Dogs make great family pets. The right one can be a playful partner for kids, a companion for adults or even a guard dog that protects ... How We Chose the Best Family Dogs Newsweek evaluated ...

Great Pyrenees are inherently protective but they are also of fair intelligence. According to professor of canine psychology Stanley Coren, author of The Intelligence of Dogs, Great Pyrenees will only ...

Certain dog breeds have a more natural instinct to protect their homes and family, and make excellent guard dogs, according to ... as among some of the best breeds for guarding duties.

In a study involving nearly 120 guard dogs from Portugal, Bulgaria, and Turkey, federal scientists at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that the imported dogs were better at protecting ...