Carry when at home in your presumed "safe space"?

[Will Carry]

I have a poodle. He always sits and sleeps on the living room sofa. One day I went over and sat next to him quietly. I noticed from where he was sitting he could see the road in front of the house, the driveway, the front door, the hallway to the bedrooms, the kitchen, the back door and the deck. From this one vantage point! Now if he growls it means someone is walking past the house, if barks they are walking up the driveway. He's my little friend. If he growls at night, I get up and see what's going on.

 

[HorizontalMike]

I have a poodle. He always sits and sleeps on the living room sofa. One day I went over and sat next to him quietly. I noticed from where he was sitting he could see the road in front of the house, the driveway, the front door, the hallway to the bedrooms, the kitchen, the back door and the deck. From this one vantage point! Now if he growls it means someone is walking past the house, if barks they are walking up the driveway. He's my little friend. If he growls at night, I get up and see what's going on.

And you sat down NEXT to your dog and he DIDN'T notice!?... Time for a bit of training/retraining IMO. I carry 100% at home and wouldn't trust a mut for much of anything other than to create noise at the wrong time. In 500BC this may have been a great idea, today not so much, IMO.

 

[Spectragod]

I have a poodle. He always sits and sleeps on the living room sofa. One day I went over and sat next to him quietly. I noticed from where he was sitting he could see the road in front of the house, the driveway, the front door, the hallway to the bedrooms, the kitchen, the back door and the deck. From this one vantage point! Now if he growls it means someone is walking past the house, if barks they are walking up the driveway. He's my little friend. If he growls at night, I get up and see what's going on.

Pics of your dog? I trust my dogs, they have great instincts, and can hear and smell way better than I can. Mine seem to pick strategic vantage points as well. BTW.... my kids are toy poodles.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

This is Ben. He is 58 lbs of love and teeth.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

 

[Smoke]

And you sat down NEXT to your dog and he DIDN'T notice!?...

A dog's sense of smell is such that I promis you that dog knew exactly who was there before Will got within 10 feet of him.

 

[fatcat3]

in the house i'm dressed down so gun comes out of the pocket. i've enough shotguns here and there around the house. i would rather have a shotgun than a pistol anyway.

 

[7shooter]

This thread reminded me of a conversation between a male and female officer in a competition pistol class I was in. They were joking about some of their recent exploits on the SWAT and gas teams. A male cop was going on about a situation that sounded pretty macho. The female officer said he was the kind of guy who practices quick draw in his underwear. He acted hurt and replied that she said that like there was something wrong with that.

 

[Will Carry]

And you sat down NEXT to your dog and he DIDN'T notice!?... Time for a bit of training/retraining IMO. I carry 100% at home and wouldn't trust a mut for much of anything other than to create noise at the wrong time. In 500BC this may have been a great idea, today not so much, IMO.

I never said my dog didn't notice. Maybe you need to take a class in reading comprehension. Dogs have been protecting their masters for thousands of years. I'll take my dog over anything you got. Maybe if you hung a pork chop around your neck you could get a dog to play with you. It might change your attitude.

 

[Smoke]

I never said my dog didn't notice. Maybe you need to take a class in reading comprehension. Dogs have been protecting their masters for thousands of years. I'll take my dog over anything you got. Maybe if you hung a pork chop around your neck you could get a dog to play with you. It might change your attitude.

3 snaps in a Z formation

 

[Whitwabit]

And you sat down NEXT to your dog and he DIDN'T notice!?... Time for a bit of training/retraining IMO. I carry 100% at home and wouldn't trust a mut for much of anything other than to create noise at the wrong time. In 500BC this may have been a great idea, today not so much, IMO.

My nephew and his unit did .. kept them from walking in to an ambush 2 times and alerted to several IED's .. Ask them and others if they trusted the "MUTT's" as you called them !! Dogs have greater instincts then man and are a better judge of character then any human !!

I trust my GSD ... she would do everything she could do to protect me and my family with out hesitation !!

 

[reb68]

When I put my pants on in the morning I have my SD9 VE on. With my Ariel 3.0 holster I can do everything with comfort. I sometimes do not even think about it as if it was not there.I have gone up one waist size and wear it with comfort. I am going to put the long screws suggested in my door tomorrow. Before the housing bust I installed door hardware in new houses all day and never thought about how easy it is to kick a door in. There is a set of plates you can install around your hinges and door hardware that cannot be entered with a battering ram.