My son tells me that being burglarized leaves a felling near to what a woman experiences after being raped. He was burglarized by an awful brave intruder as he and his wife lay in the bed asleep, while his dog looked on. The burglar came into their bedroom, took my son's wallet off the night stand, went around the bed and took my daughter-in-law's purse and a couple of diamond rings that were laying on her night stand, went back into the kitchen, took some food items, removed $1200. from the wallet and about $300. from the purse, dropped them on the floor in the kitchen and left. My son had a loaded .45 in a drawer in the night stand, but he never heard a sound, his wife said she heard the dog growl, but she told it to shut up, rolled over and went back to sleep.
I partially lay the blame on my daughter-in-law, she had scolded the dog so much about barking that you could tear the house down and it wouldn't bark. She once scolded my dogs for barking at her when she came to my house, but I told her to shut up and leave them alone, they were only doing their job, and that was what I wanted them to do, bark at everything that comes on the property.
I may get robbed while home, but I really don't worry about it as long as the dogs are here. It is when we are away that concerns me.
