Brody will be 2 in December, and you are right they do most of this on their own without being taught. Thus why a BC makes the perfect medical alert/psychiatric servcie dog. I also have two GSD females that do very well at making me feel safe at home. I was also a battered woman and even though I am now remarried for almost 9 years my ex is a very frightening man, and still to this day trys to cause me problems I dealt with that really well before this accident but now it seems like I am almost right back to where I was a long time ago. So YES MY GIRLS DO A GOOD JOB in the safety department LOL. That is so great about your dog. You do not need to be a pro, I was lucky because I trained dogs for many many years all you have to to is work at it. Bless your 4 legged freind they truly are a great help!

Ann