[LongElegantLegs]

It's summertime again, which means that hordes of unemployed teens will soon be descending on our houses, hawking everything from candy to magazines to window cleaner. If you don't buy from them, they will leave your house and join the nearest gang, which will Endanger Their Future.

What's the most efficient way to keep them out off your porch or, failing that, send them packing?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Walk out on your front porch with your Congressman Wiener hanging out. They’ll run for cover.

[Huntress]

I just don’t answer the door. Anybody I want to see knows to call before coming over. This strategy also works with political candidates, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Mormons.

[WayneS]

Obviously “No Soliciting” and/or “Beware of Dog” signs don’t work...

...but an American Bulldog and a Boxer-mix seem to have worked pretty well for one guy.

[Peter from Rutland]

She said she regularly goes to doors with No Soliciting signs

This idiot deserves what she got. And worse.

[WayneS]

Vandewege said she doesn't take responsibility for what happened. She said she regularly goes to doors with No Soliciting signs..

Earlier in the article they quoted her as saying she didn't see the signs.

[MEGoody]

Both dogs have a history of biting people.

Then why in the world would they give these dogs back to the owners? They should either be euthanized or given to someone who knows how to retrain aggressive dogs. (And even those folks don't always have success.)

[Ditter]

I have security dog signs on my property and no soliciting sign too. they have worked for me, no door to door salesmen. But the signs are an abject lie! You are only in danger from my dogs if you have food in your pockets. Then you are in danger of being licked to death.

[rightly_dividing]

Some cities prohibit kids from going door to door selling stuff to prevent predator attacks on kids.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[When do we get liberated?]

Dogs seem to work.....

[Titan Magroyne]

I’m glad the girl survived the experience, assuming she absorbed the lesson. As a day-sleeper with a heaping dose of the leavemealones of my own, I’m really feeling for the dogs who were only doing their job.

Bad of the owners not to better secure the dogs within the bounds of the home, though. If you have known biters, ensure they can’t or won’t breach the home barrier on their own.

[Emperor Palpatine]

"What's the most efficient way to keep them out off your porch or, failing that, send them packing?"



Well, this sign on my front porch works for me....