I've seen commercials about the ADT security systems, I'm sure you've seen them. This is my take on security systems. Sunday morning, I was in the shower when James left for his morning meetings. Since the kids were asleep in the living room, I had intended to ask him to lock the door after he left, but I forgot. Before my natural paranoia got out of hand, I remembered that Lady was loose in the house and my concerns were alleviated.
It reminded me about Cesar Milan, the dog whisperer. Yes, I watched that for awhile. He was able to do amazing things. I remember him talking about rottweilers. He had a special feeling for them because some of the first dogs he rehabilitated were rottweilers. He liked to call them gladiators and he never worried about leaving his wife and kids at home because of his dogs.
All in all, I think dogs constitute a much friendlier and less costly security system than systems like ADT. Plus, you have a built in reason to be more active and go for walks (Lady knows my walking shoes and gets pretty excited). Look at the benefits of dogs. They are interactive and there are proven medical benefits for people to own pets. They are easy to use, you feed them, play with them, and presto, they love you and protect you. They are easy to transfer if you move and you can take them wherever you go (Lady knows that when I grab the keys after dark that she is going with me). They can warm your feet and entertain your children. Sunday morning Lady and Peter had a tag game going on. It was opposite of what you would normally see. Usually you see a dog chasing a running child, this time, Lady was running from Peter and he followed. She would come into the room and stand by me, and, sure enough, here came Peter after her. She would run to the living room before he got anywhere close to her and he would turn around and follow her. I kept trying to tell her that by running from him, he just thought she was playing with him.
Another part of our family security systems is our firearms, of which we have quite a few. We have: two 12-guage shotguns, one 20-guage, one 30-30, two .22 rifles, one .22 pistol, one 30-06, one .357 revolver, and my sig. All the boys in the area know that it would not be wise to try to enter our house (I've been known to keep my pistol with me while James is gone). However, wisdom in all things. As I've said before, the best gun control is gun training. We teach our kids to respect guns and that they are not toys.
I feel that we are set for life when it comes to guns. We are also set for the next 10-15 years when it comes to dogs. What more could we ask for?
3 comments:
We'll probably end up having a security system at some point because I'm not a fan of inside pets. But I feel exactly the same way about guns. We grew up in a house where guns were a part of life, but they were not to be played with. The real danger is when your kids don't know they are in the house and find them unexpectedly, because then all they know about them is what they see on TV. So that's about enough of my ranting about responsible gun ownership.
A couple of years ago I went through the Concealed carry class here in Utah, one of the main things they talked about being most important was being in a state of mind that maintains a higher state of awareness about what is going on around you. Heaven forbid any of us ever need to use a weapon or a dog to protect our life or those that we love. I even hope the day never comes that we need them as bad as they did in the Revolutionary beginnings of our country. I look at the founding fathers as nearly prophets, and find it very interesting that those prophets placed the right to keep and bear arm before speech and many other important rights that people have fits about protecting. Good job Daughter
It is better to be prepared and not have an opportunity than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. I'm sure the bus driver in St. George hoped that she'd never have to use the gun she carried, but I bet she was pretty glad she carried it.
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