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By: funny

funny — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:57:14 +0000

@ Hope: Good for you, getting rid of the rehab house. Good intentions notwithstanding, they really trash a neighborhood. We had a halfway house for male juvenile delinquents in one part of our area. Though the boys were quiet, as far as I know, the house ran down, and because no one wants to live next door to a residential reform school, neighbors fled and in doing so sold their homes at deep discounts to people who couldn’t afford to or didn’t want to keep them up. The result: even though the halfway house eventually closed (it also was sold at a bargain-basement price), the whole street is run down and probably never will recover. Blight spreads, and when a recession like the one we’re having now hits, it spreads irrevocably.

Bide your time with the lab. It takes about 18 months to two years for a dog to become protective. Labs can be very protective indeed. Be sure she’s well socialized now, so that when her adult instincts kick in she’ll be able to recognize acceptable humans from suspect ones.

By: Hope to Prosper

Hope to Prosper — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:47:56 +0000

We live in a really nice neighborhood, but some idoit bought three of the houses and turned them into drug rehab houses. Soon, we had speeders wandering up and down the street surfing all of the cars at night. After a ton of complaints to the police, the guy sold the houses and things are back to normal.

One thing I want to say is that I love my german shepherd and we didn’t lock our back door for many years. Unfortunately, she is 14 now and no longer a deterrent. Our new lab puppy is adorable, but she not a loyal protector, like our shepherd was. They are awesome dogs.

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By: Lynda

Lynda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:36:06 +0000

All excellent advice: don’t forget the average felon waits for the owner to claim on insurance then comes back for the new stuff. (Probably through the window you’ve just had replaced. Voice of experience? Yep.)

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Budgeting in the Fun Stuff — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:03:35 +0000

That’s scary! I’d be freaked out! I agree with all your tips, especially the one to not rely on dogs. My biggest hope if our house is ever burgled is that they ignore our barky little dogs. They don’t yap, but they do bark at strangers. If I have to be stolen from, I just hope they feed my dogs some treats and leave them be…

That’s the second time you’ve mentioned your very awesome German Shepherd…fantastic dog!