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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

I'm going to be looking for a dog soon. Dogs are easy to find, but I
want a dog that will be a watch dog for the place. Something that can
sleep on the back porch and will not greet potential house robbers
wagging her tail like my beagle.

I'm thinking a Border Collie, cause that is the dog I had as a kid and
I'd like another, but will a Border Collie do the job? I have a Great
Pyrenees LGD and she is great with the animals, I just need some dog
that would do the same job around the house.

Any breed suggestions? Of course, I'll check out the local shelters
for a cross or something that has  at least part of the breed that
matches the job.

Rob - Va