guard dog or security system?  

your friends are wrong a poisoned piece of steak will get rid of any dog in a hurry I goet this info on a tv show done by former burgulars !

Hi MKpack22,

I don't know if I'd agree that dogs are cheaper than Alarm Systems. Our monthly feed bill gets pretty expensive. Although, our motley crew is a tad spoiled.

I will say that I am thoroughly convinced that our crew of canines is the reason why we've never had an intruder. I live in a very rural area. Even so, many of our neighbors have been robbed. We have remained free of such incident. Knock on wood. And, I'm sure that it's because of the dogs. They look and sound scary ... of course they're all a bunch of muush muffins. But, their appearance and alarming barks keep others at bay. We have five dogs currently. If we had only one or two I doubt they would be as much of a deterrent. With five, there are enough to roam and keep track of the entire property.

So, when I get to feeling like I'd like to complain about the feed bill, I remember the great job they do of keeping the property safe. Lots of pets and ball throwing to show my appreciation for their hard work soon follows.

I swear by my dogs, they let me know when somethings not right. We've ha a few comments about our dogs with people saying I'm not going in their, which is true just the look of them scares many people.

Burglers in the U.S. will avoid a house with a barking dog. They don't want the barking to draw attention to themselves or chance being bitten. They especially avoid barking dogs in the house.

get a security guard if all u want is a talkin walkin buglar alarm. dogs are so much more precious.

invest in a good alarm system rather.

a dog is a pet.love it a bit and he'll do or die for u...but please don think of it as a cheap substitute for an Security Systems...

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Dogs do give a sense of security. But they are pretty easy to poison. They will usually frighten off someone who's just casing the house, since robbers here usually are looking for the easiest way to make some money. I'd say if you want a dog to protect you, train a rottweiler. They're already very protective of their families, so fully training them would be a good idea.

I'm not sure how much I would trust our dog to ward off an invader as we've never had one. She's generally very friendly with everyone who walks through the door. She makes a lot of noise (squeals) no matter who it is, so I guess we could count on her to alert us to someone. As long as we were awake. She doesn't make any noise when we're asleep. We've only had people we know coming in in the middle of the night before, but she doesn't even bark to tell us she has to go to the bathroom -- she just goes on the floor. *grumble*

But dogs make a lot of mess in the yard. I'd rather have an alarm system than the dog, especially now that we have a small child running around grabbing fur, and the dog is old and achey.