case study for self defense

A case study as to why we need to be prepared comes straight from today’s local headlines. In Bond Hill a 20 year old “man”, Deshawn Phillips, was arrested yesterday on several charges including robbery, theft, failure to comply with police, reckless driving, driving on a suspended license, and failure to maintain reasonable control of a vehicle. Robbery because the car he was driving and then wrecked was stolen.

 

What makes matters even more interesting is that he had an arrest warrant for him regarding a violent mugging on July 10^th where he violently hit a woman repeatedly in the face in an attempt to get her purse. He finally wrestled the victim to the ground and took her checkbook. He never did get the purse.

 

I can’t help to think that some Mace or a stun gun would have altered this event tremendously. The robber would be the one with the injuries instead of the law abiding citizen. Sometime I think of prevention as a time saver. So there you are after being attached, assuming you are still alive. You then have to go to a police officer or station to make a report. Then you have to go to court which is a burden on you and your employer. Typically court takes about three hours on average as you have to get parking, get through security, and wait for the case to be called. It is usually never a one time event. It may take three or more appearances to help convict the robber. I did not even mention the time you would waste in the hospital emergency room and recovery time.

 

The alternative situation is that you use pepper spay, a stun gun, a TASER, or other self defense product to completely disable the robber allowing you time to get away and be safe. This situation does not even take into effect the impact that a family member such as a child would have to deal with after such attach. People have insurance on their home, care, and even life. That insurance is a hell of a lot more expensive than $10 worth of pepper spray that has a shelf life of two years.

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old school home security

I was so excited because I just bought my first home. I was worried about the neighborhood so I signed up for a home security system. It cost about $35 a month and it had motion detectors and a couple of door sensors. The problem was that my old school system was tripping my modern system. I had a few dogs. They kept setting off the motion detectors no matter how I configured the settings. After getting numerous calls after the alarm kept going off, I decided not to use it any more. I looked at my dogs and thought to myself that I had been very stupid. I was lured by advertising and overlooked a simple, reliable, almost self sufficient system. Best of all, this system was free-relatively speaking.

 

Dogs are truly man’s best friend. I hate to think how some moronic people abuse them or leave them in the backyard chained to a pole for their entire lives, but that is another story. Dogs will give their lives to protect yours without thinking. But for most that is not necessary. Criminals want an easy mark. They do not want to enter a house with a dog because the dog makes noise alerting neighbors and others about the intrusion and because dogs will most likely try to bite them depending on the bread and temperament. They will not risk it.

 

I have come to the conclusion that one dog is fine, but three are better. More than that it becomes difficult to handle. Some intruders may not worry about one dog. They think they can handle them. Three dogs are a different matter. You want to select a dog that best matches your personality, but if having a dog for protection you should make a few considerations.

 

I know small dogs are amazing and you can dress them up, but for many criminals, they look like a foot ball and they will be happy to try to kick a field goal with them. I would recommend a medium size dog. They tend to live longer than larger dogs. Pure breads area also great, but mutts tend to also have fewer problems because of over inbreeding from breeders. I have three mutts. Two are chows and one is a mix between a terrier and a bird dog. Each one does different things based on their breed type. The chows are very much a one person owner dog. They are very loyal and do not in any way like strangers. The bird dog is also loyal, but they usually love everyone. The terrier part makes her more defensive than she would ordinarily be. Dogs do a great job of displaying traits they were bread for.  

 

I feed them, walk them, and bathe them. That is about all the maintenance they need. They also motivate me to get out of the house more than I would otherwise. Dogs have been side by side with man for thousands of years. Romans trained Irish Wolf Hounds to literally attach enemy chariots from behind and pull the soldiers off of them and kill them. It is time you utilized what the ancients knew-dogs are awesome for security.

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