Very true.
Even though I have a very securely fenced yard, the dogs are *never* out there without me watching over them.
I’ve never had any indication that anyone has gotten in back there who shouldn’t have been there. I’ve lived here eighteen years and there has never been a crime of any sort on this street or in the whole neighborhood. It’s getting closer though. Everybody has at least a small acreage, many are set well back from the road. Mine is. One thing I’ve noticed is all the target practice out here. At least four neighbors do on weekends now. That’s a fairly recent thing. You didn’t hear gunfire from anything but hunters and at a distance before this year.