I have a Nosy Neighbor situation at my Secure un-disclosed Location.
There are additional details involving a feud that started when 2 neighbors shot each other's dogs, about 10 years ago.
Then one of the neighbors died.
However, the less than mature neighbor has chose to continue the feud with the widow and brother of the deceased.
(that's the short version.)
I want a dog that is super-duper at alerting me when a human being comes onto my property. Also one that stays close to home & doesn't need to be tied up.
Preferably without attacking a visitor, most of the time when that happens it's a friend or a good neighbor.
If the dog gives a false positive by going into a barking frenzy when a deer walks by, that would be less than super-duper.
I don't know how it works with dogs. I imagine that they bark naturally and then some owners reinforce good warning behavior with snacks etc.
I just figure there must be some kinds of dogs that have that Natural Barking Instinct.
Can this kind of behavior I want be trained to some extent ?
My family always had airedale terriers and a fox terrier, and I rarely saw them perform as watchdogs.