Love the previous post on here concerning this subject.Nothing better than having something to read and laugh at with your morning coffee..Lols. My protective one (out of 7) is my shih tzu Patches.Any stranger comes around,he will get in front of me and stay there till the person leaves. The most protective one I ever had was a pitbull and Am Staffordshire cross.She is at Rainbow Bridge now.She was just a very good dog all the way around. I miss her lot. I lost her 3 years ago to cancer at the age of 16.That is why it really pisses me off to hear all the bad publicity about pitbulls.Anyway that is a different subject.My Patches is trying to fill her shoes though in the protective part.I also have a pug(believe it or not)that is pretty protective.Sandy