Im afraid Im not much help Paragirl. I think it depends on the disposition, background, training of the individual dog. Had one shepherd I took in; she was not people friendly (unless she knew you well). It was a job keeping her in line around strangers. A new lady with some questionable friends moved into a rental house next door to me (big hedge in between us). Late one night I let the dog out for a minute, just when the lady had 2 guys arrive for a visit. My dog was barking furiously at the hedge, and then silence !! I took her inside and went back out to apologize that my dog may have frightened them, and then asked the one guy why she stopped barking at them. He smirked and said I have a secret way of dealing with them. I asked what it was but he wasnt telling, and to this day I dont know what he may have done.
I have one big male who is a silly goose
big loveable galute. You wouldnt think he was a guard dog at all. One day I was downstairs and a woman who works for me and knew the dogs well made the mistake of coming in the front door without knocking. She said there was no doubt he was in full guard mode with his hackles raised and she stopped in her tracks. In my experience, it depends on the individual dog and the circumstances at any given time. Sorry, truly wish I knew exactly how Audreys dogs were. Ive heard of dogs who will let a burglar in but wont let them out. (One old shepherd l had would punch people in the butt when they tried to leave
kinda like hey, Im not done with you yet.)
The folks who adopted Audreys dogs said that Togi became agitated at having to go into his cage, so either he wasnt used to being caged, OR his angst was from being caged and not being able to help Audrey. We havent heard from anyone who knew Audrey, whether a visitor in her home or just outside, who made specific reference to her dogs ever being caged. If anything, we heard of people being uncomfortable around the dogs, so that tells me the dogs were not usually caged but were loose and therefore somewhat intimidating to visitors. I doubt Audrey would live alone in a somewhat remote location, have fears for her personal safety, but put the dogs into cages when she went to bed. I have crates for my dogs, but they are only in case of emergency vet visits when they might need to be contained (i.e. you dont want a dog with a snout full of porcupine quills or a bad case of the scoots flailing around in your vehicle when you are rushing to the vets office).
Re the chloroform
Casey A was researching online how to make it, and iirc, it wasnt difficult at all.
Sorry for personal ramblings
I should not be left alone in this room late at night
