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Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by koolba »

teekert wrote: post #48
omginternets wrote: post #37

I saw a rather comical sign posted in the first-floor window of a Philadelphia apartment. It had a silhouette of a German shepherd and text beneath, which read: >I can get from the second-story floor to the front door in 1.2 seconds. Can you?

There are many variations, near my place there is a sign with a picture of dog saying: "I don't bite, I amputate." I also saw a sign with a picture of a Gun: "Forget about the dog, I rule here."

There’s also the classic: “Dont beware of the dog, beware of the owner”

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by wollsmoth »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #31
mberning wrote: post #16

I can not stand thievery. And the brazen nature of it is so irksome. The fact that people need a fleet of security cameras and a fake dog to protect their home is ridiculous. These people should be caught and sent off to labor camps for a very, very long time.

I mean that's the "revenge" school of thought, but there's two others; "rehabilitation", where people are re-educated otherwise, and the more difficult one... why do people steal in the first place? In practice it'll be things like poverty, lack of other opportunities, etc. Give people an education, gratifying jobs, a purpose in life and crime will drop. But that sounds too much like socialism.

Different people respond to different things. But I do think the US system is a bit too punitive. A lot of states have stuff like free community college for those who want it. But guess what? they still have a lot of car radios and catalytic converters being stolen.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by duxup »

When I bought a house I picked up a dog dish and put it by my walkout basement sliding door. Also the pond next to my house has old tennis balls show up in it now and then so I put them next to the dish.

According to the local cops break ins in my area are mostly just kids going into open garage / garage side doors / back doors that are left open and stuff to steal is out and obvious and so on.

I figure just the sense of hassle / unknown of "who knows how this dog is" might be enough of a deterrent.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by FredPret »

arsome wrote: post #42

Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.

I emigrated from a third-world country to Canada. One of the first things I noticed was the docility of the dogs.

Maybe back in the third world they pick up on their humans’ stress. There, they’d definitely attack at any opportunity.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by 300bps »

arsome wrote: post #42

Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.

The house of a friend of mine was broken into. It was someone who went to every house in a neighborhood, broke whatever glass they could find with whatever was on hand (mostly paving stones) and went into the house. Dog didn't deter them at all. For his large (for the breed) black lab the burglar just grabbed a towel, waited for the dog to bite on it and then maneuvered the dog into a bedroom and locked the dog in there. Then ransacked the house in 5 minutes and moved onto the next house.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by duxup »

arsome wrote: post #42

Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.

I suspect most burglaries are just that, opportunistic. If there's some sense of extra risk or hassle, they're on to the next opportunity.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by derefr »

mellavora wrote: post #20
CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #2

I met an older Australian woman that sailed around the world solo, and swore by the fake dog for scaring off opportunistic pirates. She didn’t carry a gun or other weapon. Just a cassette tape on repeat when anchored.

Generally speaking weapons are a problem on boats. Many countries will require you to have a permit for it, which can be problematic to obtain. At the very least you have to declare it, which probably also means handing it over to the harbor authorities. Which means you don't have it when you would be most at risk and most need it. Second, say you solve the above and decide to deploy the gun. You don't have a lot of…

Do you still generally need a permit if the "weapon" is part of the boat — for example, a harpoon gun mounted on a swivel — rather than something you can pick up and carry?

(My thinking being: pirates generally use speedboats, and a harpoon gun is plenty good at shooting holes in fiberglass and/or destroying outboard motors; and so pirates wouldn't want to get near your boat if you had one. But this sort of setup is not really useful for shooting at people — especially people less than 50ft away from the boat, which puts them in a "blind spot" for aiming, and especially not people who have already boarded — and so it would be irrelevant when docked.)

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by duxup »

FredPret wrote: post #54
arsome wrote: post #42

Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.

I emigrated from a third-world country to Canada. One of the first things I noticed was the docility of the dogs. Maybe back in the third world they pick up on their humans’ stress. There, they’d definitely attack at any opportunity.

>I noticed was the docility of the dogs.

Depending on where you're from, some places spay / neutering dogs is much less common. It can impact their behavior a great deal.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by andai »

teknopaul wrote: post #32
the_only_law wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would pirates be scared of a dog though? They could just shoot it.

Outside the US most people don't carry guns, even pirates.

When I Google "somali pirates", almost every photo has automatic weapons in it. What do pirates typically use?

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by Hippocrates »

Most family dogs will just roll over for belly rubs once the burglar is inside, but the barking is a great deterrent because it draws attention. The burglar has no idea if that is normal or not, and if someone else might hear it and come investigate.
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