OT – ADT Alarm System

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=Huckleberry]Does anyone know of a decent home alarm or security system that’s not a rip off? Suggestions?[/quote]

When I lived back east, I used to have an Irish Wolfhound. Even though he was as gentle as could be, I never worried about anyone burglarizing my place. Also, when you’re out and about they are great protection. One time I went to visit a friend who lived in a rough section of Philidelpia. Walking my wolfhound, you’d be amazed how many “Tough looking dudes” change to the other side of the street to avoid you.

Now, admittedly a 160 lb dog isn’t everyone’s idea of an alarm system, but seems to me it has some real big advantages over ADT. And probably even works better than those smith and wessons that so many on this board like.

XboxBoy

[briansd1]

How about an NRA sign in the window?
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyiQyTqS6EHkTwTUhrzg5RT1BJHpKiILJKLUfbqfcCOl0x4eqM&t=1

xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service. A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house.

I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound.

I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm

[briansd1]

How about an NRA sign in the window?
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyiQyTqS6EHkTwTUhrzg5RT1BJHpKiILJKLUfbqfcCOl0x4eqM&t=1

xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service. A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house.

I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound.

I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm

[briansd1]

How about an NRA sign in the window?
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyiQyTqS6EHkTwTUhrzg5RT1BJHpKiILJKLUfbqfcCOl0x4eqM&t=1

xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service. A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house.

I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound.

I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm

[briansd1]

How about an NRA sign in the window?
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyiQyTqS6EHkTwTUhrzg5RT1BJHpKiILJKLUfbqfcCOl0x4eqM&t=1

xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service. A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house.

I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound.

I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm

[briansd1]

How about an NRA sign in the window?
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyiQyTqS6EHkTwTUhrzg5RT1BJHpKiILJKLUfbqfcCOl0x4eqM&t=1

xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service. A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house.

I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound.

I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=briansd1]
xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service.[/quote]

Not really. A 50 lb bag of dry chow is pretty cheap. And honestly what’s with these formulated dog foods? A big dog is never a fussie eater. Puppy chow the first year, and regular chow from then on.

[quote] A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house. [/quote]
This is only true of some dogs. My hound never damaged any furniture or cased much wear on the house. I’ve seen little dogs cause much worse damage, even though that seems counter intuitive. (And big hounds are usually pretty happy being in the back yard.)

[quote] I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound. [/quote]
While you would be right to not be afraid, I pretty much guarantee that if he stood up straight and barked at you, you would stop doing whatever was making him upset.

[quote] I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm%5B/quote%5D

Shepherds can be nice dogs. (Buddy of mine had white one which was not only a good friend but a good guard dog. Don’t think it was pureblood though.) Be sure you check out the parents and make sure they are not mean as some shephards can be too protective.

But in all seriousness, a good dog is much better protection than an alarm system and doesn’t have the same issues as having loaded guns around the house.

Just my two cents on this though.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=briansd1]
xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service.[/quote]

Not really. A 50 lb bag of dry chow is pretty cheap. And honestly what’s with these formulated dog foods? A big dog is never a fussie eater. Puppy chow the first year, and regular chow from then on.

[quote] A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house. [/quote]
This is only true of some dogs. My hound never damaged any furniture or cased much wear on the house. I’ve seen little dogs cause much worse damage, even though that seems counter intuitive. (And big hounds are usually pretty happy being in the back yard.)

[quote] I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound. [/quote]
While you would be right to not be afraid, I pretty much guarantee that if he stood up straight and barked at you, you would stop doing whatever was making him upset.

[quote] I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm%5B/quote%5D

Shepherds can be nice dogs. (Buddy of mine had white one which was not only a good friend but a good guard dog. Don’t think it was pureblood though.) Be sure you check out the parents and make sure they are not mean as some shephards can be too protective.

But in all seriousness, a good dog is much better protection than an alarm system and doesn’t have the same issues as having loaded guns around the house.

Just my two cents on this though.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=briansd1]
xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service.[/quote]

Not really. A 50 lb bag of dry chow is pretty cheap. And honestly what’s with these formulated dog foods? A big dog is never a fussie eater. Puppy chow the first year, and regular chow from then on.

[quote] A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house. [/quote]
This is only true of some dogs. My hound never damaged any furniture or cased much wear on the house. I’ve seen little dogs cause much worse damage, even though that seems counter intuitive. (And big hounds are usually pretty happy being in the back yard.)

[quote] I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound. [/quote]
While you would be right to not be afraid, I pretty much guarantee that if he stood up straight and barked at you, you would stop doing whatever was making him upset.

[quote] I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm%5B/quote%5D

Shepherds can be nice dogs. (Buddy of mine had white one which was not only a good friend but a good guard dog. Don’t think it was pureblood though.) Be sure you check out the parents and make sure they are not mean as some shephards can be too protective.

But in all seriousness, a good dog is much better protection than an alarm system and doesn’t have the same issues as having loaded guns around the house.

Just my two cents on this though.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=briansd1]
xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service.[/quote]

Not really. A 50 lb bag of dry chow is pretty cheap. And honestly what’s with these formulated dog foods? A big dog is never a fussie eater. Puppy chow the first year, and regular chow from then on.

[quote] A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house. [/quote]
This is only true of some dogs. My hound never damaged any furniture or cased much wear on the house. I’ve seen little dogs cause much worse damage, even though that seems counter intuitive. (And big hounds are usually pretty happy being in the back yard.)

[quote] I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound. [/quote]
While you would be right to not be afraid, I pretty much guarantee that if he stood up straight and barked at you, you would stop doing whatever was making him upset.

[quote] I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm%5B/quote%5D

Shepherds can be nice dogs. (Buddy of mine had white one which was not only a good friend but a good guard dog. Don’t think it was pureblood though.) Be sure you check out the parents and make sure they are not mean as some shephards can be too protective.

But in all seriousness, a good dog is much better protection than an alarm system and doesn’t have the same issues as having loaded guns around the house.

Just my two cents on this though.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=briansd1]
xBoxBoy, a dog is much more costly to maintain than monthly alarm service.[/quote]

Not really. A 50 lb bag of dry chow is pretty cheap. And honestly what’s with these formulated dog foods? A big dog is never a fussie eater. Puppy chow the first year, and regular chow from then on.

[quote] A dog will cause a lot of damage to your furniture and wear and tear on your house. [/quote]
This is only true of some dogs. My hound never damaged any furniture or cased much wear on the house. I’ve seen little dogs cause much worse damage, even though that seems counter intuitive. (And big hounds are usually pretty happy being in the back yard.)

[quote] I’m pretty good with dogs and I would not be afraid of an Irish Wolfhound. [/quote]
While you would be right to not be afraid, I pretty much guarantee that if he stood up straight and barked at you, you would stop doing whatever was making him upset.

[quote] I think that a black German Shepherd looks fierce. I kinda want a black Shepherd.
http://www.4germanshep.com/solid_blacks.htm%5B/quote%5D

Shepherds can be nice dogs. (Buddy of mine had white one which was not only a good friend but a good guard dog. Don’t think it was pureblood though.) Be sure you check out the parents and make sure they are not mean as some shephards can be too protective.

But in all seriousness, a good dog is much better protection than an alarm system and doesn’t have the same issues as having loaded guns around the house.

Just my two cents on this though.

XBoxBoy

[ucodegen]

[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.

For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.

I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.

The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.

[ucodegen]

[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.

For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.

I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.

The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.

[ucodegen]

[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.

For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.

I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.

The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.

[ucodegen]

[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.

For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.

I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.

The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.

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