[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Partypup: Now, why was I thinking you’d have concertina wire, trip flares and Claymore mines on your perimeter? Huh. Must just be me.[/quote]

LOL! Allan, if I could get away with that in a West LA rental, you KNOW I would have all that installed! Yeah, the best protection is probably a dog. And a 12 gauge. We’ve got 2 Rotties now. They’re ideal protection if you’re asleep and need to know who’s coming.

But the real problem arises when you’re not at home. Around LA at least, there have been cases in which burglars have tossed meat laced with cyanide or another poison through mail slots to put the dogs out of commission. I love my dogs too much, so I’d rather put the ADT signs on the lawn and try to deter the bad guys that way. They might still try to harm my dogs, but I am hoping they might just move on to a house without ADT signs and barking dogs.