[taxcontrol]

I remember reading a survey of crooks a long time ago. When asked what was the #1 deterrent to them robbing a home, they responded with a wide range of answers. But a closer look at the results showed that almost to a survey, the crooks listed having dogs as a deterrence.

I recommend two dogs and if possible, a small noisy one along with a big mean one.

[cableguymn]

Little one with a deep bark works too..

I hear a NRA sticker on the door works too ;)

[jy8z]

I recommend two dogs and if possible, a small noisy one along with a big mean one.

Very good advice. I have 130 lbs. of canine protection between two dogs that will have to be reckoned with before worrying what I have pointed at you. Their bark alone will send most running away. I'll gladly dispatch those that don't.

[Roccus]

Forget dogs.

500 pound bengal tiger with vocal chords removed.

This way the bad guys get in......but they never leave!

[expat1000]

>>But a closer look at the results showed that almost to a survey, the crooks listed having dogs as a deterrence.

I don’t live in the USA but even so was tempted to post the same thing. I know here in Thailand a pack (2 or more) of big dogs guarding the house is a terrific deterrent. Break-ins are rife but almost non-existent where there are guard dogs, except in isolated areas where there might be time to poison them unnoticed.

[goat granny]

after my husband passed away on the farm, I had ADT put in, had it go off once, and the cops were there pretty fast especially for a rural area....also consider a motion detector in a vulnerable place....being rural, they also put up a outside alarm, and had a battery backup...your phone line gets cut, your alarm doesn't go off (but that was about 20 years ago...I had 5 doors wired, but what surprised me is the company said more break ins are via a window....I had downstairs about 15 windows and was informed not to wire the windows, a bird flying into a window can give a false alarm (happens frequently in the country) Even an extreme wind storm might set off a window alarm... I had wood double hung windows and my instructor said to drill a hole that will go through the top and bottom, get a 3 or 4 inch nail, drill where the upper and lower windows meet.(in other words, with the window closed...Insert nail just a little smaller than the hole drilled. You can take the nail out to open the windows during the day and put the nail in during the night...most window break ins they will bust the window on top and unlock the window and open it.....Cannot do that if you have the nail in place, window won't open....if you have aluminum windows your on your own. I didn't put window alarms in, saved me money with that little tip...just did the doors, 5 of them... If you have a 2 story house you will need a pad upstair and downstairs...