Joe, another things that says "STOP" like nothing else is the sound of a 12-guage cycling in the dark!
One thing that says "TIME TO LEAVE" like no other is a round of barking from either our 92-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback or your Rotties!
Dogs are a great deterent! I was recently at a fellows house in "Cherry Hills" south of Denver. This is a neighborhood where all the x sports stars live. This guy had a contract with Cisco Systems to maintain his home network and no, I will not say who he is. Anyway, he had been robbed before and found he had been cased by proffesionals who sold thier info to jewel theives. A big part of thier deal is how many dogs they have and when they are there. He had a good sized black lab and he got robbed when he went to his 6 mo. appointment to the vet. A$$holes.... Obviously, they had him pegged and the whole reason the conversation came up at all is because I was talking dogs with him. He now has two dogs. :)
Now, if a Lab freaks out a proffesional thief, imagine what they'd think about a Rhodie or two Rotties? :-D
