One reason they were called the nanny dog and were the number one family dog at one time. I know that if anyone tries to ham my daughter or grandson their Rednose will put a world of hurt on them. Don't know if her Cane Corso would do the same.
@GtHawk I have no idea what breed a "nanny dog" is or what a Cane Corso is if it isn't a Cuban drink,but I do know either of my mother's Chihuahua's would chew your ankles off if they thought you were going to try to harm her or anyone else in the family.
Then.......,there was my dobie. I can't say for sure what she would have done because nobody was ever foolish enough to get threatening when she was around.
I do know I took her to a party one time where some fools parked an infant in a carrier between the stereo speakers,and she made a beeline towards the baby and just sat down in front of it and snarled at anybody that came close.
The idiot parents had to come look me up so I could get the dog to let them take the baby home.
Even then,the Dobie was NOT happy about it.
Only party I ever took her to that she didn't get drunk drinking beer. Get her drunk on beer and then you could get her to drink whiskey,but I never recommended that. She was a mean drunk when drinking whiskey.
BTW,you did NOT bother my mean-ass female calico cat "Homicide" when the dobie was around,either. She is the one that found the dobie walking around abandoned,and somehow got the dog to follow her back home. Came as a big surprise to me the evening the cat scratched on the door to get let in for the night,and this huge,full grown doberman followed her in,and the crawled up in a chair to lay down and go to sleep.
I said to myself,"Self,it looks like you have a dog now,so you better go buy some dog food before the dobie wakes up and eats you."
Ended up being the best damn dog that was ever born. Had to have her put down in 1981,and still miss her to this very day.