence and AT LEAST eat their hand off..:eek:

Katy would roll over for her tum to be tickled probably :):love:

They would bark their fool heads off until the burglar talked to them, then they would all run over, jump on him, lick him and want petted.

All except Pepper, who would hide in her crate and bark. Of course, she does that when my brother or son come over, too. :rolleyes:

At the noise of someone breaking in, both cats would hide, both dogs would bark, and then Chipper would run up to the intruder and lick any exposed skin the person might have showing.... a lot.

Myndi would bark ferociously from under the bed! On the other hand, Sparky would bark likewise while keeping his distance - but of course if the intruder was savvy enough to have a dog treat with him and offered it to Sparky - then Sparky would happily show him around the place! :eek:

I've only had Taggart for almost a month, but I'd guess he'd probably lay down and roll over for a tummy rub. :p
I think I already posted about Zoee on this thread.

Koko, is not a watchdog but she will bark if someone she doesn't know drives up. We have a very large front porch where she spends a lot of time both during the day and evening. It has a gate to keep her from roaming. The UPS man, meter readers and Mailman do not get so much as a woof when they drive up. She usually stands up on the gate, tail wagging, to greet them. She has never shown aggression to people so if the burglar spoke to her she would probably stop barking and greet him with wags. I feel very safe with her around because she will always bark at unknown sounds. If I was being attacked I believe she would defend me. A Pit bull attacked me in my yard once and to my surprise she tore into him like a guard dog. He quickly left my property with his tail between his legs. This same PIT was later put down by authorities for killing a neighbors pet goats.

Both dogs would bark & growl. They do that when deer are in the yard at night. If a burglar entered the house Missy the Australian Shepherd would bark & growl & probably walk up for a pet on the head eventually. Baxter the Australian Cattle Dog (is one we have to watch all the time). He would work his way around the burglar & nip him/her in the butt.

My budgie, Philip, would probably shout ''hellooooooooooooo, hellooooo'' and press his face to his cage bars and ask for a ''Tickle tickle, tickle ticklllllllleeeeee'' and then inform the burglar that ''Im a sexxxxxy little budgie, a little budgie''.
All in all, he wouldnt be much use as a guard :D

You know, we always figured our Saint Bernard, Freckles, that we had when I was a kid would welcome the burglar in, and slobber him or her with kisses. But the one time she was barking in the night enough to wake me up - I had the only bedroom on the first floor at the time - I glanced out the window, told her "Barking at ghosts? There's nothing out there, go to sleep."

Turns out our neighbor across the field's apartment was robbed that night! We apologized to Freckles, quite surprised.

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Originally Posted by Karen

You know, we always figured our Saint Bernard, Freckles, that we had when I was a kid would welcome the burglar in, and slobber him or her with kisses. But the one time she was barking in the night enough to wake me up - I had the only bedroom on the first floor at the time - I glanced out the window, told her "Barking at ghosts? There's nothing out there, go to sleep."

Turns out our neighbor across the field's apartment was robbed that night! We apologized to Freckles, quite surprised.

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Wow, she knew there was something not right. I guess we don't give them
credit for their instincts sometimes.:)

P.S. Do you notice how old this thread is? This was back when Buddy was
still with me.:( Bless his heart.:(

My lab, Maggie would bark her head off until he/she talked to her, then she would jump all over 'em and act like she knew them, and they finally came back to her. :rolleyes:

My Jack Russel, Harley would definitely attack! every stranger he sees he bites their ankles.

My cat, Fez probably wouldn't even wake up. Or he would just lay there.

well at first, as soon as someone was in the yard, they would all 'freeze in place', look out there, as soon as someone would actually come in, they would all run and hide, except Snickers, she would go up to the burglar,roll over and wait for a belly rub!

i have 2 siberian huskies, and they would do nothing. i came home one day and prettended to break the door down, they didnt even get off my bed. we have a large window by the door so we can see everything. pretty pathetic. once a stranger comes in they may get licked to death by Jag and Alaska would hide as usual

my cats would point towards the rear of the house and say "all the good stuff is back there..... by the way can you operate a can opener by some chance?"

My older cat, Macgyver, would run into another room. My Meezer, Ming, would walk up to them and greet them with a most regal air.

My dogs would probably attack an intruder if they thought they needed to do so.