Reading humans, how dogs see it. - Page 2

I do not have anything scientific but here is my story.

People knock on my door all the time.  My old girl Abbie, the avatar pick, would generally bark then stop and sit and watch at my leg as I "kindly" stated i was not interested.  One day a guy knocked and she barked as I asked her to stop and relax.  I cracked the door and she just would not back down.  i had to straddle her and hold her collar.  He wanted to demonstrate a vacuum or something.  Any who, i ended up just kicking shut the door.  she was so upset she paced and "gruffled"  for a half an hour after he left.  I will never know what it was but she damn sure did not like the cut of his jib.  I think animals can be an excellent judge of character.  Perhaps because they sense things on the basest of levels.  They do not fall for smart talk or tacky smiles.  I trusted her instincts and they never steered me wrong.  i have high hopes Lyda will be the same.

~Rooka

I have told this story many times here, but my Kali stopped my son-in-law when he was a little plastered & coming at my daughter with bad intent. She stood up on her back legs & barked in his face, like those pictures of bark & hold in the blind. As soon as he backed off, so did she. When he came back at her, there was Kali again, in his face. When she sat down, my granddaughter was able to toddle over & hug her, & Kali was as gentle with her as could be. But she wouldn't let her drunken father approach her. She's guarded me with out any formal training, she saved me from a hypoglycemic event by barking until she woke me, & pulled at my hand until she had me in the kitchen. She guarded me when I was knocked unconscious, stood over me the whole time, (I was out for about an hour). She always amazes us with her intuition &...I can only call it judgement. She always knows just what to do, & just when to do it. If she says someone's not cool, they are most definately not cool. She is always right. I can trust her with myself, my grandkids, my husband, my kids, my belongings......anything! She's the bestest dog ever!
jackie harris

I knew ever since my dog was a pup she was good at reading people. When she was six months old we were going for a routine walk when about 20 ft away from us this guy keeps starring at us not braking eye contact and he had a real intense stare so she gets real defensive. Her hair stands up and she's usually pretty friendly to others. But this guy is staring us down and she doesn't like it. She starts barking and lunging in a way I've never seen. I was surprised at how deep and scary her bark was for only being 6 months old. But that guy kept staring and I gave her multiple corrections with a pinch collar that didn't phase her at all. I kinda said sorry to the guy but he didn't say anything back, just kept staring. Ever since then she has been a good sense of character and when she doesn't trust someone I usually go with her instincts when on walks especially at night. She is more alert at night.