Had Maisky not had dog training he would definitely have wandered away since he was unchained before I slept off. But the sense of responsibility inculcated into him through training kept him securing my place for more than 4 hours till 3 AM when the intruder happened
Thanks to “tips on how to security train your dog,” I would have lost property to a burglar.
One night I slept off without locking up, Maisky kept watch at the door. Then about 3 AM I was roused from sleep by his loud barking under my bed. I opened my eyes to behold a man right inside my room, and I acted instinctively throwing my reading chair, which was by the bedside, at the intruder. He jumped out the room, I quickly pushed myjam-lock-door to, thanking my stars for having given Maisky the best dog security training available..
NEAR HEART ATTACK
Then my heart started to dance to Maisky’s frenzy barking. I was almost going into cardiac arrest trying to quieten him, who by now was bent on not leaving the security of the room. He was very afraid of the intruder whom he believed was out there waiting to get him, no amount of dog training he had received would make him obey to leave the room taking the very thunderous backing with him.
His barking was now so intense, my heart beat synchronized it, sweat poured from my pores like leaking plumbing pipes. Under very severe cardiac pressure when I felt my chest rising and falling like an undulating hallucination, I opened the door and quickly took Maisky’s chain, jammed the door back to and then began the labour of getting Maisky out from under the bed.
I did eventually, chained him, and the fight to take him outside began. My heart beat speed was killing me as it mimicked the machine gun rhythm of Maisky’s barking. Oh God, I thought I was going to give up the ghost.
A SAVING GRACE
Then the idea of a saving grace occurred to me. I feigned and slumped to the floor, and immediately Maisky’s barking turned to whining, its tail wagging as he came licking me all over compassionately, my heart beat slowed down, and soon normalised. Only a well trained dog could perceive my pretended fainting fit as an emergency.
Maisky saved my property from the thief because he was security trained, and I saved myself from heart attack by dropping the panic induced aggression against a dear friend. Come to think of it, why should Maisky have agreed to be taken outside when the intruder was also out there in the dreadful night?
Consider the fact that Maisky was the one who had a good look at the intruder and knew how mean he was or had actually acted during their confrontation. In that instant instinct rather than dog training was at play for no one, not even an animal is oblivious to danger.
For the first time we lay petrified together in the same room that night wondering about the intruder and what his intentions had been, with Maisky intermittently saying “ woooof!” as if he said “thief !“ instinctively knowing not to bark any more for my sake, I thought. And I was so proud of him.
ADVANTAGE OF SUCURITY TRAINING YOUR DOG
He did not wander away even though he was unchained when I slept off. He ran into the house instead of away when the intruder happened. He had a sense of responsibility inculcated into him through dog security training He recognised an emergency when the chips were down.
For this honourable act I rewarded Maisky with a sumptuous meal of stewed bones, rice and yoghurt the following day.
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