Had one of those "moments" last night

That's my likely next step, Texas Slim. Sad to say it...but we have a solid front door, no windows next to it...not even a peephole. No real way to even see who's at the door...:(....seems like technology has picked up quite a bit lately...have found some "front door" security systems that let you see who's at the door without opening it...and for cheap. Probably will go that route here soon...*shrug*




But yes, I agree with several of you who posted that Jessie (or any good watchdog) is a great first-line of defense. :thumbup:

somehow...they just know...if there's friend or foe at the door.
 
Man, it sucks that it happened with Grandma there, I don't like to do the "what if" thing, so KUDOS to Jessie! Dogs are great aren't they!

One thing has happed in this though, some tool has learned his lesson about messing with your house :D

Cerberus :D
 
yeah...I'm actually quite relieved the door had the catcher bar on it...had the turd been able to get inside the house, he would be sans one leg at least...and I would likely have been hit with a dog-bite lawsuit....:mad: :grumpy: :thumbdn:

cuz "my baby's a good boy"....


:rolleyes:
 
About 4 years ago I walked into one of my rental properties that was vacant at the time around 7am and was treated to a fully naked crackhead sleeping on the living room floor with the curtains around his legs for warmth. I went over my options in my head and some really ugly ones went through my mind but I decided on a two part plan. Call the police because its always just a good idea, and retrieve my chainsaw I had brought to do some yardwork from the back of my truck. He escaped pretty much unharmed short of the fact that after I started it up, pinned the trigger back and raised it above my head in my best Jason pose he took off and jumped out of the open back window he came in at and went running down the street. That ranks as one of my favorite days.
 
Glad everyone was allright and give jessie a pat from me! Last summer at about 1am i heard a noise from the downstairs toilet, with it being a warm summer for once over here in the UK i had left the toilet window open and forgot to close it, we have a lock on the outside of the door to stop our 2yr old from playing in the bowl,lol. I jumped out off bed ran down to the kitchen and grabbed 2 of the large carving knives and flicked the lock open only to see a pair of heels escaping, when i calmed down abit i realised i was stark naked, what a sight that would of been for a robber, probably the best deterrent going. Now i think about it thats about the time i got my first Kukri, actually it was from you Dan.
Stay safe everyone,
Chris.
 
I have a 120LB. shepherd/wolf hybrid that has stopped my house from getting broken into more than once and a big dog is a peace of mind when I'm not home but my girls are.Glad to hear all went ok for you Dan..
 
whadda story, Chris!!!


the burglar's first reaction would be shock...which might just buy you enough time to make the first move. :D
 
Daniel Koster said:
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/01/home.invasion.arrest.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch



Personally, for my own sanity, I'm writing it off as an idiotic prank or teenage foolishness.

I do plan on stepping up my home security a notch...and more importantly (after a few days have passed)...a refresher course for my MIL and kids on what to do should such an event actually transpire.

On the bright side of things...my wife is finally convinced that having an AmStaff (legalese for pit bull) is a great idea for a personal protection dog...and she was very relieved and grateful that Jessie "jumped immediately into action".

Stay safe, guys. :thumbup:

Dan
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Unfortunately, the world is not a safe place. Never has been.

Most of us have, thankfully, never been personally touched by the horrors that surround us. We are shocked and surprised when in our very own quite neighborhoods, (if not ones just like it across the country) people are assaulted, beaten, raped or murdered.

Your neighborhood (nor house for that matter) is not a castle with moat and guard and there are evil people out there who would willingly take from you what is yours. To include your life. I don't answer the door for the pizza guy without a concealed handgun.

I refuse to be a statistic.

Paranoid? Possibly. Safe? You bet.
 
That reminds me of a story!

One time mum used to work in a hospitol for the mentally impaired, well, we were having our house painted and mum came home one day to a lady coming down the stairs, it seemed a little odd but she was thinking the painters had an extra person that day. So she offerd to make them a cup of tea, and they said yeah, and mum asked if their 'friend' would like a cup and they looked at each other thinking she was with mum! So mum ended up calling the cops and they said that she had excaped from the mental institution (Next to where i used to goto school...) and was considerd dangerous, but we should try to keep her with us and they would come get her. Well, I guess she found out and ran down the end of the garden to climb over the fence with the painters running after her asking her to stay and have some tea!

Good to hear you and your family are okay Dan:thumbup: I tend to not lock the door whilst I'm home, but I leave early in the morning and definatly lock kate in when I leave.
 
wasp said:
I have a 120LB. shepherd/wolf hybrid that has stopped my house from getting broken into more than once and a big dog is a peace of mind when I'm not home but my girls are.Glad to hear all went ok for you Dan..
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Sorry if this goes off topic, but one of the funniest things I ever saw was a rotty that was being over zealous at the dog park picking on all the other dogs and irritating all the owners. The rot's owner wasn't making the slightest effort to control his dog when he happened to sonder up on this, what I found out later was a wolf hybrid malamute. He got jumped upon with a fierceness that I has not ever seen, but he was not damaged, just put in his place as it were. It was great to see........the rot and it's owner left soon after:cool:

Cerberus
 
That would have been great to see...



My brother-in-law has a beagle mix he brings over with him now-n-then. She and Jessie play together quite a bit. Jessie is about 10 times her size...:D

So yesterday they're wrestling/playing in the house and it erupts into growls and snarls and barking. The BIL freaks out...thinking his lil' pup is getting eaten alive. I look over at Jessie...she's not making a peep...just calmly "impressing upon the lil' dog her presence"...:D


A funny thing with them = they are both female...and while I know that any dog, male or female, young or old, may engage in "humping" for dominance sake....it still cracks me up to see a 65 lb AmStaff "air-humping" over top a 10 lb beagle-mix pup....:eek: :rolleyes: :p :o
 
Daniel Koster said:
A funny thing with them = they are both female...and while I know that any dog, male or female, young or old, may engage in "humping" for dominance sake....it still cracks me up to see a 65 lb AmStaff "air-humping" over top a 10 lb beagle-mix pup....:eek: :rolleyes: :p :o
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We have a male Chocolate Lab. Once at the dog park a Great Dane became especially enamored with our dog, kept following him around and humping him. The Danes owner was very embarrassed, kept draggin her dog away and apologizing to me. I was non-plussed; if my dog didn't care, neither did I. She would take her dog to the other side of the compound, and as soon as she let him go, he would take off looking for my dog again. After 30 minutes of that, she got fed up and left.

But whenever I take my dog to the dog parks, he always end up on the receiving end. :rolleyes:
 
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