which dog is the best for protection?

many people wonder which dog is the best for property protection and there is no right or wrong answer. Your answer could depend on your lifestyle weather you have kids, the age of your kids, your age, your ability to train them (how much time you have). Im not going to quote my personal opinion but I will advise you of what guard dog you should purchase dependant on your circumstances.

A bull mastiff is a very big dog and if you look on my previous article about dog bite force the bull mastiff has a bite force of 556 pounds of pressure per square inch making it the 3rd strongest bite on any dog we know about. so you may say well lets get the one with the biggest bite force but you cant because it is a wild dog and 2 ( the Kangal) would be to hard to train as the average size Kangal on its bag leg is around 6 foot therefore hard to control whilst training. anyway usually the volume of a dogs bark is dependant on its size so the chances are your bull mastiff would have a very loud deep bark, which is a good way of alerting you of a break in. although big and strong the bull mastiff is not very agile or massively intelligent therefore on a large property or work place a bull mastiff is not always the best option.

the Doberman is a reasonably sized dog, but as you can see from the picture is quite skinny therefore very fast so it can cover a larger property. also if a Doberman was running at a criminal they are more likely to run away rather than into the property also unless your a professional sprinter it is highly unlikely you can outrun a Doberman therefore making it likely you will get bitten if you invade the property. However the amount of damage a Doberman is not as great as a bull mastiff and equally unless you know a lot about dogs the criminal may not be frightened of a Doberman where as anyone in there right mind would me scared of a Bull mastiff. Although it may surprise you a Doberman Pinscher was actually bred for a personal human protection not a property but they will do a very good job of protecting either a person or a property. so you may be thinking the mastiff and the Doberman are different, partly I agree with that but the Doberman is actually part of the mastiff family.

the Rottweiler perhaps the most famous for being aggressive to the public (along with the pit bull), the Rottweiler is widely used around the world as a property protection dog. inflicting 328 pounds of pressure per square inch. the way I see a Rottweiler is a mixture between a Doberman and the bull mastiff, I think this because he is not as strong as the bull mastiff but compared to most other dogs he is an extremely powerful animal. equally he is not as fast as the Doberman yet compared to the mastiff he is quite a fast asset for protection.

The widely recognised German shepherd is very commonly known for being a big aggressive police dog.
the reason for this is because the German shepherd is I believe the third most intelligent dog after the poodle and the border collie, also the German shepherd is perhaps the most loyal dog therefore easy to train.
there bite force lives up to its intelligent as he can deliver 238 pounds of pressure per square inch. although not as fast as the Doberman the German shepherd is a very very fast dog easily faster than the Rottweiler. also a lot stronger than the Doberman.


so maybe now you've seen all these aggressive dogs and you either don't know which ones right for you or you think none are right for you but wait untill you have heard about the characteristics of these dogs before you judge. I will write circumstances and which dog is best for that circumstance and why.

you have young kids- I would advise you to choose the German shepherd as its loyalty and affection makes him a great asset to your family. you may not believe me if you don't then take a look at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhcBZT101jc

I am getting older now I can't control a big dog- this is a hard one but id say German shepherd again because they are easy to train and do the job very well.

I want people to know never to come near my property- because of there personality id have to say Rottweiler, by this I do not by any means imply the Rottweiler has a bad personality yet he has a menacing bark and you can see his razor sharp teeth.

local kids run through my garden and jump my fences- kids these days are quite fast therefore I would advise you to consider a Doberman because they are very alert to notice them in the first place and although there fast the Doberman will easily be faster and even if the Doberman does not quite get them in time at least it will be close and they will not do it again just in case the next time the Doberman gets them.

I want a friendly dog that will play with me yet big enough to scare anyone off- now depending on the way you wish to play with your dog I would either advise you to get the bull mastiff or the German shepherd that depends on your lifestyle for example you don't need that much time to train a affectionate German shepherd where as you need to train something as big as a bull mastiff who to be gentle towards and who to be not so gentle towards.

I want two dogs of different breeds to guard my property- now from this list if you combine a Doberman with a Bull mastiff if someone is intruding then the Doberman will run at the intruder and bite him straight away whilst the mastiff will bark and alert you of the situation, then whilst the criminal is struggling with the Doberman's bite the mastiff will charge and attack which with 556 pounds of pressure into a humans flesh is enough to do life long damage. the dangers of two different breeds is they may not get on and they may fight and we all know who's going to win but if you bring them up together from birth then they will be best friends as personally I have a black lab who is 4 and a 16 week sheep dog and they are really good friends and they copy each others behaviour making it easy to train them both at the same time.

now i'm not saying if you want a good guard dog you have to get one of these because there are many more dogs you could get to guard your property/house these are just a few you could consider if not any in this post the list is as followed. pit bull terrier, staffi (staffordshire bull terrier), boxer, other types of mastiff, Dutch shepherd, Belgian shepherd (Malanois) or an american bull dog.

I hope this article helps if you are looking for a guard dog comment if you have any more circumstances you would like to share with me as I am happy to help.

top ten most powerful dog bites

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the Malinois more commonly known as the Belgian shepherd can exert 195 pounds of pressure per square inch. a Belgian shepherd is often mistaken for a German shepherd as they have much in common the differences are the Belgian shepherd is significantly faster than a German shepherd but a German shepherd is bigger as a German shepherd is classed as a large sized dog where as a Belgian shepherd is classed as a medium sized dog. They are both similar in the sense that they are both very intelligent and loyal. Belgian shepherds are trained as police dogs like German shepherds but Belgian shepherds are easier to control therefore more widely trained.

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the Dutch shepherd is a relative of the German shepherd and the Belgian shepherd and it tops the Belgian shepherd bite force with an awesome bite force of 224 pounds of pressure per square inch. many Dutch shepherds have longer fur than the one you see in the picture but I picked the picture so you can see how lean and defined the Dutch shepherd is. like the Belgian shepherd the Dutch shepherd is a medium sized dog.

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 the Pit bull terrier. so theres many misconceptions around society about pit bulls and many people would of thought this dog would have the biggest bite force the reason for this is because they have curved teeth that lock in and very strong necks to hold on to who ever and what ever they are biting. slightly edging the Dutch shepherd the Pit bull can exert 235 pounds of pressure per square inch which combined with the razor teeth is enough to do lasting damage.

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the German shepherd spoken a lot about in this post the German shepherd can overwhelm you with a 238 pounds of pressure per square inch beating the pit bull by 3 pounds. however the German shepherd is classed as a large dog where as the pit bull is labelled with small. bred for protection the German shepherd is naturally a very loyal and intelligent dog which is known for being aggressive however in most cases the German shepherd is not aggressive he is a calm well rounded dog who will attack only when his owner is in imminent danger.

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an African wild dog or lycaon pictus this is greek for wolf and latin for painted if you look at the fur you can see why. this animal as you can tell by the name is wild therefore has adapted to be strong therefore can exert 317 pounds of pressure per square inch. it may shock you but although obviously not as big as a lion the African wild dog is actually a much better hunter as a lion will only kill about 30% of what he chases and African wild dog will kill about 80% of what he hunts.

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the rottweiler very commonly known for being aggressive and being an excellent and loyal property defence system. the people that bred the Rottweiler for protection bred him well as he can put 328 pounds of pressure per square inch which would easily stop any robber or vandal in there tracks.

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the wolf, maybe you were thinking that if the wolf was in this post it would be at the top but think again, all dogs were bred from the wolf some for being sheep dogs, some for protection some for fighting some for racing etc, the wolf certainly holds his own against most dogs with a fearsome bite putting 406 pounds of pressure per square inch enough to break a collar bone almost 41 times over.

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the bull mastiff, im sure your shocked by the size of the bull mastiff bred to defend, they didnt just make them big though they also made them achieve a bite force of 556 pounds of pressure per square inch which is 150 over a wolf and wolfs are famous for being aggressive and wild, where as the mastiff is bigger and has a greater bite force.

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the Kangal, so you thought the mastiff was big? here is an average size Kangal unless, your really into dogs like me you may of never heard of a kangal basically its a dog bred in turkey, relative of the mastiff family yet not a type of mastiff, very much like a German shepherd in the way that they are not very aggressive unless there owner or property is under attack, they are also very calm and affectionate and there loyalty makes them easy to train in the sense of doing tricks but hard to train to be a police or millatry dog because if one of them was on a criminal it would be hard to control and restrain them and its not fair on the criminals because its bite force is 743 pounds of pressure per square inch which is enough to shatter bones and do life long damage.

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The Hyena, you may be thinking hang on i've seen hyenas in the lion king there not dogs, theres many disputes concerning this matter so if you want to dismiss the hyena from this list go ahead but the hyena to me is a dog although he does not bite like one as a hyena can deliver a whopping, outstanding and bone breaking bite of 1000 pounds of pressure per square inch which is enough to break a fully grown, strong mans collar bone 100 times over. in one recent study a spotted hyena delivered a bite of 1100 pounds so they can easily kill many animals in one case two of these amazing animals took down a fully grown male lion so maybe your thinking a lion is huge obviously it has a higher biting force well actually a lion can exert 600 pounds of pressure so maybe your thinking well a tigers bigger that must do as well but no a tiger can deliver the same and in same but in two separate studys the tiger delivered 1050 and a hyena delivered 1100 so im not saying the hyena would beat either a lion or a tiger but when you think what some people consider a dog can do more damage than a lion its pretty mind blowing.