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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I absolutely agree.
The dog's instinct would be to protect.
The home and their owners.

They probably wouldn't attack if someone was invited in.
It's simple enough, don't go into or break into another's home unless invited in.

The dogs would believe they were doing their duty.

Originally Posted by Livia

Hope the dogs are okay. Like Kaz said, they did their job.

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Dogs just guarding their home, hope they are not put down due to some scumbag deciding to help themselves.

I’d be more inclined to agree if they had attacked him in the house - but the story quite clearly states that the body was found on the porch. Guard dogs are not, or certainly should not, be trained to maul or kill and there’s a risk (if not an inevitability) of them harming someone in error.

At the very least, they need to be muzzled whilst outside of the house (including the garden) and kept securely in a room at night/when unsupervised.