Why Burglars Skip Houses With Dogs (Even Small, Quiet Ones)

🔗 The Complete Method I Teach, Written Down — The Door, The Road, The Days Away: https://edbrannigan.com/ In the research where convicted burglars were asked what made them skip a house, one answer came up over and over, and it wasn't a lock, a camera, or an alarm. It was a dog. The part that surprises everybody is that size barely matters. A small dog behind a door does very nearly the same job as a large one, and in some ways does it better. People assume the value is that a dog will bite somebody. It isn't. The value is that it makes noise through a closed door, before anybody gets in, at the moment somebody is still deciding whether to try. That destroys all three things he wants: an empty house, no observation, and speed. In this video: why small dogs are frequently more effective, what a quiet dog still does, and the six signals visible from your pavement that announce a dog exists whether it barks or not. Plus how to reproduce most of the effect if you don't want an animal. And two honest sections. Don't get a dog for security. And don't put up a beware-of-dog sign, for a legal reason most people have never heard. 📕 Off the List — three books at edbrannigan.com 💬 Has your dog ever alerted on something that turned out to be real? #homesecurity #dogs #burglary #crimeprevention #homesafety #retiredcop #safetytips #petsafety #neighborhoodwatch #protectyourhome