Mary Shafer wrote in message
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Rod Speed wrote
George Wenzel wrote
wrote

You are a fool if you think a dog is
the answer to your security needs.

Dogs aren't the be-all and end-all of home security,

Neither are alarms.

A good alarm system coupled with an armed-response
security patrol is pretty good, though.

Sure, tho its distinctly arguable if its worth paying for
the armed-response security patrol if the dog is left
inside the house when the owners are not home.

but homes with dogs (large or small) tend to get
burglarized much less often than homes without dogs.

And very few crims are stupid enough
to try it with a large dog like an Alsatian.

We don't have Alsatians in the US.

Yes you do. Its just another way of naming them.

We have to make do with German Shepherds.

No you dont.

Mary Shafer (American shepherd)