[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.
Why not get a real camera that records to a DVR. Can even be monitored over the internet with alarms for motion/sound.My only problem is I don’t like the cameras inside my house but realisticly that is where they are needed if going on vacation or you have young kids with a sitter.
BTW, I figured out how to reprogram and add the rear door as an entry/exit point. Searched online and found the instructions.
I told my neighbor how to do it, but he’s afraid to do it in case he messes up his alarm. What’s the worse that could happen? Have ADT come out and fix it.
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.
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I agree. I’m a great dog lover and have had dogs all my life. But at this time, with apartment living and frequent travel, I can’t have a dog.
Unfortunately, I’m not rich and can’t afford a private jet to take my dog with me. Commercial airlines don’t take big dogs on board anymore.
We went with a wireless system bought online that if entirely wifi based. We bought an LCD touchscreen for the front door and hid the master unit. We had to pay for the equipment up front but have no contract and it amounts to roughly the same if not cheaper than an ADT type of solution. I installed all the contacts for doors and windows. The wireless ones can be monitored for 8 bucks a month or more, are expandable on you dime and time and so far have been great. You can also self monitor – have he system call multiple phone numbers if an alarm is triggered.
We have a massive dog and I bought signs off ebay a year ago but dear wife wasnt sold so i bought the system. I shipped both the signs and the system to work so noone knew where I was installing.
