watch dog/guard dog or play dog

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Originally Posted by Kilby'sMum

Be careful what you wish for....Kona barks at EVERYTHING that goes past our place and it drives me crazy... it could be a leaf, could be our own cat or if we're very lucky, the wind!!! Kilby however is much more reserved and while she'll join in with Kona just for the sake of it I notice she has a very different bark if she feels there is something to worry about... we never trained 'guarding' but if she is unsure of a noise or person (especially men) she will stand/sit in between me and the perceived danger (even if one time it was just Daddy in the roof!)!

This is what it's like for my mom's spitz that barks at anything that crosses the house. It's so bad that they decided to actually disable the door bell, because anybody that's a friend that goes to their house they want them to call in advance and if it's somebody selling something they don't answer the door anyway. But I think their dog is a little bit of an extreme and as you said it's nothing I'm wishing for.

Just looking for a single bark and right now the only barking I've seen from her is the door stopper she thinks she needs to bark at, not sure why.