Posted on 08/30/2010 10:19:51 PM PDT by fred4prez
I hate you.
Seems odd given that you had a fence he had to leap. Otherwise, not sure what the problem is. I can certainly imagine someone’s dog gets away late at night, and they walk through the neighborhood looking for the dog, including in people’s back yards.
They don’t ring the bell to ask for permission because you might be in bed. They aren’t hurting anything or causing any damage, so they don’t think it’s really an issue.
I would hate to live in a place where I had to worry whether walking in someone’s back yard could get me shot. Where I live, kids walk through back yards just to get to other houses — if we don’t like it, we either mention it when they come through, or put up a fence, or get a dog that is territorial.
But like I said, I don’t understand why a guy would look for their dog INSIDE a fence, where they had to climb over the fence. So certainly calling the police was a good idea. And I don’t think people should be entering fenced areas without permission, even though I’d still hope gun owners wouldn’t shoot people simply for being inside their fence.
Plant blackberry bushes and/or knockout rosebushes all the way around your fence
Motion detector floodlights/alarms
I got some of these. Cheap, but effective.
I can see clear to the back fence in the dark...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/7-13-years/e581/
It was just one of those things. I usually tried to wrap up by 8pm, but I was doing really well and I only had about 10 more houses to do and then I would finish a very large section and wouldn’t have to drive out that way again.
I remember thinking to myself, “pushing it that last bit always nets you trouble”.
But I didn’t listen to that voice and pushed on. I remember thinking, sitting back in the paddywagon thankful that I at least stopped to pick up a 2L of Mountain Dew.
What did you think about Mission Ks. charging a ‘driveway tax’?
What a travesty that is. I hope the businesses, especially Target, packs up and moves. It would serve those folks right. I feel terrible for the residents of Mission - no say whatsoever.
Yes, but as I tried to explain to you the prowler was attempting to enter the house at 11:30 at night. Much different than someone just wandering around your property near the fenceline.
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