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on the same thought, if your place is scary looking people will tend to go elsewhere.Also, the neighbors have a huge black mastiff that I have no doubt would eat a burglar if given the chance.
Completely fenced in property, gates that lock, motion lights, post your property, dogs, etc. . Just need to make your place less desirable than your neighbours place, so they move on to the house down the street.
2 big Rottweilers have worked very well for us for 27 years...
Always wanted a couple dobermans, Roscoe and Desoto
Yup, Dogs. Mine have deterred break in attempts and have alerted me to prowlers. I can hear the Chessies in the house with the windows and doors shut... when Im at the other end of the property in the garden.
I know every kid by name in our neighborhood. I lock everything. When I walk to the mailbox, I have a gun belt or shoulder holster on. If there's a strange car sitting in the street with someone in it, I walk to the front of it and noticeably take a photo. Others do this, too. Every house on our street has been egged, had graffiti painted on their fences, or had their cars ransacked...except ours - fingers crossed!
LOL.... too funny.I've been robbed too many times when I lived in Sunnyside. It was very rural and when the corn was up no one could see anything.I've tried the fence, dogs, alarm etc. I quit locking my door because I got tired of having to fix it when it got kicked in. I won't go into detail publicly on the steps I took to prevent or to catch these parasites, but eventually I moved.I say, shoot em.
Quote from: Gringo31 on December 02, 2015, 12:37:41 PMLOL.... too funny.I've been robbed too many times when I lived in Sunnyside. It was very rural and when the corn was up no one could see anything.I've tried the fence, dogs, alarm etc. I quit locking my door because I got tired of having to fix it when it got kicked in. I won't go into detail publicly on the steps I took to prevent or to catch these parasites, but eventually I moved.I say, shoot em. Bear trap. Please say bear trap. With a scenic tour of the pig sty.
We gated our long driveway. It seems to keep most of the driveup..."does cathy live here?" casing of the place. However, we still get a few that walk in every year. I greet them while visibly carrying and letting my dog bark and circle them like a shark. If they come up the driveway they are an uninvited guest and are told to leave. If they come overland through the woods, they are a trespassing crook and they get the very cold, angry shoulder from me and the cops get called. Not that the cops come......but I will walk them out to the road and tell them to take a hike the cops are on their way. They often show up in the middle of the day when they think I won't be home. I always love the look on their face when I pop up and ask the WTH they're doing walking around my house? "I'm lost" seems to be the best they can come up with.
My experience is that most of these events happen during daylight. They come, knock on the door to verify no one is home. They knock a LONG time and even on a double wide size home will knock on both the front and back door to be sure. If you answer, they are looking for directions, a gallon of gas, or for their buddy "James". (who never lived there)The one time I just waited quietly inside hoping they would kick the door in, they didn't. I'll also say that just like the old tv show "It takes a thief", it happens FAST. I was robbed once and was literally walking in my front door a min and 30 seconds after the door was kicked in (Alarm, timer which would call my cell phone) and I didn't see the car leave. They CAN rob and be gone in under a minute. Hard to imagine but if you are in the get away car and two guys go in.....30 seconds is enough time to grab a handful. Yes, the left a lot of things, but grabbed what they could.I still say shoot em all
