Yes, most people prefer their dogs to be friendly and lovable goodboys. For obvious reasons. Hence the big scary dog idea being no more effective than the big scary gun idea.
Although at least with the dog you eliminate the risk of accidentally killing a family member, so it has that going for it.
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