[quote=wolfie]Anyone have 1st hand experience of the Presa. Good family dog? Guards dogs? Some that I have seen doing schutzhund type sleeve work appear tooo focussed on the sleeve - not the man. I do not like to see that from a guardian! Any experiences of what they are like to own?[/quote] Hi Wolfie I may not have owned the breed as long at PresaDam but I do have 5 of them and can say I truly love the breed. They have been good with my son to my friends kids. I can walk my around at dog shows and they are very stable around people and other dogs. But they are VERY good guardians in my yard. When training in Schutzhund, the dogs are trained to believe the sleeve is there prize and the decoy is the extension of that toy. What I like about Schutzhund is the focus the dogs learn and how obedient they are to the commands. I do believe in my yard if my dogs had to guard this house they would w/ all they have been trained in. Hope your questions have been answered. Deb