Dear Joe, I understand how you feel.
4 years ago when we had some horrid crimes within 2 blocks of the house my kids bought me a Rottweiler puppy.
These crimes stopped when a homeowner killed the twerps and for 4 years since this shit machine has eaten me out of house and home. Food and Vet expense through the roof.
The mangy mutt insists on going everywhere with me, and there has been a time or two I mistakenly thought someone was going to steal my car but once the dog got in the window the kids just waved at him and walked away, Must have been dog lovers they just wanted to see the Dog.
There have been some false alarms, idiot dog would start barking at night and we would find , It must have been the cats that pushed the screens out of the open windows. Stupid Dog.
Talk about an idiot dog, when the grandkids play in the yard and a stranger would come up to them all friendly patting them on the head and asking their names, this 120 pound dog would run over and get between the kids and the stranger, this happend twice in one summer and the dog scared these nice old men so bad we never saw them again.
So now that things have been quiet for a few years I see no reason to keep a worthless shit machine. If I cannot sell him he goes to the pound.
No sense getting Paranoid Joe, a can of Bear spray on the dresser is enough. Why bother with a dog or gun, both will just get you sued perhaps. If you hear your wife scream while in the shower, calmly explain to the Man or Men that he/ they are in the wrong house.
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