Biometric safe plus a Labrador.
The Lab will give you time and will probably scare anyone away. If they insist on breaking in they will meet up with “Hell on Wheels” in the form of a Lab.
The labs are extremely loving dogs but will defend you and your kids to the end. One of the most impressive breeds out there.
You are right. I just hate their damn digging habits. My last Lab ruined every flower bed the wife planted. Now we own a McNabb and it is a better fit with my critters and flowers. A Lab will kill Chickens and Turkeys for fun, my McNabb doesn’t.