'I immediately called the cops': Protective doggo heroically warns human about an intruder, human ignores him at first then springs into action

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kalila courban
Jan 21, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Dogs and humans have always had an incredible bond! Our canine companions have an innate instinct to protect their hooman family members, a trait that has evolved through years of domestication. Doggos with their acute senses and unwavering loyalty make for the perfect guardians, as they are always ready to alert us humans to potential dangers before we notice them ourselves. 

That is precisely what happened in the case of one protective lab, which attempted to alert his human to a mysterious man lurking around their property multiple times over the span of a few days. It might have taken a while for his human to come to his senses and investigate the doggos incessant cries further, but what was discovered would freak anyone out. A tall large man lurking around the property, seemingly sizing up the place was uncovered thanks to one heroic pooch. Read on!

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    My lab has been trying to tell me something was wrong for the past week and I feel awful.
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    For the past week, my boy has been a pain in the from like 3:30-4:30AM. I'm a 2nd shifter so I don't get home until 11PM, and bedtime is usually 2-3AM for us. He's had this schedule since he was 16wks and it's never been an issue once he was old enough to sleep through the night. He knows "bed." And he's always slept through until around 9AM. But
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    lately he would get in his crate, and 30min or so later he would start whining and hitting the crate. So I'd take him outside, sometimes he'd pee, other times he just wanted to sniff around. We'd go through this in and out cycle and finally he'd settle and knock out.
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    I really almost ignored him last night because I knew it would be the same sniffing, wanting to wander bull and it's COLD here. But I didn't.
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    Instead of taking him to the other side of the driveway where my porch light shines, this dog drug me behind my truck and to the back of my house. There was a pretty large guy walking probably a foot away from the backside of my house and heading around to the side where my basement entrance is. Like just casually walking along. I don't even know how I managed to get my 100lb
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    dog back in the house so quick but I immediately called the cops and my neighbor who lives on the side of me.
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    Neighbor had the guy on video trying to open my basement door. Just casually walks up to the door, tries the handle, then dips back behind my neighbors house. His camera only went back 3 days but every night, guy makes a loop around my house, stops at the basement and goes back around. Last night seemed to be the only time he'd actually tried to open the door.
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    Another deputy found the guy on the next street over and he literally lives at the end of my road. Claimed he was just going out for a walk and didn't "realize it was a problem to cut through someone's yard." He told the deputy my door was open and he was just being nice and closing it.
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    I had NO idea. I don't have cameras on the back of my house. This guy definitely knew my front & side door had cameras because if he was really just out for a walk he would have stayed on the road. He just didn't see the one my neighbor has because it's tucked in the corner of his roof and probably didn't realize it caught my basement door.
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    I feel so bad for my poor doggy. He's such a friendly goofball and doesn't bark or growl and has no concept of "this is my home, must protect." He was trying so hard to tell me something was outside and I just never even considered
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    he was hearing something I wasn't. I mean in all actuality he probably thought it was another human coming to be his BFF and love on him but still, he tried his best. I feel like such an hole for being frustrated with him when he wanted to go out.
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  • There you have it folks, here is the handsome heroic boy who saved the day. Doggos are truly special in their loyalty to their human companions. This protective nature, combined with their unconditional love and emotional intelligence, has earned dogs the title of "man's best friend." 

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    dmid2526 • 12d ago Dogs, no matter what the bred, have different ways of communication. This was his way, he is looking out for you. ✩ 1.3K ○ Reply
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    kastanienn • 12d ago He's the bestest boi ever. so glad nothing happened to anyone, and y'all are safe.
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    I also did not expect our chocolate boi to be a guard dog, but he's very alert to anything and anyone happening outside our apartment. We live in a settlement (Siedlung in German??), so many houses with 9 apartments next to each other, and since we're on the last row of it, the next houses are normal family houses.
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    Everyone around us was simply grateful we have a big dog. that's loud cause there were some break-ins in the past couple years. I still feel sh*t, when he's doing his siren round in the morning, while taking his first dump of the day, but other than one bad evening for one of the neighbors, noone actually complained about it A
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    NVSmall 12d ago Top 1% Commenter First of all... what a good boy!!! Secondly... it's not a failure on your part that you didn't recognize what he was trying to tell you. You had no idea, and it's not like you had previous experience seeing this in him, so it's not anything you should feel guilty for!
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    You know now, and you'll know in the future if this happens again. Take that with you, going forward, and give your wonderful puppo some extra loving tonight
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