Would your bully protect you
Hi everyone I'm curious on what your views r on whether your bully would protect u I've started to notice a change in sophies behaviour towards people that we don't know sometimes she will give a growl to me it doesn't seem to be in a aggressive way more of I'm watching u and she will bark this happens mostly when she's on a lead if I have her sitting waiting to cross a road and someone walks towards me it doesn't happen all the time or is she picking up a vibe off them she's happy to let people pet her in the street so is she being protective Yesterday my son took her out to the field sophie was running around doing her own thing when a dog came out from the woods charging towards my son barking he called for sophie and she came charging towards the dog and head butted him flying and was then jumping all over the dog till he ran off I couldn't believe she protected him in this way and was so proud of her as she's such a soppy girl I won't normally walk out to late of a night as it not really safe where I live been a few attacks on women but ii fill safe that sophie is becoming protective then maybe I won't have to worry to much whst r your views on sophie thanks .
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I've noticed almost all Bull Terriers do not tolerate wrestling, fighting, or anxious behavior. When my boys used to live at home we'd wrestle around especially in their teenage years and there would always be a Bull Terrier that would go nuts as if it were saying "You guys better stop because I have no idea who to bite so you better stop now!"
Even now if I'm playing around with my wife Julie and raise my hand to her with Deuce near her she will go crazy. Julie will say "stop confusing her" but I don't think she's confused at all. She will not entertain any form of violence. God help the person that made the wrong decision to break into our home. They'd get a rude awakening.
We have a Very long driveway with lots of trees in our front yard that lead out to the road. I often forget about taking out the trash to the curb until the wee hours of the night on Sunday. (Our trash is picked up from 2:00am - 4:00am) I can't tell you how many times I've walked the driveway pulling our trash bin behind me in the complete darkness. All too often my wife will let a few of the dogs out while I'm already out there on my way to the curb. Let me tell you, when they hear the sound of someone (me) walking on the rocks of our driveway they come barking and running at 100 mph. There's no worse intimidation than seeing Rocky come at you barking a Low slow bark with his hair standing on end. I still can't help to call out his name when I see his shadow get within 20 yards just to let him know it's me when he's on a all out dash towards me. Once he realizes it's me I get those Bullie growls and humorous attempts to talk. It would be neat to video this one day because I'm sure it would be funny to watch.
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So the answer is yes in no dout your bully would protect I must admit thinking about it the other day my son of 18 was play fighting with my 7 yr old and sophie went running over I shouted stop to him as I thought she was going to head butt his BUTT she did stop once he stopped in her tracks he's barks if people go past and I'm in the car and in becoming a good house dog this is something that has only happened over the past few months as she's never barked maybe she has taken over from zeus he would bark and she would run and hide Lucy our old dog don't bark as she is deaf or maybe she's just maturing what age r bully at the adult hood age is it 2 cause sophie still act like a pup lol .
Without going into my suspicions of why I think this is so upsetting to him, something about squeaky suspensions make him very upset and starts that "don't come one inch closer" bark. My husband always says Rodney is on "hooptie patrol" when I'm home alone with Rodney.
Chooba can hang with the biggest of dogs in a wrestling match. But if a tea cup poodle snarled at him, he'd role right over.
As far as strangers go, nothing there either. Although he has never experienced true threatening person vs person behavior, I still have my doubts
The only thing he's ever barked or growled at is me when we're playing rough.
Daddy raised a super sized weenie. :-??
In public spaces such as dog parks, festivals, doggy gathering etc, she tends to ignore everyone. In dog parks she does not play with other dogs, but finds a tennis ball and designates a human to throw it for her. We have a smaller dog park behind my apartments that we go to, and typically she will only play with those dogs because I do not take a tennis ball down there (other dogs can't share) and it takes a while for her to get in the mood. Festivals and other gatherings, she ignores humans and dogs alike and focuses on eating popcorn off the ground. She does like to stick her head in strollers though which I find amusing but the parents typically do not...
As for other interactions, Quinn often barks at anyone while we are walking on a leash at night. She is very wary of anyone, even if she has met them before (we have been in this complex for 3 years) and I don't know if it's because she doesn't trust them or if she just can't see them. Or both. i do not correct her at night for obvious reasons. She is less likely to bark during the day, she will either ignore them or think they are her best friend in the whole world. Inside, she will pretend she is fierce by barking at noises I can't hear and standing guard at the balcony door. However, the minute someone actually *enters* the apartment, ITS THE BEST DAY EVER so....no I don't think Quinn is a good guard dog.
She has no reaction to people hitting each other (playfully). She runs when we scream for sports events. And when people end up on the floor for whatever reason, all she sees it as is a great opportunity for her to climb all over them and lick their ears.
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