Kingcreek
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outside- motion activated lights and the 100 pound "outside dog"
alarm system and 80 pound "inside dog".
alarm system and 80 pound "inside dog".
Home Defense: First Warning
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One thing not mentioned; I would recommend a Storm Door or a wrought iron gate over the door.
Plexi-glass type windows / lexan might be interesting too. You can pickup motion detectors (stand alone) battery operated for when the power goes out. I used them during hurricane Ike. Ironically, they are part of my "hurricane gear" now. There are many occasions where if the power goes out, I will need a stand alone EWS worse than I would normally.
Might be worth looking at.
Plexi-glass type windows / lexan might be interesting too. You can pickup motion detectors (stand alone) battery operated for when the power goes out. I used them during hurricane Ike. Ironically, they are part of my "hurricane gear" now. There are many occasions where if the power goes out, I will need a stand alone EWS worse than I would normally.
Might be worth looking at.
I felt a little paranoid the first few times I armed my security system "HOME" and went to bed.
But the peace of mind it gives quickly made me realize it was money well spent. If someone decides to go through a gate, ignore a couple hundred watts of security lights and breaches my home, I'll know about it. I'll also be hunkered down, armed, and calling 911 even if they managed to full-sprint to where I sleep.
But the peace of mind it gives quickly made me realize it was money well spent. If someone decides to go through a gate, ignore a couple hundred watts of security lights and breaches my home, I'll know about it. I'll also be hunkered down, armed, and calling 911 even if they managed to full-sprint to where I sleep.
mgkdrgn
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Man! I'm sure that dog is a real "sweetie", but talk about your "look of spawn of satan nightmare"!
"All the better to EAT you with my dear ...."
Motion sensor lights, decent locks, and two big dogs that could hear a flea fart from our driveway
Senna our red Doberman
"All the better to EAT you with my dear ...."
chinpokojed
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She really is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever been around! She was abused by her previous owners and took some time to warm up to us, but loves her new family to the point of borderline obsession now! She'll lick my face until I physically force her off of me, hell, I can't even take a leak without her right at my side!
On the flip side that's a pretty mild scary face for her, it's hard to mess with her too much while holding my camera!
A peek into the lighter side of the crazy monster
On the flip side that's a pretty mild scary face for her, it's hard to mess with her too much while holding my camera!
A peek into the lighter side of the crazy monster
PocketProtector642
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Not mine. Every once in awhile i have to work way late. I have 2 dogs a min-pin and a brittany, both of them slept through me opening the door, walking into the kitchen, walking down the hallway into my room (where they were sleeping), getting undressed and climbing into bed with my wife. They slept the whole time... worthless dogs!kenpo said:
DeepSouth
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Get Basset Hounds and you'll know if a new Squirrel is around much more so for a person, My dogs are convinced if they bark and howl loud enough they will get petted.:banghead:
OMG I didn't know you lived with me!
(I always thought back in the day that that was one thing to be said for my messy room. Living there, I knew full well where the junk was and how to move in it through the dark[of course I don't turn on the lights if I get up to go to the bathroom or something in the middle of the night]. An intruder wouldn't have a clue and would likely turn an ankle at the least...who'd have the better chance? I'd be outta there by the time he got up off the floor!)I love all the dog pictures. CUTE!
Monkybrainz
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I got a BFG unit ( BIG FREEKIN DOG) His name is ZEEK, 125lbs of german sheaperd and teeth. saves on ammo
Duke of Doubt
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Living in an upper story of a multifamily building, the probable first warning would be the sounds of entry into the building or a lower floor unit.
The second warning would be an explosion, closely followed by the thud of the intruder's body hitting a downstairs floor.
Somehow failing that, the second warning would be one of my own doors getting forced. Not too easy a proposition, but quite doable -- albeit VERY noisily.
The third warning would be the intruder's gasp as he enters the living areas. "What the .. holy ..."/"Stop."/BOOM!
The second warning would be an explosion, closely followed by the thud of the intruder's body hitting a downstairs floor.
Somehow failing that, the second warning would be one of my own doors getting forced. Not too easy a proposition, but quite doable -- albeit VERY noisily.
The third warning would be the intruder's gasp as he enters the living areas. "What the .. holy ..."/"Stop."/BOOM!
CoRoMo
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Eight black legs.
Four of them have a hair trigger to their bark.
The other four are paranoid beyond belief.
The perfect setup.
Four of them have a hair trigger to their bark.
The other four are paranoid beyond belief.
The perfect setup.
CoRoMo
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Have you mined and booby trapped your building or are you violating the rule about realism in the Strategies and Tactics forum?
Roadwild17
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I have one small yappy scared dog, weighs in at 18 lbs. He wont do anything but wake put his buddy. !00 lb German Shepard that I swear has an attitude when waken up.
The westie is pretty smart, yapp until bull (the German Shepord) goes out to see whats going on, then come lick me in the face to wake me up, then go back to sleep on my pillows.
The westie is pretty smart, yapp until bull (the German Shepord) goes out to see whats going on, then come lick me in the face to wake me up, then go back to sleep on my pillows.
Duke of Doubt
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Jeff White: "Have you mined and booby trapped your building or are you violating the rule about realism in the Strategies and Tactics forum?"
No, I was alluding to the fact that the lower floor unit occupant likely wouldn't cotton well to being invaded.
No, I was alluding to the fact that the lower floor unit occupant likely wouldn't cotton well to being invaded.
mpmarty
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Level 1 big gate across entry to driveway at bottom of mountain, locked at night.
Level 2, 3 and 4 are three PIR motion detectors hidden along the half mile of twisting gravel drive that climbs nearly a thousand feet to the top of our "hill" each one makes a distinctive number of beeps when triggered so we know where the intruder is as they come up the hill repeaters in three locations inside house (house is a hundred feet from kitchen to master bedrooms so we have them in the kitchen, living room and master bedroom)
Level 5 motion detector activated lights (six pairs of 150 watt floods) turn our plateau where the house is into a killing zone.
Level 6 Dogs.
Beyond 6 we have various armaments all over the house, loaded and available from wherever we may be.
Oh yeah, somewhere between 2 and five see my greeting for strangers in the post http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=331126
Level 2, 3 and 4 are three PIR motion detectors hidden along the half mile of twisting gravel drive that climbs nearly a thousand feet to the top of our "hill" each one makes a distinctive number of beeps when triggered so we know where the intruder is as they come up the hill repeaters in three locations inside house (house is a hundred feet from kitchen to master bedrooms so we have them in the kitchen, living room and master bedroom)
Level 5 motion detector activated lights (six pairs of 150 watt floods) turn our plateau where the house is into a killing zone.
Level 6 Dogs.
Beyond 6 we have various armaments all over the house, loaded and available from wherever we may be.
Oh yeah, somewhere between 2 and five see my greeting for strangers in the post http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=331126
Zundfolge
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Dogs are great and are my personal choice as "entry monitors".
However for those that don't want or can't have dogs and don't want the expense of a monitored security system (or rent and thus can't have something permanently installed), you can get little door/window alarms pretty cheaply.
here's some examples
However for those that don't want or can't have dogs and don't want the expense of a monitored security system (or rent and thus can't have something permanently installed), you can get little door/window alarms pretty cheaply.
here's some examples
triggerman7.62
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yeah i have a boxer. she is a big baby if she knows you but if anyone she does not know tries to come in my house she is all teeth and fur. i have 'beware of dog' signs on my fence as a warning. if they get by her then i introduce them to #00 buck from my mossberg 500.
The Captain
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I'm considering building a moat.
Actually, right now I have some external lighting, then the glass breakage I would hope to hear. Next is the Chow/Australian shep. Mix, then comes arsenal..
Actually, right now I have some external lighting, then the glass breakage I would hope to hear. Next is the Chow/Australian shep. Mix, then comes arsenal..
aguyindallas
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Our first alert is our home alarm. We arm it every night with no exit/entry delay. If a zone is compromised, its instant activation, instant call to the monitoring station.
First - the red doby is amazing, as are the Shepards... love the 3 dogs on the couch.
I have decided though, after watching the next Mission Impossible movie or 24... I am going to try get into LPLs house... man what a challenge that would be... minus the getting shot at part...
j/k
I have decided though, after watching the next Mission Impossible movie or 24... I am going to try get into LPLs house... man what a challenge that would be... minus the getting shot at part...
j/k
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