I don’t usually pass along bulk e-mailings that I receive, but I think this one is worth it. Courtesy of my sister in law:
This is a really cool idea.
Next time you come home for the night and you go to put your keys away, think of this:
It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation.
Start keeping your car keys next to your bed on the night stand when you go to bed at night.
If you think someone is trying to get into your house, or if you hear a noise outside your house, press the panic alarm on your car key chain. Test it! It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage.
If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar, or rapist, won’t stick around…after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their window to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won’t want that.
Try yours to make sure it works before you rely on it. Just know that you must press the alarm button again to turn it off.
And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there…
I dunno - perhaps your neighborhood is different, but NO one pays a bit of attention to car alarms here, unless they are going to try and get the owner to stop the thing.
We once had someone’s audible house alarm going off for 3 days (24hrs a day) straight. Now THAT got attention!
I’ve got two boxers - BIG boxers. They’d actually just lick you to death, but others don’t have to know that!
About 10, 12 years ago, we had a rash of break-ins in the neighborhood. 82 in total. The perp NEVER hit a house that had a dog. He also only hit houses that were unoccupied at the time (usually during the day) and stayed in the house probably an average of 90 seconds. Until the last 2. He made a mistake on the 81st house, and it was occupied. On the last house I guess he figured he was busted anyway, so he assaulted the person that was in it - and that’s when he finally was caught.
Thank you James. He is a real sweet heart of a guy, but he is not at all fond of strangers, two or four legged, and there is no mistaking his dislike. Sad, really, because this breed has been bred (by professional, responsible breeders who only breed the non-agressive pups, and neuter the agressive ones) to be very human friendly.
My boy is a rescue. We took him (at ten weeks) off the hands of a dog fighter/backyard breeder who already had him training for the pit. This goes a long way toward explaining his agressive tendencies, in addition to his genes and having been struck by lightning (actually, I was struck, he was laying across my lap at the time), which equally enhanced my agressive tendencies as well.
We also have rescue animals–two of our five ferrets are rescues, Jesse, and our latest, Chupie Macabra.
Chupie was nearly exsanguinated by fleas–her gums were white–and could barely move when we got her. A few weeks later, she’s a delightful young ferret who is happy, bouncy, and follows our other ferrets around like a lovesick puppy.
She nearly didn’t make it. The vet rehydrated her with lactated Ringers and that was the turning point. At first we actually thought she was a very elderly ferret…now we realize she’s barely more than a kit.
Buster came from Greater Ohio Boxer Rescue. He was about 9 months old when we got him (he’s close to 9 years now). GOBR was told the owners were moving and couldn’t take him, but it wasn’t long before we realized he had been beaten terribly. To this day, he still cowers if a voice is raised, if you walk past him with a broom or tool, and panics with fireworks or thunder.
Wyley was on the “electronic bulletin board” at work, someone saying they didn’t have the time for him. He was 3 when we got him (he’s just turned 8 years old). Well, the owner wasn’t kidding. Poor guy was raised in a cage, in the yard. Had never been on carpet (was actually scared of it!), had a winter coat (I’ve NEVER seen a boxer with a full winter coat), and they told me “he hates to have his ears messed with”. That’s because he had mites so bad!!! He had overgrown gums, cutting his nails is hard because the quick was allowed to grow out so far, etc.
When my next door neighbors refused to deal with their dog barking constantly all day (all they needed to do was pay it some attention) I invested in an ultrasonic device that I set to turn on when ever there’s a loud noise.
Sometimes the dog forgets I have it
but I’ve found the dog never barks more than 2 or 3 times before cowering in pain.
I imagine it wouldn’t take much for a burgler to figure out how immobilizing an ultrasonic noise maker can be to any dog (unless its deaf).
You’ve got a point if people who do B&Es are no more intellegent than my next door neighbors.
They still haven’t figured out what’s going on with their dog.
Now if I could just figure out a way to make them clean up the dog’s feces.
Not only does it stink, all the other neighbors are complaining about flies being a problem. I hope no one resorts to massive amounts of toxic chemicals.
It occurs to me that it’s one thing to irritate a dog into submission with an electronic gizmo when he’s on the inside of the fence and you’re on the outside.
It’s something else entirely to irritate the dog with the gizmo and then walk inside the fence.
Hmmm…irritated, agitated dog = a. Person holding a gadget that makes the awful noise now invading irritated, agitated dog’s territory = b.
a + b = G.
“G” stands for “ground,” as in “ground meat,” or even, “dig his grave and put what’s left of him in the ground.”
“G” could also stand for “genitals,” which is probably the first thing said dog will attack and try to chew off.
Sounds like a good way to qualify for a Darwin Award, to me.
Over here, pepole are advised to leave the keys as close to the door as possible, as it is not nice to wake up with a sawn off shotgun sticking into your face while some scumbag demands your keys!!
Besides, car alarms go off in dublin 24-7, nobody bats an eyelid!
Now i wonder would it be illegal to place a small (say 10 inch by 10 inch) piece of wood with lots of highly sharpened nails/craft blades sticking out of it, onto your drivers seat and lightly cover it over with a light car-seat cover??? wouldnt you just love to see a scumbag losing a quart of blood while screaming in agony hobbling down the street away from your car?
I think this is a great idea. My daughter has just bought a home in a sort of run-down, trying-to-make-a-comeback neighborhood. They can’t afford to have any type of security system installed yet. Her boyfriend works very late hours and she’ll be home alone frequently. They’re putting in good deadbolts and lots of lights outside. She does have a dog who’s a pretty good barker but a complete coward if someone actually gets into the house (unfortunately, it’s been proven). We’re all thinking of anything we can to help them feel more secure in their new home (and her mom feel more secure about the whole thing). I sent her this idea and she thought it was great. Thanks!
My favourite anti-cartheft device is on one of the tv commercials in Robocop, where the car thief jumps in, tries to start the car with a flick-knife in the ignition, two steel bands come out of the seat and wrap around the would-be thief, and he is fried. The cardoor opens, the thief’s body falls out onto the floor of the parking garage, and a salesman chats away merrily about this wonderful car protection device like he’s selling you a couch, climbs in over the thief’s still smoking body and then turns and smiles at the camera, “And it won’t even run down your batteries”. Dumb movie, but the pseudo-tv ads were killer.
