But he’s so big that he actually scares a lot of people that come over. He does have the run of the house as well as some of the yard but we are super careful when there are others here with the exception of the aforementioned people. He just has such a deep woofy bark.
He has a goofy younger brother pup (much smaller, topping out at 45 lbs). They wrestle together inside and out and sit on the back lawn chewing bones together. We have a cat that rules them both, and he doesn’t bother our dozen hens (the other pup is a bird dog, so I’m more worried about younger brother pup with the hens). I can take him to parks and coffee shops, because that’s not our yard and he’s not at all protective. He does great with the off leash unfenced dog park and goes up and happily greets everyone.
We are currently fencing much of the half acre so they have full run of the property. It requires a lot of gates and a lot of beware of dogs signs but it’s worth it to give them both more room to run and play.
He’d defend it though. We’ve seen his protective side when a drunk tried to open our locked doors at 2 am.
He fears raised platforms over water, and the woods are scary to him at night. I can’t say “hey” to my husband because that sounds too much like “hi” and he thinks someone made it through the door without him noticing and he’ll start barking. He goes right to his platform bed when told and woofs quietly until we release him.
We’ve had contractors around here for about 6 weeks now, and he woofs at them when they arrive and then ignores their presence for the day. The next morning he has to check them out again and then is quiet, even when they come to the door. We tell him each morning that it’s fine, we know they’re here, and he quiets right down.
He’s so big that I worry that he won’t be around as long as I want him to be. 
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