VERY few thieves will enter a house and continue once they've been alerted to the presence of a dog. It's just too risky. They will happily try the next house, rather than face a dog.
Doesn't matter if you have a pit bull or a poodle....they'd rather not take their chances. > ways to trigger rocky: > > 1. come through any door other than the garage door > 2. make any noise outside the bedroom when he knows all are accounted > for in the bedroom > 3. move around or rustle leaves in the yard at night (he hears that too!) > > i hear ya ian, but rocky is just too darn good at makin' sho' his momma is > safe! > > :) tw > > On 8/4/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ....:) rocky. my canine sec. system! >> .... >> ....tw >> >> There was a Learning Channel series a bit ago "It takes a theif," I >> believe. Basically each episode two refomed house theives convince a >> home owner to let them show how easy it is to break in and how much can >> be lost, then for the house owner's trouble, the show upgrades their >> security sytems to top notch as well as teaching them better pratices, >> such as locking ALL financial papers away in a bolted down safe. >> >> One eposide showed that, unless well trained to the purpose of security, >> canines may not be all that reliable. The two dogs of the house happily >> followed the theif around wagging tails and carrying on like this was >> just too much fun. >> >> -------------- >> Ian Skinner >> Web Programmer >> BloodSource >> www.BloodSource.org >> Sacramento, CA >> >> "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" >> - Cynthia Dunning >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This message including any >> attachments is for the sole use of the intended >> recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or >> distribution is prohibited. If you are not the >> intended recipient, please contact the sender and >> delete any copies of this message. >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168050 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54