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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m always amazed how many otherwise intelligent people earnestly think any random pet dog (regardless of breed) is going to defend them from an attacker. It’s pathetically hilarious.

A dog IS a great early-warning system, yes. They’re fantastic for that. But that’s all.

But your pet dog is absolutely no deterrent at all to a person intent on doing you harm. Either the dog will bark and be confused, will flee and hide behind you, or it might attempt
to bite an intruder, at which point it will be quickly dispatched with a weapon the intruder has likely brought with them in anticipation of neutralizing the dog.

Your dog’s greatest contribution to your safety is alerting you to the presence of a stranger. It’s up to you to deal with them. Because [b]an actual criminal isn’t the least little bit scared of your labradoodle or pit bull or german shepherd. [/b]

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Inaccurate statement--just ask a police officer.[/quote]

I was a Ventura County Sheriff Deputy before I became a paralegal. I was on our department ERT (swat). When we would serve a drug warrant, virtually every property we raided had aggressive dogs either on the property or in the home. The [i]very first thing[/i] we would do after the door breach was shoot any dog over 10-15 lbs we saw, before it could think about biting someone. That was unit SOP. Usually it was a pitbull mix of some kind, but also rotties or shepherds or dobermans. A dog is NOT a deterrent to someone intent on coming in. If they were, no narcotics warrant would ever been successfully served in this country, because dopers ALWAYS have dogs around. So the first thing you do after breaching the door is shoot the dog(s).  Dogs are not protection. [/quote]

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