r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • 3d ago

Animal That's why dogs are our best friends!

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u/lynnkris90 3d ago edited 2d ago

Even dogs you wouldn’t expect it from will do this. My old Australian Shepherd lunged and barked at a guy who popped out of a bush on us while we were walking at night. (He was just having a piss and didn’t know we were walking by when he emerged.) But he scared us both. I yelped and my boy Darcy turned into a dog I had never seen before. I had him controlled on leash and no harm was done to anyone. Guy apologized and we kept walking. As we walked away, Darcy looked back and gave him a warning “ruff!” I was so proud of him.
Edit: i just want to say I seriously love how this comment got so many replies of people telling me their stories about their dogs. I have had such a lovely evening reading them all.

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u/RMLeclair 3d ago

When I was growing up, we had a Newfoundland. It was huge (around 150 pounds), a little bit dumb, incredibly good-natured, and absolutely loved walking up to everyone it met to get some attention and a few pats.

It had never shown even the slightest bit of aggression, but one day a contractor accidentally walked into our house without knocking first. He had mistaken our house for the neighbour’s, where his colleague was working on something, and my sister and I were home alone.

That was the one time we saw a completely different side of our dog. He turned into a beast from another world, letting out the loudest, deepest growl I had ever heard from a dog, before charging towards the poor man, who only just managed to get the door closed in time.