Posted on 07/18/2022 10:01:02 AM PDT by grundle
I have a black widow that hangs out above my workbench... doesn’t bother me and she just retreats when I use the louder equipment.
How does a cat alert you at 3 a.m.?
i had dobies and firearms.
Not random or senseless.
There are plenty of great large dogs. My boxer was a gentle giant but would rip the throat out of anyone trying to break into our home. I would put the kids in the back bedroom and told any workers to not go down the hall. She would lay infront of the door and only stand and growl if someone tried to go down the hallway.
She was well trained and I never had a single incident in all the years she was with us until her passing at 15 years old.
There are lots of horrible large dog owners. Their dogs attack people, other pets, they leave behind huge steaming piles that owners don’t clean up, they don’t train them or let them get loose. Unlike little dogs, a large dog can easily maim or kill someone. Somehow, these owners refuse to see their own shortcomings and blame everyone except themselves.
The worst kind of idiots are the ones with dangerous breeds that, after being cited for biting someone, are shocked when the dog bites again.
Dealt with plenty of lousy large dog owners throughout my career.
These rules didn’t arise out of thin air. They became widely adopted because too many bad apples spoiled it for the bunch and property owners were tired of being sued.
My brother used to live in a HOA. Moved out after one year. That’s why you see tons of videos on youtube about the nightmare of HOA rules.
I watched nearly 3 minutes of the video and then stopped. She's a lib. The first clue - she states she is a critical thinker. Libs say that to give everyone the impression they are smarter and that they are more knowledgeable on the subject than anyone else.
The second clue - she's read all the data and than spouts the nonesensical lie that guns in the home lead to gun violence and death. I have had guns in my home for over 10 years and no one has died in my home due to gun violence. My wife passed away from cancer in the home. A liberal would conclude there are guns in the home, she passed away, guns lead to death in the home. As I said, she is spouting nonesense.
I wonder in all her "research" if she ever read John Lott's More Guns, Less Crime. Something tells me she has not.
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the rules are random and arbitrary and should be written based on owner responsibility ONLY and NOT on breed or size.
True that!
My sister in law has a dachshund chihuahua mix which has to be a perfect firestorm of doggy neurosis. If something scares or startles him, which is nearly everything, he's a bite first ask questions later kind of dog.
We had an Irish Setter that was wonderful. She loved the kids and was fiercely protective of the family. One night my oldest son, ten at the time stepped out on the front porch and she nearly knocked him down putting herself between him and a 500lbs. black bear that walked out of the woods into the front yard. She went nose to nose and stood her ground ten feet away until we got my son inside and I fired a shotgun into the ground, then she broke for the house and we kenneled her and the bear turned slowly and walked off. She had a bark for animals, one for friends and one was you need to step out here now and check this out. She passed in 2019 suddenly after 12 years.
We have two male German shepherds that are brothers and they are about worthless as guard dogs, although their appearance may intimidate some would be goblins. I think they would fight if my wife was in danger as she is their momma and they love her.
When the cops take 45 minutes to respond to your place a firearm, many firearms are a necessity and they will not be given up.
Yeah, I’m just her back up. She has better eyes, ears, nose than me. I got her 6.
The estate of the person could though and wrongful death damages are likely to be far larger than the damages for bodily harm. Also, as the degree of bodily damage increases, the odds of a criminal charge against the dog owner would also go up.
IMO, your acquaintance gave you some poor advice.
We farmed until 01. Always had a dog, not only for security but to alert us if livestock had gotten out, until we quit farming and moved to a small 19 acre farm a few miles away. We were in view of the neighboring farmer’s barnyard, less than a 1/4 mile away, whose dog would bark in our direction whenever something moved around, day or night (except for the horses).
Here in rural TN our closest neighbors are about an 1/8 mile away. Plenty of dogs, guns, and signs warning strangers....
Its also true that a deep, loud bark works better than racking the slide 1) Before they break in and 2) Before you have a mess to clean up. (As I have said many times, relying on the sound of racking the slide means you are both disclosing your location and hesitating to slap the trigger, which can get you dead).
“Dogs and guns go together like bread and butter.”
Absolutely true. I have an 85 pound mostly pitbull who has a bark like a pistol report. If somebody breaks into my house at 2 AM when I’m asleep or nearly asleep there is not likely to be much of a chance for me to get to get to my gun unless I have my dog giving a good warning. In addition he is likely to tear the intruder apart, saving me the ammunition that would be necessary otherwise to stop the intruder.
Rebecca is very perceptive in terms of determining who should own a gun for self-defense or not own one. She makes a very good case for herself not having a gun, the corollary of which is she needs a dog. Unfortunately, she places too much of a burden on her 35 pound dog, when she ought to be well enough qualified to use a firearm to back him up.
She spews gun grabbing lies.
I think a pack of 20 to 30 Chee Hua Hua's is a lot of dogs to corral...
“Same with my Boerbel and Cane Corso. I pity the fool that steps over my fence.”
A bit more dog power than I have, with my 85 pound dog who’s half American bulldog, 1/4 American Staffordshire Terrier, a bit German Shepherd, somewhat less lab, and the rest being curbstone setter. However, he is definitely not a dog someone would want to meet when that someone had just broken into my house.
I would think you could be a regular walker in your neighborhood & accomplish the same thing without a dog. But people do like dogs & it is an ice-breaker.
I’d still have a gun in the house.
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