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Location: Four Corners Colorado | lexyy12 - 2014-04-22 9:08 AM Are labs good at protecting or no?
Some are some aren't. Thats why I like english mastiffs, guarding is what they were bred for. Trust me they really make an impact of people. Lol ask my plumber, he was walking through the house and the cat had let the mastiffs out. All I heard what "thats a BIG dog.!" and he totally froze. He didn't even see the one behind him. No bark, just deep deep growl.
I also traveled with one. I had run in the store and left the truck running and a friend was sleeping inside and someone came up and opened the door without Looking and the mastiff lunged into the front seat. The guy took off running and my dog stopped just outside of the door of the truck barking. I really liked that she stayed with the truck and my friend instead of giving chase.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | equussynergy - 2014-04-22 10:19 AM lexyy12 - 2014-04-22 9:08 AM Are labs good at protecting or no? Some are some aren't. Thats why I like english mastiffs, guarding is what they were bred for. Trust me they really make an impact of people. Lol ask my plumber, he was walking through the house and the cat had let the mastiffs out. All I heard what "thats a BIG dog.!" and he totally froze. He didn't even see the one behind him. No bark, just deep deep growl.
I also traveled with one. I had run in the store and left the truck running and a friend was sleeping inside and someone came up and opened the door without Looking and the mastiff lunged into the front seat. The guy took off running and my dog stopped just outside of the door of the truck barking. I really liked that she stayed with the truck and my friend instead of giving chase.
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Location: Here | Honestly, You need to go to a shooting range and take some courses. One rule of thumb, is if you pull your gun, You have better be prepared to use it. Don't ever point a gun and then back down or hesitate.
Not to hurt your feelings, but you need to toughen up emotionally. This is why I think all children when they graduate high school, need to leave the nest and learn to live on their own. No BoyFriend no Girlfriend. Learn to be alone. You would be amazed at what this will teach you. You need to learn some independence and gain some self confidence |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | The best ever watch dogs I have had are my Heelers, they are very territorial and become very attached to their owners. When someone would come up in the yard and my dogs did not know them they would always stand between me the stranger, and you did not mess with my kids, love these dogs. |
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Location: Here | Barbara has some amazing tips that will help you gain confidence not only around horses and in the arena but in Life as well Check out her free newsletter http://barbraschulte.com/personal-performance-what-does-that-mean/ |
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Miracle in the Making
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| personally i don/t have any outside lights they can/t see unless they have light their own.
also carpet tack strips nailed in front of windows will hurt
i can/t shoot a gun nor ca i unlock doors my doors or never locked have not been locked in 20 yrs
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | Take a class on how to handle a handgun, I would suggest a 9mm, it is small and easier for a woman to hold and practice shooting. Your house has an alarm system, you should always have it set, even if you are doing yard work etc....Get a dog, even if it is a small dog it will bark if a stranger pulls up in your yard. Have dusk till dawn lights. It is not expensive too run lighting in the shrubs around the house, it looks nice but keeps the house from being in the dark. Put a sign at the end of your drive advertising the alarm company. Here you need a permit each year for your alarm so call the alarm company as soon as you move in and activate it. The permit registers you with the police and fire dept!! Make sure your address can been seen on your mailbox incase you ever need the police or firedept they can find you easily! |
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Location: Oregon | As someone that is NEVER alone and is completely surrounded by people it seems at all times - I ENVY YOU!! 
Just having an alarm system and a dog makes me feel safe when I do get the rare moment of being alone at my place. You will get used to it and it will be old hat. Congrats on your new house!!!  |
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| SG. - 2014-04-22 10:33 AM
Honestly, You need to go to a shooting range and take some courses. One rule of thumb, is if you pull your gun, You have better be prepared to use it. Don't ever point a gun and then back down or hesitate.
Not to hurt your feelings, but you need to toughen up emotionally.  This is why I think all children when they graduate high school, need to leave the nest and learn to live on their own. No BoyFriend no Girlfriend. Learn to be alone. You would be amazed at what this will teach you. You need to learn some independence and gain some self confidenceÂ
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) |
Your not going to hurt my feelings! :) I do need to toughen up. I think I am just nervous about moving, add on being alone and then add on finding out it's been broken into! I have 1 dog that nothing happens that he doesn't know about! We are definitely getting a bigger dog too! I think once I'm used to being there by myself I will feel better. We are going gun shopping this weekend and going shooting!! |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Katie's - 2014-04-22 12:15 PM
 As someone that is NEVER alone and is completely surrounded by people it seems at all times - I ENVY YOU!! Just having an alarm system and a dog makes me feel safe when I do get the rare moment of being alone at my place. You will get used to it and it will be old hat. Congrats on your new house!!!
Thank you! :) I envy you!! I'm used to be surrounded at all times...almost! |
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Location: Here | lexyy12 - 2014-04-22 11:32 AM Your not going to hurt my feelings! :) I do need to toughen up. I think I am just nervous about moving, add on being alone and then add on finding out it's been broken into! I have 1 dog that nothing happens that he doesn't know about! We are definitely getting a bigger dog too! I think once I'm used to being there by myself I will feel better. We are going gun shopping this weekend and going shooting!!
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Location: Southern IL somewhere between KY and MO | We have 4 dogs 1 lab she will love you but let you know when someone is at the door. Hybred that will tear you a new one and he son that is just as mean and my aussie that seems to be the most protective and meanest LOL. then of course if you get past the dogs then you get to meet either Mr Smith or Mr Wesson. |
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Location: The edge of no where |
^^ Best advice yet!
Being alone isn't scary or bad....don't rely on someone else to protect you, get comfortable taking care of yourself.
I would adopt 2 big outside dogs asap... heeler, aussie, german shepard.. I've never been around a lab that was worth a flip as a guard dog, they'd all just lick you to pieces.
Have a little 'yip' dog inside with you, outside dogs in the yard...and a gun where it's easy to get too.
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| I live out in the middle of no where and hve a mean dog. She is very protective and I feel much safer when she is with me. She is border collie/ German shepherd mix. I found her at a rescue shelter. She is everything I hoped she would be. Very protective and smart.
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| I agree with everybody else on here....
Gun and dog...
I have a black lab mix and he die to protect me. My hubby also taught me to shoot. I had a few guns before i finally got one i love. it is a smith and wesson revolver. If you are not used to guns i recommend a revovler cuz it wont jam like any of my pistols did. And they are super easy to use.
We live near a truck stop in no mans land and one night the neighbor called me saying she saw a man in her back yard. Because of this... When hubby aint home I have guns strategicly placed loaded throughout the house and out of sight so i can be prepared no matter what room i'm in.
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Location: In Ky following Barrel Races & Walker hounds. | We have a coondog, a beagle, a Doberman and a lab... The coondog will definitely let you know if someone pulls up, and she is loud and big. The lab pup and the Dobie go on alert if someone knocks, and if they get in, I doubt they stay in very long with him right behind them... I 2nd "get a gun" also. |
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | Some labs are good and I really think it depens on the socilazation. My choc. lab is not a stranger lover and will get between me and any stranger that is in the yard. My black lab on the other hand LOVES people but is a jumper so she also has well placed paws to certain regions of a persons anatomy that can do some damage. You may want to get two pups so they grow up together ect. A hunting buddy for hubby and something for yourself. Just a thought.
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | Kgirl - 2014-04-22 1:36 PM
I agree with everybody else on here....
Gun and dog...
I have a black lab mix and he die to protect me.   My hubby also taught me to shoot. I had a few guns before i finally got one i love. it is a smith and wesson revolver. If you are not used to guns i recommend a revovler cuz it wont jam like any of my pistols did. And they are super easy to use.
We live near a truck stop in no mans land and one night the neighbor called me saying she saw a man in her back yard. Because of this... When hubby aint home I have guns strategicly placed loaded throughout the house and out of sight so i can be prepared no matter what room i'm in.Â
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I would NOT recommend this pistol to a new shooter, or any other tiny handgun. The recoil on these is brutal on your hands and will create a timid shooter that flinches. I am a very experienced shooter and these things make ME flinch - this would be the last thing I'd want as a home-defense weapon, because there's NO WAY I'd ever practice with it enough for it to become second nature.
I shoot A LOT, both for just pure practice and I also hunt. I've attended several tactical day classes. If I had to pick ANY pistol to protect myself with in ANY situation - I'd choose a .40 or .45 original frame Glock. The grip area is big enough to offer control, the recoil is NOWHERE near as powerful as the previously shown small pistols, and you don't have to "baby" them. I carry one with me out and about on the ranch doing work - it has been dropped a bazillion times, gotten rained on, had dust in every nook and cranny and it has fired EVERY TIME I pull the trigger. They are super user friendly, have an easy to work safety, the slide isn't a bear to pull back. Also, no matter what you get, replace the factory sights with glow-in-the-dark night sights.
Also, I'd load it with something good. Google "man stopping rounds"
As far as shotguns, no matter what you get - PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE - they look easy in the movies, but it takes more strength than most people realize to pump one correctly - especially since you work that with your non-dominant hand.
I have dogs, three border collies - and my fat fluffy one is the MEANEST dog I've ever owned. She's not much for presence, like a German Shepherd or Doberman, but she will bite anything/anyone that she perceives as a threat - no questions asked. I don't know that I'd trust a lab to do anything but bark and lick, but it just depends on the dog, and probably how much it has been socialized to other people. Our three dogs are OUR dogs: they don't listen to anybody but our family, they don't play with anybody but our family, nothing. They are our stock dogs, immaculately trained, and loyal to a fault. I'd trust any three of them to risk their life for me and my family.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | svincent - 2014-04-22 3:18 PM Kgirl - 2014-04-22 1:36 PM I agree with everybody else on here....
Gun and dog...
I have a black lab mix and he die to protect me. My hubby also taught me to shoot. I had a few guns before i finally got one i love. it is a smith and wesson revolver. If you are not used to guns i recommend a revovler cuz it wont jam like any of my pistols did. And they are super easy to use.
We live near a truck stop in no mans land and one night the neighbor called me saying she saw a man in her back yard. Because of this... When hubby aint home I have guns strategicly placed loaded throughout the house and out of sight so i can be prepared no matter what room i'm in.
I would NOT recommend this pistol to a new shooter, or any other tiny handgun. The recoil on these is brutal on your hands and will create a timid shooter that flinches. I am a very experienced shooter and these things make ME flinch - this would be the last thing I'd want as a home-defense weapon, because there's NO WAY I'd ever practice with it enough for it to become second nature. I shoot A LOT, both for just pure practice and I also hunt. I've attended several tactical day classes. If I had to pick ANY pistol to protect myself with in ANY situation - I'd choose a .40 or .45 original frame Glock. The grip area is big enough to offer control, the recoil is NOWHERE near as powerful as the previously shown small pistols, and you don't have to "baby" them. I carry one with me out and about on the ranch doing work - it has been dropped a bazillion times, gotten rained on, had dust in every nook and cranny and it has fired EVERY TIME I pull the trigger. They are super user friendly, have an easy to work safety, the slide isn't a bear to pull back. Also, no matter what you get, replace the factory sights with glow-in-the-dark night sights. Also, I'd load it with something good. Google "man stopping rounds" As far as shotguns, no matter what you get - PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE - they look easy in the movies, but it takes more strength than most people realize to pump one correctly - especially since you work that with your non-dominant hand. I have dogs, three border collies - and my fat fluffy one is the MEANEST dog I've ever owned. She's not much for presence, like a German Shepherd or Doberman, but she will bite anything/anyone that she perceives as a threat - no questions asked. I don't know that I'd trust a lab to do anything but bark and lick, but it just depends on the dog, and probably how much it has been socialized to other people. Our three dogs are OUR dogs: they don't listen to anybody but our family, they don't play with anybody but our family, nothing. They are our stock dogs, immaculately trained, and loyal to a fault. I'd trust any three of them to risk their life for me and my family. Good luck, and toughen up : )
I agree about that gun. I've shot large revolvers that were easy, but my S&W titanium .38 revolver is BRUTAL. I keep it in my truck and will shoot it if I have to, but even with a glove it will bust my hand open. And don't ask about the first time I shot a 12 gauge...my husband is still laughing.  |
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