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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any dog that lives with your family will be a good watch dog.[/quote]

This. You want a dog that barks an alert, not a "guard dog" that bites. The latter is a huge liability.

Any dog can alert. A decent sized dog, like a lab or hound, will be sufficient to scare off burglers even if it doesn't bark.

- owner of a barky 50 lb mutt[/quote]Agree.  Having a dog of any kind is a deterrent.  I don't think you have to have what one considers a typical "guard" dog.  Burglars don't want to deal with dogs at all so that's a help.  However, if you want to consider a breed, we have an adorable pit mix whose deterrent value is more her breed than her barking.  People do get scared of pits because of the breed alone.  But because of that having a pit is problematic if you're trying to rent a house or live in a place where they're outlawed.  Plus your kids' friends' parents probably won't want their kid to come over and play.

Anyway, if I were you, I wouldn't worry about getting a "guard" dog.  I'd just get a dog.[/quote]

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