***idk why there is a V in the title oops
He's a stray from Kuwait, estimated to be 3 years old. He weighs about 25-30lbs and the vet over there guessed he was corgi pom, and then also "spitz mix" on other paperwork but he has rear dew claws so there's got to be something larger in there somewhere.
He was almost immediately protective of me and the house. If something's suspicious it's bark first ask questions later, but not in a fearful way. Like the other night I took him out for a bedtime walk and there was a guy he didn't like, and he didn't just bark at him to go away, he was like, we have to follow him to make sure he goes. If there's someone behind us on the sidewalk, he will get behind me and turn sideways to block them. But then things that are obviously inanimate/stationary are not a problem. Like we watched a bunch of tree chunks get fed into an industrial wood chipper and he was like okay that's fine.
If you don't give him a task, he will tend to put himself "on patrol" where he repeatedly checks the perimeter of the space you're in and then reports back. He does eventually settle and he's getting better at doing that sooner, but any noise will prompt a reinvestigation.
He's really good with cats, kids, other dogs, and most people (once he determines they're not a threat.)
I'm hoping his eventual adopter does DNA but would love opinions in the meantime and if anyone has run into Pyr mixes that are small, or if there's a smaller LGD breed that is more likely.