I do have signs that say "Warning, Guard Dogs" on both gates into my back yard. They are only there to prevent any civil action should an unscrupulous person decide to sue after my Pit Bull or Golden Retriever tries to eat them when they enter their domain. Funny though, my little dog is usually the only one that barks. The other two remain in stealth modeThe Annoyed Man wrote:Generally speaking, I’m not much of a believer in signs. If you stop to think about it, the only factor in the OP’s scenario that doesn’t apply in my own home is seclusion. OTH, I live in a very quiet suburban neighborhood where people tend to keep to themselves, and there is some distance between the houses. If I thought those kinds of signs - whatever the content - were effective, my house would be festooned with them. It’s not, and for good reason.
“This house defended by Smith & Wesson”, and other signs like that are simply advertising that say “guns available to steal inside this house”. And I don’t believe quoting chapter and verse of the law will matter either. Remember? They are law-breakers. They don’t care about your stinkin’ laws. What’s my first line of defense? Two large dogs who don’t like unaccompanied strangers. Their bark says “anyone who wants to come in here is going to have to face me before they can leave......and once in, they’ll pray they can leave with their dangly parts still attached.” I have a home alarm system, and external surveillance cameras, but that barking is what first alerts me to a possible threat.
I realize that a home security system may not be of practical use for an RV. However, dogs love to travel. Get yourself a good one. They provide companionship as well as perimeter security. He or she will hear or smell bad juju long before you are aware of it, and it will give you time to get to and deploy whatever your chosen firearm happens to be.
A thief who sneaks up on your RV in the middle of the night may not have any qualms about breaking in while you’re there, but he’s going to be mightily discouraged by the sound of a dog that sounds like it’s barking steel bricks. If all goes well, the thief will leave and look for a softer target, and you’ll never even have to confront him.
Several years ago I had a German Shepherd that followed a BG into the back door of my house while we were gone. We got home, and although she always met the car, she was nowhere in sight. Went in the house and could see her head poking above the bar between living room and kitchen. Saw patio door was shattered and as we walked around the bar, she was sitting on a badly bitten and cut up BG. His only words were to please call the law or shoot him but please get the dog off of him. When LEO came and took him away, one of the officers told me to go get the signs and put up because he had seen instances where a BG had sued the homeowner.
