"DGDevin" wrote in message
m...
I've said for a long time that a dog not big enough to cripple a burglar
isn't really a dog, it's a substitute for a cat.
I suppose that is one way of looking at it.

Except some of those small dogs have really loud barks. My little Lhasa
Apso can wake the dead., in the middle of the night. Which can be a pain in
the ass at times, but has alerted us to prowlers in the early AM, more than
once.

The Tibetan monks had a unique approach. They had big mastiffs to patrol
outside of the main living quarters. And if anybody got past them, the
"temple dogs", the Lhasa Apso would then respond. The Lhasas were bred to
recognize familiar people and bark like crazy any time a stranger came
around, Which, in my mind, is a perfect, organic alarm system.

Now, I would have never gone out an bought such an animal. But my honey
loves them. So...., We have one. But they are very sturdy little dogs.
They are hardy, can stand any kind of weather and are strong enough to drag
you around on a leash. You just have to keep them clipped or you will have
to deal with hair issues every day.