Scary..

[CathyBogart]

How scary! I live in a pretty low-income apartment complex which is gated, and while I doubt most people here would have much worth stealing I can imagine we might seem like an easy target for someone who got in the gate. (Which isn't hard to do)

[AdoreMyDogs]

How scary! I hope your house remains free from any attempts of a break in Tell Bella to put her scary face on if someone strange is outside!

Even though anyone who attempted to break into our house would end up with limbs missing from my two dogs (who are actually extremely friendly, just protective due to their breed), we always lock up and treat our house as if we didn't have the two security dogs keeping it safe. Now that Boone is out of his crate 100% of the time, just the combo of barks alone is deterent enough for anyone with half a brain

I really hope the robbers stear clear of your house. I know that robbers usually pass up houses with dogs, even if the dogs aren't very protective. It's just an extra stress they don't need when they're in a hurry to pack up and go.

Lizbud I'm so sorry to hear about your house getting broken into I had no idea. I don't come around too much and I must have missed it. That's so sad and scary. Poor Smokey I'm not sure what kind of monster would do such a thing as break into someones house and steal. I know that sometimes it's not easy to find a job, but it's not THAT hard to find LEGAL work

[lizbud]

Lizbud I'm so sorry to hear about your house getting broken into I had no idea. I don't come around too much and I must have missed it. That's so sad and scary. Poor Smokey I'm not sure what kind of monster would do such a thing as break into someones house and steal. I know that sometimes it's not easy to find a job, but it's not THAT hard to find LEGAL work

Thak you Leslie. I'm sure the crooks didn't even know there was a
dog in the house because Smokey doesn't bark much at all. I have since
added a security system & another dog Maggie.She is not at all bashful.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Many years ago my apartment was buglarized. Although the police suspected it was my landlord I was so happy to get out of there. (I had given my notice the day before.)

Most horrid was it probably happened while I was sleeping....

Perhaps that is when I started having insomnia!

[gini]

Quite a few years ago my home was burglarized. We came home to find Sugar (my white Angora R/B kitty) walking around the front of the house.
As he was an indoor cat - we knew immediately what had happened.

It was during the holidays and they took every wrapped gift that was under the tree. We had had a holiday party the night before and I used the wrapped gifts as decorations. All of those were gone. They had taken the time to pick through my silverware to find and steal only the silver. Everything they took was small and they used the king sized pillow cases from my bed to haul their loot. They took every piece of jewelry that I owned including pieces from my family that could never be replaced.

They had stolen a box of business cards that belonged to my husband. There it was, our address - our phone number and his name. They called daily three and four times a day to see if we were home. It was a nightmare. My ex-husband's stepfather passed away and he had to leave town to go to the funeral. I was left alone to deal with the house and these calls. They had not taken any of my business equipment and I am pretty sure they kept calling hoping to get back in here and clean up again.

Dealing with the insurance company wasn't fun either - but we finally settled.

Eventually the calls stopped - and we installed a burglar alarm. But that trauma remains with me today.

I am glad, Pam, that it wasn't your home - but it does leave you feeling very vulnerable and I am sorry you have to deal with that.

[Pam]

Most horrid was it probably happened while I was sleeping....

Sara, the last time there were robberies in my neighborhood the robbers often came in at night while the homeowners slept. My neighbors had family visiting from out of state because it was around Christmas, and the grandmother saw someone come out of the bathroom around 2:00 AM and didn't think it was her son-in-law but blamed it on the fact that she didn't have her glasses on. It turns out that this kid (a teenager) was right down the hall from five sleeping people upstairs rooting around in the medicine cabinet.

Gini, wrapped gifts were also stolen in that series of burglaries in my neighborhood several years ago. I just can't imagine the horrible feeling that one is left with after such a thing. Although some of the stolen articles cannot ever be replaced I am just thankful that those of you who have been victimized were not in physical danger yourselves.