Guard Dogs and House Burglar Alarms

Most of us home owners are very concerned about home security and the overall security of our loved ones. How about increasing your home security and having a new friend at the some time? Guard dogs are very effective as a burglar alarm. This is one of the most overused techniques that people have used for centuries in order to maintain homes as safe as possible. Now let me tell you a more personal anecdote. During the second year that I owned my house. Things were not good in the area I was living. Crime was ridiculously high. A good amount of people were burglarized in one way or another. My turn was due next. During those times I did not own a burglar security system and was not paying any real attention to what was happening around. To tell you the truth it really wasn't that I was not paying attention. In reality, I was not giving it importance. One day during that time an intruder attempted to try to enter the house while me and my family were out on a small vacation. Luckily at least as some neighbors told me later. A local police car happened to pass by while the burglar was trying to break into the household by opening one of the windows that was not closed like it should. While nothing really bad happened since the intruder ran away as soon as he saw the flashing lights of the police car I decided to ad a guard dog to the family. We actually sent her to training while she was a puppy and provided support and protection for me when I was around and to the house when I was away. To some people having a dog is more of a chore but to me it was family.

Like I said in the first sentences of this post, dogs act as a home alarm and with the addition to a security burglar alarm system your home is mostly safe from the average burglar. Of course, you have to decide how you set up your system if you have pets around the house. For example, if your pet sleeps outside the it would make sense to have your home security system monitor the interiors. You can have motion sensors in rooms like the living room, and other devices installed in windows and doors. You can also install automatic lighting devices in the interiors of the home but it is better if you can install them in areas where your pet can't go. This way, you are sure that your pet does not trigger the motion detecting lighting devices if it is just walking or playing around the house. The opposite of this example is that if your pet sleeps indoors, you will be better off installing motion detectors in the out side of your home to avoid unnecessary trigger. You can have motion sensors outside so that they detect if anyone gets close to windows, this includes motion activated lights and regular motion detectors. If you have a big yard you can also consider installing cameras pointing outside the house to help you monitor if something strange is happening outside.

In my opinion, it is best to have your pet outside if it is a big dog since the noise of a dog's barking scares away burglars in the middle of the night especially if entering the house would expose the dog one on one with the intruder. Now picture this, If you were someone trying to break into a house, would you try to enter a house that has a big guard dog that will make a lot of noise barking and would do so at the moment that you approach the house's fence? Perhaps a more experienced crook would do so but, the common thief would probably back off after the first minutes of barking. Now like I wrote on a previous post when I said that some alarm warning signs on your yard would make intruder rethink about entering your home. If you have a dog on your yard and a sign that says you have a house burglar alarm system installed most thieves will probably think that entering your property simply because it is too much work. First, he has to deal with the dog then he was to deal with the house burglar alarm then, he has to make he's move before authorities are contacted and arrive at the scene and having to worry high chance of getting recorded on a home surveillance camera getting his face showed eventually the every police officer in the area.

Now that is the whole concept of protecting your property. Making possible intruders rethink about where they are trying to enter and make them turn around. It is all about making your most prized possession a difficult target that requires more work and that is a high risk job for them. To put it this way if the same people were interested in hard work would they be robbing houses? This is one of the main reasons why house burglar alarm systems increase your property's security and is one that should not be overlooked. If spending some money can help avoid higher loses and possibly a tragedy, is it worth it? Of course it is.