I currently have four dogs in the house: three residents and one foster. At least one of them usually sit by the living room window, keeping track of anything moving outside. They don't care all that much about people walking by, but other dogs, bikes, and motorcycles must be barked at. In a perfect world, all bikes and motorcycles would be herded together in a neat little group. The most eager window-guarder is also blessed with amazing hearing - she can sleep in an adjacent room, where there aren't any windows at doggie height - and bark in her sleep when someone rides a bike past the house. Not to mention the mail truck. In the doggies' imagination it's probably a fire breathing monster.
From time to time, the people reading the power meter, water meter, and gas meter walk past the house. They go right across the yard, about six feet away from this huge window. Every time this happens, all dogs are sound asleep and don't say a peep. The other day someone walked door to door putting little fliers on the handles. I saw him right outside the window, and he even touched the door handle. All dogs slept, not even the tip of a tail stirred. I said, "As watch dogs, you're all useless." They yawned.
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