I follow Naemanson's policy - I thought I was the only one who didn't have a remote!

I have had unknown persons pawing through my things and you really do feel violated. Fortunately, nothing of value was taken (cops thought they were looking mostly for cash, credit cards and small "quick-sale" items).

My watch cat would merely slip out the door if someone opened it without doing the special "keep the cat in the kitchen sidestep", but the dog deters anybody from getting that close to the door in the first place. He's a 125 pound Labrador/Dane(?) mix, and has a very deep bark and a head the size of a grizzly bear's. Nobody gets near the house without being "announced".

Unfortunatly, my car seems to be more of a target that the house. That's been broken into and rummaged through so many times that I had quit locking it overnight and just didn't leave ANYthing in it, before I had the dog.

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