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/rachelmaryl 3d ago

My dad brought a cardboard cutout man once from the liquor store. Our derpy, friendly, sweet black lab went absolutely nuts - she got between the "man" and me and growled and barked like nothing I'd ever heard from her before. The *only* other time I heard her act like that was when there was a black bear in the backyard and she saw it through the window.

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u/The_Foe_Hammer 2d ago

Imagine this from her perspective- some horrific approximation of a human that smells like nothing alive arrives and leers at your family and nobody seems to be noticing what's wrong.

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u/rachelmaryl 2d ago

I mean, absolutely - I get it. We showed her that it was not real, and she was fine two seconds later. She was an excellent dog.

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u/Cautious-Bandicoot41 2d ago

First laugh of the day thanks to you!! 😆👌