| The best home security systems should include | | | | mature, bark rarely but bark menacingly when a |
| man's best friend; a dog! Nothing is perfect. A | | | | perceived intruder is close. It is like they are |
| purely mechanical fix for home security may not | | | | waiting until they "have" them, then they bark. In |
| always work. After all "Murphy" said: "If anything | | | | addition, as with several of the above mentioned |
| can go wrong, it will!" Mechanical failures; electrical | | | | breeds, the Bouvier is very threatening in |
| failure, etc....most dogs keep right on barking! | | | | appearance. By that I mean they are big and look |
| Certainly performance failure can also include a | | | | tough and focused, as indeed they are. On a |
| dog to be sure; however, in most cases having a | | | | non-related note the Bouvier is naturally wonderful |
| canine as an integral and purposeful part of a | | | | with children and believe it or not they are a |
| home security plan is a great and functional idea. | | | | family dog wanting to be inside more than outside |
| The vast majority of law enforcement offices | | | | even though they are classified as a "working" |
| this writer has questioned regarding this topic | | | | dog. |
| agree and recommend a dog as part of the | | | | Some home security experts question the |
| home security system. Loyalty None of the | | | | wisdom of getting a smaller but noisy dog as a |
| purely mechanical home and burglar alarm | | | | watch dog. I'm ambivalent on that issue. I've seen |
| systems have even one ounce of "loyalty" built in | | | | home security situations where a small dog who is |
| to them. Whereas all dogs and certainly some | | | | naturally loud has given good warning to the |
| breed more than others, are loyal to a fault and | | | | family and to the intruder that the jig is up! The |
| more to the point...to the death. Let me clarify | | | | choice is really up to you. I would counsel that |
| that last statement. Some dogs will give their lives | | | | getting as much bank for the buck does apply |
| to protect the "pack" and you my friend as | | | | here; and getting a big, menacing dog that is |
| owner and master are the "alpha" dog, or you | | | | family/pack oriented and will bark at a threat (not |
| should be. So, if the pack is deemed by the | | | | attack necessarily) would be the best suggested |
| watch dog to be threatened some breeds will | | | | solution. It is true that the "bad guys/girls" don't |
| gives their lives in an instant without a second | | | | really want to deal with a loud dog or a loud |
| thought to insure the safety of the pack. So get | | | | anything or that matter so a dog is a great idea. |
| a dog to help protect your home! Which breeds | | | | Having a dog as part of your home security plan |
| are best and recommended? Let us take a look | | | | also has side benefits. For instance you have a |
| at that. The following breeds are believed by | | | | companion there with you that loves you, in most |
| many experts to be very good and reliable watch | | | | cases anyway. You know they are on the job |
| dogs: Bull Mastiff, Rottweiler, German Shepard, | | | | 24hr a day, as most watch dog breeds sleep |
| Doberman Pinscher, Chow, Rhodesian Ridgeback, | | | | lightly. The bottom line is that putting some |
| and Bouvier des Flandres. | | | | fore-thought and effort into making a watch dog |
| While not an expert on dogs I have had personal | | | | breed a integral part of you home security plan is |
| and glowing experience for many years with the | | | | extremely wise and will result in increased |
| Bouvier. (3 in my adult life to date) They are born | | | | security. |