Cougfan2
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My wife and I both work. I usually get home before she does so the first thing I do is let my two Labs out to do their business. I have a wooden fenced back yard with two gates. The Male Lab comes back in first as usual. I wait a minute and look out to see if my Female Lab is finished and I don't see her in the yard. While I'm looking, I can see a black dog on the other side of the fence in my side yard. My next immediate thought is, why isn't Morgan going nuts! I walk out on my deck and see that the gate to my side yard is wide open! Luckily Morgan came when I called her and hadn't run off yet. I went over to my next door neighbor and asked if they had seen anybody come up to my house or anyone in the neighborhood that looked like they didn't belong there and they hadn't.
I figured at worst case some nosey neighbor wanted a look at our new deck or some kid was looking for something to steal, but nothing on the Deck or in the yard was disturbed. I start to think I may have just been cased for a burglarly later. I called the police and they came out and took my report and told me they would run some extra patrols in the neighborhood for a week or so. I felt like and idiot because I hadn't padlocked my gates. :banghead: That was fixed last night!
My biggest worry is someone breaking in and killing the dogs and stealing my firearms. I have them in a gun rack as I haven't been able to afford a safe yet. The firearms are insured, but I couldn't bear the thought of someone getting hurt with one of my guns even if it was stolen.
We always lock the house and all the windows. I used to have Brinks, but fired them. Looking for advice on additional security measures without having to sign a contract for a monitored security service. We have a neighborhood watch sign posted on the street, but I'm positive it is not active. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I figured at worst case some nosey neighbor wanted a look at our new deck or some kid was looking for something to steal, but nothing on the Deck or in the yard was disturbed. I start to think I may have just been cased for a burglarly later. I called the police and they came out and took my report and told me they would run some extra patrols in the neighborhood for a week or so. I felt like and idiot because I hadn't padlocked my gates. :banghead: That was fixed last night!
My biggest worry is someone breaking in and killing the dogs and stealing my firearms. I have them in a gun rack as I haven't been able to afford a safe yet. The firearms are insured, but I couldn't bear the thought of someone getting hurt with one of my guns even if it was stolen.
We always lock the house and all the windows. I used to have Brinks, but fired them. Looking for advice on additional security measures without having to sign a contract for a monitored security service. We have a neighborhood watch sign posted on the street, but I'm positive it is not active. Any help will be greatly appreciated.