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I agree on the dog...I have an awsome yard dog and one day last summer a weird guy stopped to ask about truck parts(we have a couple junkers we use for parts) and my DH was home but Boomer(dog) stuck very very close and they guy waited until my husband went in for his cigs( I DO NOT SMOKE) they guy wanted to comment on how he thought the dog was gonna bite before he got out of his truck but he bet it was all show,I told him no that he would kill for us and the guy laughed until I said "SIC" and Boomer who I have never trained but seems to always know what I want bared teeth and growled....they guy left before DH got back!! LOL GOOD DOG!!
I also agree with being carefull and not inviting trouble...but a dog helps with drop ins ...but still may be no match for a gun and you never know nowdays...I am ready to get my conceled weapons permit....
We were just talking about getting another dog for the yard. My concern is my coops are about 1/3 from the road but our house is even going to be further back. So someone could come up to the coop area and if I were in the house, I might never know. I want to get some kind of gate put on the front that you would have to buzz people in somehow. And I'm hoping to take a concealed weapons class this January. I love having people out to the farm and would hate to end that. Plus people like to pick out their chicks. Why does the world have to have so many messed up people?
I have gates at the road and keep them closed, live back in the middle of our property but have had people climb over the fence/gates and come on up to the house. It doesn't matter if I have a Beware of Dog sign either.
A customer that I do not see very often, a doctor in Greenville, said she was riding by one day and it looked like no one lived at our place. Said she forgot my phone number so she hopped the fence and came up to the house. DH saw her coming across the yard and jumped up to go see who it was. DD and I were gone to a Guinea Pig show that day so I wasn't home.
The odd thing is that why would you just be driving by when you live down in Greenville and I am way out in the middle of nothing? And why not call the number on my egg sign at the road? It is big, yellow and easy to see! She said it looked like our house was boarded up........huh? She also thought my egg sign was a For Sale sign. It was a weird story, I tell you. And she didn't really want anything, she was just checking on the place. At that time there was a Beware of Dog sign on my gate.
But she isn't the only one. I have had numerous people climb over and come in. I am at my wits end because the No Trespassing signs do not help either.
However, since I had chickens stolen 2 years ago my neighbors have been more vigilant around me. About 2 months ago my DH came home from work and at that time he was riding with a friend that lives near us. Tony dropped him off at 2:30 in the morning and turned around and headed back down the driveway when DH noticed that he had left his stuff in his friend's truck so he went running down the driveway yelling and Tony stopped and handed DH his stuff and went on down to the road while DH came back in the house. Tony got out of the truck to lock the gates back when what does he see but some whack-a-do running down the road towards him with a gun in one hand and wearing nothing but his tightie whities. Our neighbor from across the street and down a house heard the commotion and came a running. He is a big boy, too. Big beer gut and pretty hairy. Scared Tony out of his mind and he was scared to bring DH home a few days after that. But once he explained to the guy he was just bringing DH home and the neighbor gave him the 3rd degree and was satisfied all was good.
Gotta love your neighbors even if they are a bit odd. But thank goodness he was looking out for us.
Fences don't stop some people. Neighbors with guns will though!
