We had a Rhodesian Ridgeback crossed with a Great Dane as a guard dog in Kenya. Trained by a S African it would attack anyone of colour who came to our residence (as the Kenyans call company houses). Firstly it knocked them over & it would look at me asking if it could do some damage.
One day I came back from work and the guard had tied him up which he was always told not to do.
I unleashed him & he shot off after a guy who was mending our fence. The guy jumped up into a tree & the dog sat below looking up at him. Apparently the guy from the maintenance company had tried to kick him once so he like the crocodile in Peter Pan was out for revenge.
But it was a lovely friendly dog. My daughter was I guess 18 months old & she would pull on his whiskers but he loved it.
They need to be trained properly and have space / exercise. Ours was always outside in the big garden. It would be cruel to lock such a big dog in all day.
