The dog was tied up, and anyway the breed really has little to do with it.
You know what most dogs do during break-ins/home invasions? Bark.

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If I remember correctly it was a Belgian Malinois, and it was a pet dog, not a trained schutzhund/attack dog.

You are correct. That is not a German Shepherd. GSD's have two to three inch long hair along their backs. Belgians have very short hair like "Curtis". Also GSD'S are generally much bigger and their coloring is different. One more thing, the GSD has a unique stance that I never saw Curtis use in the limited dog scenes. A shepherd focusing on a ball almost certainly would have been in this stance which is called stacking.

It was not a GSD, for one thing. And secondly, not every dog will attack thugs or defend someone being attackedincluding GSDs. You clearly don't know much about dogs. Third, the dog WAS going nuts but it was on a leash being restrained and antagonized, it was not freely running around or able to do much of anything.
In addition, it's hilarious that not one person on hereincluding a supposed GSD owner does not realize that the dog in the film is not a German Sheperd. I get that the OP is trying to be funny but the idiocy here is way funnier.
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I've had a bunch over the last 25 years & most are dobes in wiener bods. Totally fearless dogs!

I once had to work a security job with a German Shepherd that would acted just like the dog in this movie. He was pretty useless and only a "deterrent", which this dog certainly have been to me. I wouldn't approach someone with a German Shepherd regardless of it's demeanor. The whole movie sucked like that. And I like Neil Jordan movies. Ms. Foster has been having a terrible run of movie luck lately.

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Are you sure it was a pure bred? I have had two German Shepherds and they were larger and the barks deeper.
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Bad point about the dog German shepards are pussies
they should be cats.

Every once in a while IMDb delivers a truly genius of a post that has me laughing out loud literally.
Great post!
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Thanks for the giggles!
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this sh!t is hysterical

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Beagles, dachshunds and poodles are notoriously difficult to work with due to their powerful union the BDP
Did you see Bonfire of the Vanities? A dachshund is acting really great in that opening sequence where Hanks is determined to go outside to make a phone call from a booth but the dog isn't too eager nor willing to go out in the pouring rain
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///their involvement in the holocaust which Hollywood is still, understandably, very touchy about. ///
I liked your post, Dondi0, but at this spot your sense of humour betrayed you at the most perfidious way.
Anyway, the Hollywood is by no means "touchy" about the Holocaust. It just pumps the money from the theme.
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That was incredibly hilarious. Thank you.

Hahahahaha, I am rolling!

Seriously though, I thought the dog an admirable touch to a movie which has much more depth than it would appear to have.
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Fell out of my chair laughing. Thanks for that.
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Thanks.
But that honour must surely fall at the feet of the OP who's ridiculously flawed reasoning not only had me laughing in the first place, but also correctly identified this movie as the preposterous guff that it was.
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