Kelly Byrd wrote 06/08/2011 11:45 PM My useless dog... #335914 - 06/08/2011 11:45 PM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	Free to good home: 2yr old DS. Has CGC & HCT. Currently ready for SchH BH. Easily capable of going to SchH3. Strong herding instinct, in training for JHD. TERRIBLE guard dog!!!!!! (just kidding... most of you should know I'd never part with Koenig) My idiotic brindle beast let Richard 'break in' tonight. I was in the shower in the very back of the house. Koenig was in the bedroom with my 3yr (who was trying to fall asleep. RIchard managed to unlock the door, bust quickly through (he was thinking I'd be in the living room, was trying to scare me). He made it all the way to the back bedroom before Koenig noticed. Richard said Koenig was busy taking a carpet bath. Seriously, dog? What a dork!!! Guess we'll have to set up some staged break-ins. Apparently I have an utterly useless 85lb scary looking dog. Boo.
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Michael_Wise wrote 06/08/2011 11:56 PM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #335915 - 06/08/2011 11:56 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	So, that sig pic should be something like, "If it's Dutch, come on in for a bite to eat, and help yourself to our TV when you leave!" J/K! Never know. Maybe Koenig was tipped off by a familiar sound or something and knew there wasn't a real intruder.
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Kelly Byrd wrote 06/09/2011 12:02 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Michael_Wise ] #335917 - 06/09/2011 12:02 AM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	God, at this point Michael I'll change it! ROFL. He probably did hear the Jeep. Richard parks about 20' from the bedroom. Window was partially open, now that I think about it... Hey, thanks- you just gave Koenig a waiver for his moment of idiocy. Wait... he has lots of those. Crap. I still think I'll set up some fake intruders. Make the dang dog work for his food!
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Jenny Arntzen wrote 06/09/2011 12:09 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #335918 - 06/09/2011 12:09 AM
Jenny Arntzen Webboard User Reg: 12-06-2010 Posts: 721 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Offline	Yes, I don't think it is a fair test unless you get a complete stranger to try exactly what your husband did (minus the Jeep). When I come up the front steps Jethro doesn't make a sound. He is even getting better about letting Matt in without a fuss. My brother came up the steps today and you might have thought we were under siege by a zombie invasion.
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Michael_Wise wrote 06/09/2011 12:20 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #335919 - 06/09/2011 12:20 AM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. Turbo reminded me today how in tune their senses are. We were a mile away from home talking to a friend in the neighborhood. Turbo is getting his butt scratched by the friends 2 small children, oblivious to the world around him, his back to the road. My wife drives by coming home from work at 30 miles an hour and 20 yards away from us. About 5 seconds after she passes by, Turbo's head goes up and you can hear his nose poppin' he is sniffin' so hard. We walked to the edge of the road and he is sampling the air like crazy and looking back and forth and back and forth down the road. They can pick up on more than we'll ever know.:smile: And then turn around and be dumber than rocks the next minute.
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Kelly Byrd wrote 06/09/2011 12:32 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Michael_Wise ] #335920 - 06/09/2011 12:32 AM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	COOL Michael!!!! I bet that was fun to watch. You're totally right- they are much smarter then we give them credit for. Yet always surprise us with the dumb moments. Maybe he's just keeping me on my toes.
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Tabatha Farnel wrote 06/09/2011 01:06 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #335922 - 06/09/2011 01:06 AM
Tabatha Farnel Webboard User Reg: 05-04-2008 Posts: 243 Loc: Ontario Offline	Lol, guaranteed he knew who was coming in. I have always lived in apartment buildings and my old dog has always known when my husband is home. He has always been able to tell the sound of our car arriving, or the car door closing, etc., even on upper floor apartments near traffic.
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Juliana McCabe wrote 06/09/2011 07:07 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Tabatha Farnel ] #335924 - 06/09/2011 07:07 AM
Juliana McCabe Webboard User Reg: 11-21-2008 Posts: 279 Loc: Akron, Ohio Offline	I always wonder about my dogs. They have let my husband in numerous times without a peep but other times they bark up a storm!!
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Cheri Grissom wrote 06/09/2011 08:04 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Juliana McCabe ] #335928 - 06/09/2011 08:04 AM
Cheri Grissom Webboard User Reg: 09-30-2010 Posts: 2609 Loc: Michigan Offline	Yeah, I agree we should give Koenig the benefit of the doubt and believe that he knew who it was and felt it was more important to keep watch over your child than to greet someone he knew at the door. I have to wonder about my dogs, sometimes, though. There have been occasions when my husband has gone out the back door and into the garage, say, to get the snow shovel, then gone straight from the garage to the front porch. We have a big picture window in our living room overlooking the front porch, and the two dogs will see him out there and bark like crazy at the "intruder."
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Jessica Pedicord wrote 06/09/2011 08:22 AM Re: My useless dog... [Re: Cheri Grissom ] #335931 - 06/09/2011 08:22 AM
Jessica Pedicord Webboard User Reg: 10-29-2009 Posts: 610 Loc: SouthWestern PA Offline	I'm not sure how long before a dog recognizes a person. I was laying on the couch watching tv a few months ago. Dom was asleep on the floor beside me. He heard someone walking on the front porch and started alert barking with his hair hackled from head to tail. When my husband walked through the front door, Dom jumped into my lap like a fool. Not sure if he was leaping into mommy's lap to be rescued or what. But he didnt recognized him till he was 5 feet in the room.
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