Dogs as Doorbells . . .

Sounds like you have good dogs who are doing their job! I live out in the country, with no close neighbors. If somebody pulls into the driveway, or walks into the yard, she lets me know before they ever get to the door. There's a dirt road across from the house, and if somebody lingers on the corner too long, she'll let me know too. She even gives me a bark when the school bus is coming with my grandson. Today I watched to see how far in advance the dog actually heard the bus, turns out it's almost half a mile away before she gives me a bark warning that the bus is coming. I like having my alert-dog keeping an eye on things!

Oh yes, I have an elderly neighbour who is deaf and she had a tiny little dog no bigger than a rat and everytime the door bell went or the phone rand he would run to her and go crazy, she knew what he was telling her...he is in heaven now..animals are smart...

The old saying is the smaller the dog the louder the doorbell. The bigger the dog the faster ther intruder has to be..

that is a very good point.. good thing you have your dogs so now you will always know when someone else around you is there when there not suposed to be..i have a jack russell and she always barks when she sees or hears a noise.. she always lets me now when my hubby who works 2nd shift gets home she runs to the door as if she could open it lol...she keeps me company... dogs are great inside or out...

We also have dogs and yeah, they are irritating sometimes because they keep on barking out of nothing, even on the cockroach that they see at night. There was a time that in the middle of the night, one of our four dogs will just bark because he saw a bird resting on the tree, all of us were awaken by that because all of them barked together. My husband keep telling them to keep quiet and stay put but they didn't listen. So what my husband did was to shoo away the pity little bird.

First I love dogs, cats and all animals. On behalf of cats I have had 2 that in their own way alerted the family to outside happenings. Both, when hearing a strange noise would go from window to window and watch. Our neighbors had a cookout in the backyard once and my siamese paced the floor and finally found the kitchen window was the closest to the action. She sat there for a couple hours. If my cat is going room to room, window to window I'll go look too.

We live in the country and can hear when someone crosses the cattle guard, but the dogs let us know even before that that someone is coming. They are the worlds best early warning system. No one can come into the yard without them barking.

My dog is also a doorbell and lets me know when someone is outside or at the door or even pulling into the driveway. He is good about that so i know when he sees someone or even hears someone outside. He does bark sometimes for no reason but it bothers my parents and us when he is barking at nothing, or maybe he hears something we dont as they say animals have a good ear for things that humans cant hear. He is a really good dog and even though he uses the bathroom inside the house he is still my child to me and my baby boy and i will always love him not matter what. I believe every dog is a doorbell as i have had three dogs and they all do the same thing.

I have three "doorbells". Each on his own would be suficient as a doorbell but they think they all have to alert us at once. The two small ones have very annoying barks and the big one sounds like a cannon going off. She has not learned to use her "inside voice". They all bark if they can see anyone at all, even at a distance, it doesn't matter. If someone should happen to make it all the way up to the front door they go crazy . I never have to worry about anyone sneaking up on us, if they do get close they will be detered by my three very brave companions. One will nip them at the heels until they are so distracted they will leave, One will jump up and down in front of them untill they are dizzy. And the big one... well, I'm not sure what she would do and that is the scariest one of all She is still just a pup but is very protective and still not aware of her own strength. They can be very annoying when they are all together in one room but we love them and they bring much joy to us.

That may be a good use for our lovely pets. Yes, they could be demanding for attention at times. Good for you that you have your dogs inside. As to our neighbors, they have like a pack of dogs that they are taking care of. They are just all over the place. They are like a threat for those who deliver water and mail. I was away from our house for like a year because of work and when I got back, I was welcomed by these dogs with their tough stare but I just showed that I am tougher so they went away. They have not bothered me since. I had a dog once but we gave it away because my parents are asthmatic. When I will have my own house soon, I plan to have a pug.

I wish my dogs would serve as doorbells sometimes. I use to leave the back door wide open when we were sleeping. Our dogs sleep in bed with us. (Yes, they are spoiled) My husband called me at work 1 day and said, "Penney(our cat) had a cat trapped in the basement." The dogs never even heard the cat come in the house. The dogs didn't even know something was going on until I came home to get the cat out of the basement. My husband didn't want to get scratch by a strange cat. (BIG BABY) HA, HA

Dogs has it advantages and disadvantages. Of course aside from being cuddly, they can really protect you on certain levels and I appreciate that. Most of our neighbors keep 1-2 dogs while some keep 5dogs overall, and I am quite unhappy w/ that. These dogs can really bring you torture, when you sleep esp when the babies are sleeping. They wont stop barking!Even if there's no one around! And the fact that they really smell and their owners arent really responsible, good gracious!

Hi SIMPLYD, I love my dog. I can always tell how he bark if someone is outside. I live on a farm with alot of cows. They don't come up here much. I can tell by his bark if its a cow or someone outside. I live in the middle of nowhere. So it's good to have a dog that you can trust with your life.

My dog is a puppy but she does protect me.one time she saw one of my friends come towards me and she started barking hysterically and she actually bit my friends knee caps. My dog is 6 month blue eyed husky. We had for a month now.she is already used to the family. So I would say she is pretty protective.