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@Anonymous wrote:

I always thought that a guard dog at a company was suppose to snarl and threaten. It's not much use if he is nice to burglars is it.

So I wonder if they need to make some different rules there maybe.

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The 'behaviour of guard dogs is already controlled by the Guard Dogs Act 1975.

The Guard Dogs Act 1975 prohibits a person from using or permitting the use of a guard dog at any premises unless there is a person capable of controlling the dog (“the handler”) present on the premises and the dog is under the control of the handler at all times except where it is secured so that it is not at liberty to go freely about the premises.  

The Act requires the handler of a guard dog to keep the dog under his control at all times while it is being used as a guard dog except where another handler has control over the dog or while the dog us secured so that it is not at liberty to go freely about the premises.

The Act prohibits a person from using or permitting the use of a guard dog at any premises unless a notice containing a warning that a guard dog is present is clearly exhibited at each entrance to the premises. 

Where a person contravenes any of these requirements they commit a criminal offence which is punishable by way of a fine.

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/animal-law/guard-dogs-and-the-law.htm