my girl blue a 3 year old female pit bull saved our family 3 weeks ago from an intruder, she growled and barked and alerted us at 2 am before the person could get all the way through the door. in fact our steel door has three dents in it from blue's head because she was charging the door. after the police arrived she traveled room to room checking on "her kids" then laying down by the front door again...good girl blue. of course it wont be in the paper because she's a pit bull but shes our hero.