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Duncanpup

(13,689 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:01 PM Jan 2023

We almost were murdered by serial killer mailman thankfully Dunc pup saved us.

So we were making lunch and the serial killer mail guy knocked for us to sign for package. Mister Dunc went into immediate guard dog mode as he heard the knock from mailman barking fur raised a blood thirsty limb tearing Golden retriever abandon all hope who knock on our door beware.

Thankfully we’re still here to be amongst those living not murdered having tuna melts. And all three furry fellas are mooching hey we love tuna melts peoples. You know we’ve always shared people’s food some say that’s not good for your dogs. I say well I’m soft shit cuz the pups hit me with the eyes and one pup is 14 other pup is 12 and then 2.5.

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We almost were murdered by serial killer mailman thankfully Dunc pup saved us. (Original Post) Duncanpup Jan 2023 OP
at their age give them anything they want! samnsara Jan 2023 #1
Doing their protection duty! Karadeniz Jan 2023 #2
He saved your life Bayard Jan 2023 #3
Marauding garbage men are the very worst... brer cat Jan 2023 #4
All those fragrant delights. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #13
Even cats can be very protective of their humans. brer cat Jan 2023 #27
Lol SheltieLover Jan 2023 #31
Shred and spread around. brer cat Jan 2023 #33
Making sure you stay fit enough to serve your feline. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #34
our dog fiercely protects us from our neighbor's leaf blower DBoon Jan 2023 #12
You are in good paws. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #32
Good boy, Dunc! karin_sj Jan 2023 #5
I never feared the mailman when I was a dog owner Shermann Jan 2023 #6
Those good doggies are ready for anything judesedit Jan 2023 #7
Good doggies! happybird Jan 2023 #8
My Sons Brown Lab is getting up in years. True Blue American Jan 2023 #10
I do love a tuna melt, and with large furry land sharks.. dang my mam irisblue Jan 2023 #9
I would give them tuna melt treats on occasion IF Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #11
They just want... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #14
well, I'm with the pups... Trueblue Texan Jan 2023 #15
How's old Boog doing? panader0 Jan 2023 #16
He's retired loving life. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #29
All very good doggos... AmBlue Jan 2023 #17
Thank goodness they protect you from axe murderers Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #18
You are in good paws Diamond dog. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #30
there's a doormat out there somewhere barbtries Jan 2023 #19
We have that door mat. cksmithy Jan 2023 #22
aww barbtries Jan 2023 #23
Love it! Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #24
Way back in the 50's, we had a dog, gab13by13 Jan 2023 #20
An old basset lives here, and she's the same... malthaussen Jan 2023 #21
I bet Dunc thought the mail man was after the tuna melts! MLAA Jan 2023 #25
We are now cksmithy Jan 2023 #26
HAR! Skittles Jan 2023 #28
Hee hee that is adorable. The husband is asking what is so damn funny at 4:30 AM Ziggysmom Jan 2023 #35
We were saved from a rogue pizza at 2AM once. chowmama Jan 2023 #36

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
3. He saved your life
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:06 PM
Jan 2023

He deserves his very own tuna melt!

Our pupsters save us from marauding garbage men every Tue. morning.

brer cat

(26,281 posts)
4. Marauding garbage men are the very worst...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:10 PM
Jan 2023

they take away perfectly good stuff that dogs want and need.

brer cat

(26,281 posts)
27. Even cats can be very protective of their humans.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 03:54 PM
Jan 2023

Mine got into my bathroom trash can which contained used kleenex and spread it around my bathroom. He bit my legs while I bagged it up for the trash. Apparently garbage men would kill for used kleenex. Who knew?

DBoon

(23,058 posts)
12. our dog fiercely protects us from our neighbor's leaf blower
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:17 PM
Jan 2023

He's not sure what creature is making that terrible noise, but he will make sure it doesn't enter HIS yard

Shermann

(8,651 posts)
6. I never feared the mailman when I was a dog owner
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:18 PM
Jan 2023

It's one of the many perks.

He helped me cut short encounters with door-to-door salespeople as well. I'd be struggling to hold on to his collar while he was pulling and barking over their sales pitch.

judesedit

(4,510 posts)
7. Those good doggies are ready for anything
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:22 PM
Jan 2023

Tuna melt reward. Yum.

Hope the mail guy didn't have a heart attack, though lol

happybird

(5,123 posts)
8. Good doggies!
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 12:33 PM
Jan 2023

It always cracked me up when our black lab did his “big boy” bark. He thought he sounded all tough, but the noise that came out of him was surprisingly loud “Boooooop!” We tried not to laugh and hurt his feelings but it was difficult. My yellow lab, on the other hand, could sound quite ferocious when in protection mode.

True Blue American

(18,166 posts)
10. My Sons Brown Lab is getting up in years.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:01 PM
Jan 2023

Lying out on the sun porch a frisky young squirrel trotted up. He raised his head, watched the squirrel walk by. My Son said,” Hey, you are a dog, you are supposed to bark at that squirrel!”

The squirrel strutted past, she barked once! The squirrel took off! No sense wasting barks at her age.

You should see the fancy patchwork quit couch she has. Hand made.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
11. I would give them tuna melt treats on occasion IF
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:13 PM
Jan 2023

they didn't leave me very messy poopbombs in the kitchen floor as my reward.
Their bichon stomach's must be very sensitive.

Trueblue Texan

(2,927 posts)
15. well, I'm with the pups...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:41 PM
Jan 2023

...I want some tuna melt too...Gotta fresh loaf of sourdough bread in there I can make them with. How do I make tuna melts?

AmBlue

(3,441 posts)
17. All very good doggos...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:52 PM
Jan 2023

Just doing our jobs, thank you. And yeah, pass the tuna please!! (Because we're all so cute of course) 🥰

Diamond_Dog

(34,711 posts)
18. Thank goodness they protect you from axe murderers
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 01:56 PM
Jan 2023

And all they need for rewards is tuna melts.

My pup barks at plastic bags, we had one on the patio that fell out of the trash can, it was a bag from inside a cereal box. My snap doggy detective said it looked nefarious.

barbtries

(29,800 posts)
19. there's a doormat out there somewhere
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:05 PM
Jan 2023

with a dog on it, and it says, "Ring the doorbell and hear the song of my people." Our 2 chihuahuas live up to that admirably.

cksmithy

(250 posts)
22. We have that door mat.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:50 PM
Jan 2023

Our doggie, passed away at age 12, and she would bark the sound of her people. She was a short legged dachshund, American Bulldog, Jack Russel, with 5% or less of American Pit bull mix and she scared everyone away from the front door. She had a chest of big dog, and sounded like a 60 lb dog was behind the door. I always thought that she was a Straffordshire Bull Terrier, (did a dna test) and found out she was so much more. I was never afraid to answer the door. Once, when she was in failing health, and didn't hear the door knock, a young man asked if he could hear the song of my people. I said, "No, not now, she is sleeping." I miss her.

gab13by13

(25,267 posts)
20. Way back in the 50's, we had a dog,
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:25 PM
Jan 2023

who was pals with the mailman. I found out that the mailman would give my dog a Hershey's kiss every day. I know chocolate) Well our mailman retired and one day my dad had to restrain our dog from taking a round out of the new mailman who obviously must have been a serial killer, and obviously wasn't carrying Hershey kisses.

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)
21. An old basset lives here, and she's the same...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:41 PM
Jan 2023

... worse, the SIL has a motion detector in the front linked to Alexa, and every time Alexa says "motion detected at the front door," she goes wild. Problem is, the motion detected could be out on the sidewalk and nowhere near the house.

Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house
By Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

-- Mal

MLAA

(18,602 posts)
25. I bet Dunc thought the mail man was after the tuna melts!
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 03:18 PM
Jan 2023

Thankfully he and his ‘Gang of Four’ protected you and the boys since you were all holding tuna melts!

cksmithy

(250 posts)
26. We are now
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 03:27 PM
Jan 2023

without a dog, but they always alerted us to any danger. The mail person, a stray cat, or squirrel. They always did their job and we always loved them for it. Husband still goes for a walk, even without the dog.

chowmama

(510 posts)
36. We were saved from a rogue pizza at 2AM once.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 03:16 PM
Jan 2023

My lovely chow girl was a neglect and possibly abuse case. We did a lot of training to try to make sure she never became a fear biter. (She never did.)

We got her when DH was working nights and was concerned about my being home alone. Unfortunately, once we got her, we discovered that she was terrified of her own shadow. But once she became secure enough to listen and take some direction, we taught her things to improve our relationship, as a game, and occasionally to help out. One of these was 'Do your job".

"Do your job' meant that I was answering the door. She was to do her already solid sit-stay about 8 feet behind me. The person at the door didn't need to know that at 7.5 feet, she would pee copiously and run as far as she could. As focused as she was on the person, it looked like I could snap my fingers and say "Kill". Nobody ever gave me any trouble.

So in the wee hours, DH and I were awakened by loud banging on the door. I didn't know if the house was on fire, or what, so I pounded down the stairs at top speed, hitting every light I could reach and yelling "Do your job, do your job". Autie was right behind me, sounding off like a rabid Rottweiler.

I looked out the door to see a pizza guy running full-out for his car. He frisbeed the pizza through a window into the back seat and burned rubber peeling away from our house.

Sorry, not sorry. We didn't call for a pizza and there wasn't a light on at our address. I am sorry for the guy who eventually took delivery of his pizza.

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