RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 22, 2020 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2020 at 6:16 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Today, I learned that there is a difference between a guard dog and a ‘guardian’ dog (sometimes called a ‘protection’ dog).
A guard dog tends to be more attached to surroundings than to people and is more likely to behave aggressively to any non-family member who enters the dog’s space (house, garden, etc).
A guardian dog (generally shepherd dogs and hounds) has a much reduced territorial sense, but is better able to discern specific threats to its people. They’re the kind of ‘watch’ dog that will sit down and watch someone take everything you own, but will try to take your throat out for taking a swing at Mum.
There’s no hard and fast distinction between the two, of course.
Boru
A guard dog tends to be more attached to surroundings than to people and is more likely to behave aggressively to any non-family member who enters the dog’s space (house, garden, etc).
A guardian dog (generally shepherd dogs and hounds) has a much reduced territorial sense, but is better able to discern specific threats to its people. They’re the kind of ‘watch’ dog that will sit down and watch someone take everything you own, but will try to take your throat out for taking a swing at Mum.
There’s no hard and fast distinction between the two, of course.
Boru
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