Jimson,ya I understand you have a dog and still got broken into but as Rich said I would look to people who know the dog and or the fact the dog could have been drugged,easiest way to sub do most dogs BTW.
If you have a dog that is trained as a guard dog that is one thing. I didn't, she is a pet. She does seem very territorial. I should create a sound recording of her when someone comes to the door.
If you heard it, I'm sure you would agree, you would have to be nuts to enter the house.
Obviously, my first thought was that it couldn't have been a stranger, but seeing that I cannot ID a single suspect. I can't assume that.
My theory is that the dog is all bluff. One whack from some object was all it took to send her running.
Of course it would have still required someone desperate and brazen enough to come through the window with a dog viscously carrying on on the other side.
Like I said, not a trained guard dog but her demonstrated actions led me to believe she would indeed be very protective.
I still believe that any sane person who heard the dog would bypass my house, but my luck is to have gotten an insane psycho whose need for a few bucks for dope was greater than his fear of dogs I suppose.
Or the possibility that the burglar wasn't a stranger but I'm not going to assume that.
In any case, being burned like this, I will never again rely solely on any dog and will take all measures to protect my property as if I had no dog.
Now if I can only get over the disgust I now feel for my dog, since the family loves her and replacement is not an option LOL.