FarSeer Introduction - Page 68
Yes, I *did* do my homework. This area is right at the edge of some really, really nice neighborhoods. My mega-rich boss lives just a half a mile up the same road.
Maybe it's just a cyclical thing, like the weather ..? .. We did think of getting a big dog, but that seems like trading one problem for a whole group of other problems - digging, barking, drooling, and the *cost* to feed them - not to mention the problem of flies from ...er... dog "waste." One little dog it's not so much

We'd feel safer -
maybe; big dogs aren't necessarily fierce! I've seen some pretty wimpy dogs that were huge. So we're still debating whether to get an alarm system, but again there is a cost factor.
Since we've added extra locks and are taking extra precautions with lighting, I think for now we're doing okay.