Good Afternoon, if you are going to expect to have your pet function as a guard I strongly suggest that you have him/her trained. There are only two competent dog trainers in the DR one is Belgianank on the North shore. I did some background on others who had big claims of formal training and found them to be false. Dra. Gisselle Santos of Hacienda Urbana is in the process of setting up a Santiago Dog Club in Punal. She has the land, some buildings, and is finishing the kennels. There will be training available on the weekends and maybe during the week.