How would your pet react to a burglar

[kokopup]

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.

[Bonny]

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.

[ParrotAnnie]

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

[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.

[lizbud]

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.

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.

[Amanda+12]

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.

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.