Watchdog?? Not.........

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Watchdog?? Not.........

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Sitting in bed watching TV, Sadie starts to bark, she has never barked once we go to bed. So I get up to look, Thalie, of course, is still on her bed with a disturbed look on her face, I walk by Sadie who is up and alert, I open my bedroom door, turn the hallway light on and look downstairs, I look at Sadie to tell her to go downstairs to investigate............what does she do??? Puts her head down and slinks back into the bedroom.......... :eek:
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:lol:

Actually, she did her job well! She's supposed to alert you; you're the boss and the one to take care of whatever it is!
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So shes a watch dog but not an attack dog :lol:

So did you discover what it was?
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:lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Ok Leigh you got me there ! Thalie would go downstairs and investigate when I told her to. Thalie also had search and hold training, where Sadie......not so much. I did go down but all was kosher. Probably just house noises, I have creaky floors. She didnt even follow me down, she stayed at the top of the stairs watching.
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:lol: :lol:
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LOL mom you fell for it! :P
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Choochi wrote:LOL mom you fell for it! :P
:lol:
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Choochi wrote:LOL mom you fell for it! :P
:lol: :lol: :lol:

During the day she is " the dog who cried wolf" Always barking at something, leaf, frog in the pool, thalie, but at night she is super quiet, so when she did bark, I got up to look, and she had me. :pint:

I usually only look when Thalie barks, because she NEVER barks, and when she does, I know there is something there.
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leih merigian wrote::lol:

Actually, she did her job well! She's supposed to alert you; you're the boss and the one to take care of whatever it is!
Exactly. I expect my dogs to alert me to any unknown noises at night, and slow whomever down long enough for me to get to my gun. Both of the two seconds.
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Mine is always alert except the one time when some jerk broke into my car just outside an open window next to where the dog sleeps.
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