I love Labrador very much. But, i wonder whether Labrador is suitable or easy to trained into guard dog (for example GSD) to protect family ? Any opinion ? ~~~~~ Tham ~~~~~
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hello, Lab is not born to guard dog, like Golden but to retrieve ...probably you'll need a GSD or Rott and keep Lab as a house pet heheeheee.. Though Labs can bark at strangers, but more on excitement than warning...
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Hello,
Trivor's right.
The lab's instincts are not to guard. the aggresion has been actually bred out of them so that they do not bite the bird they retrieve(that's what they were originally bred for-retrieving) too hard.
They're bred to be friendly and it's their temperament. ,-._,-. \/)"(\/ (_o_)
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Hi,
No luck for u. I agree with Trivor, though they may be big and look fierce but they'll run towards staranger not to attack but to play. All my live i've only seen 1 Golden Retriver that guards the house and that too he's living with a GSD. Maybe he's just learning from him.
If u have a lab to guard ur house, not only will they enter ur house but they'll take ur lab along coz they r so friendly....even the robbers nowaday r educated n they know for sure labs r very-very friendly
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Hello ...
I think any dog that is loved and feels that it belongs in a family will by its own doggy instincts protect members of its family ... when a dog thinks its family is in danger, even toy dogs will protect ... Imagine a rampaging Chihuahua ...
But training a Lab to be a guard dog? ... I think that too is possible ... but do you really want to? ...
As everyone else has posted ... a Lab has through generations and generations of careful and selective breeding been refined to have a specific temperament ... which does not including guarding tendencies.
Nothing makes me more happy and proud than watching my Lab living & behaving like a Lab ... tail always wagging ... always pleased to meet new people & children ... steady in any environment ... loves food ... loves belly rubs ... she is safe even with children ... and such eyes, they melt the hearts of all who meet her ...
That's Labrador magic!
But if I start training her to be a guard dog ... I work against her instincts, against all that I value so much in my Lab ... Difficult but maybe I can change her to a guard dog ...
And what if I succeed? - What will I lose? - What will my Lab lose? - Will my Lab be happy? - Will I force my Lab to be something she was never meant to be? - Will all my training destroy my Lab's spirit & soul? ... Will she lose the happiness and sunshine she now carries so instinctively everywhere she goes?
Will I put out the magic?
Cheers ...
(This post was edited by surchinmy on Sep 9, 2003, 6:56 PM)
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If you get a lab and wanna train it as a guarddog, you'll faint! My labs are friendly to almost any stranger and sometimes it's really scary, you know...
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hi
don't think it's a good idea to use lab as a guard dog coz just like what everyone else had said here, it's not in their genes to be aggressive and fierce. they are super friendly dogs and (some books write) "will immediately be friends with you if you give them a good scratch behind the ears". the same goes for goldens.. i think you might be better off going with GSDs, rotts, dobbermans...mostly the large working breed
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. I agree with Trivor, though they may be big and look fierce but they'll run towards staranger not to attack but to play. All my live i've only seen 1 Golden Retriver that guards the house and that too he's living with a GSD. Maybe he's just learning from him. 
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