Security measures for yard?

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All my stable doors, tack rooms, machinery rooms are alarmed. I also have a phone in my feed/tack room and flood lights. Hubby wont let me have any more dogs, though I do have two small ones.
My trailer is chained to the floor concrete posts as well as having a lock to tow bar. I had one taken before being chained to floor, by some kindly gentleman of no fixed abode, knocking down two lots of post and rail with a vehicle and snatching it.

Would putting up guard dogs signs help too or hinder? Does anyone have security cameras?
 
I leave nothing of any value at my paddocks. I leave the feed room unlocked as I don't want the door smashed. It is a sad state that one cannot leave anything of value unlocked. I lock my energisers and batteries into metal containers to prevent their theft.
 
My yard is at the end of a long garden. I can see the roofs from my bedroom windows, but it does seem quite distinct ...
 
please people before you post what security measures you have in place do remember this is a public forum and any tom ,dick or harry can read it . they will learn exactly what people have in place and beable to act accordingly .
 
I have a very large Guard Goat that lives loose in the barn, you don't mess with him, he doesn't like strangers and if you get aggressive with him he'll really take you on. 6' of rearing goat in your face is not funny and a few saddles are not worth the hassle.

Whilst Goat has you in a corner the dogs will have woken up and will be howling the place down, so in the end I will get out of bed and look out of the window to see what is going on.

Of course, if you wanted an easier life, you could always go into the barn next door and take the tractor, the lawn mowers, or the quad, all of which always have the keys left in them, I wouldn't bother though, they are past their prime and actually, yes, take them, please.

Except you still have to go past the dogs.

OP. I don't think Guard Dog signs will make the slightest bit of difference to be honest :(
 
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Enfys said:
I have a very large Guard Goat that lives loose in the barn, you don't mess with him, he doesn't like strangers and if you get aggressive with him he'll really take you on. 6' of rearing goat in your face is not funny and a few saddles are not worth the hassle.

Whilst Goat has you in a corner the dogs will have woken up and will be howling the place down, so in the end I will get out of bed and look out of the window to see what is going on.

Of course, if you wanted an easier life, you could always go into the barn next door and take the tractor, the lawn mowers, or the quad, all of which always have the keys left in them, I wouldn't bother though, they are past their prime and actually, yes, take them, please.

Except you still have to go past the dogs.

OP. I don't think Guard Dog signs will make the slightest bit of difference to be honest :(
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Love the idea of a guard goat! My mother had huge dogs, but the only things that ever scared any intruders at her yard were her two elderly geese. And no. I don't think guard dog signs or CCTV signs make any difference either.
 
Some friends had 2 geese. evil ******* but i would dare any one to intrude. the noise was horrfic and they would quite happily attack . evil but blooming goob :)
 
babymare said:
Some friends had 2 geese. evil ******* but i would dare any one to intrude. the noise was horrfic and they would quite happily attack . evil but blooming goob :)
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Yes, horrific noise. Another bonus is that they are quite dim. When one died my mother was concerned the other would pine away, so she stood an old bathroom mirror against the goose house. The remaining goose happily chatted to her mirror friend for many years.
 
Statistically, when do most yard burglaries occur, I wonder? Night or day? Wonder if leaving radio or lights on make a difference or if CCTV will?
 
CCTV fake or real up to you but geese are excellent if doing the whole birds thing might as well get some chooks and have some eggs ;)

Everything bolted down and plenty of signs up normally deters folk from snooping and taking :)
 
Generally dogs are easy to bribe, dope, shut away, or let out, if I was a burglar I would come prepared for them. Years ago a friend in Northants had her 2 rotties poisoned when they took the entire contents of her tackroom.


I wouldn't set foot anywhere that had free range geese, scary creatures.

We did have an attack duck too, a Muscovey Drake that wasn't scared of people, he was black, roosted in a tree or the barn and would fly down and ambush you, especially at night, and then he'd grab your leg or any other part he could get hold of. He attacked me once too often though and went to meet his maker as he was worse than a dangerous dog. He once chased my daughter across the garden, down through the barn and she locked herself in the office, he then proceeded to march up and down on top of the food freezer glaring at her through the window. I had to throw a blanket over him so she could escape and even then he went back for her.
 
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Generally dogs are easy to bribe, dope, shut away, or let out, if I was a burglar I would come prepared for them.


I wouldn't set foot anywhere that had free range geese, scary creatures.

We did have an attack duck too, a Muscovey Drake that wasn't scared of people, he was black, roosted in a tree or the barn and would fly down and ambush you, especially at night, and then he'd grab your leg or any other part he could get hold of. He attacked me once too often though and went to meet his maker as he was worse than a dangerous dog. He once chased my daughter across the garden, down through the barn and she locked herself in the office, he then proceeded to march up and down on top of the food freezer glaring at her through the window. I had to throw a blanket over him so she could escape and even then he went back for her.
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We had a cockerel like that! Had to punt him across the yard on a daily basis viscious creature!!
 
I hate birds that flap ther wings at me, and when they have pointy bits that they are not scared about jabbing into you (more so cockerels) then that would be me done for. You tend to punt them and they STILL come back for more. With Duck I would have to physically grab his neck and hold him to the ground to calm him down. Muscoveys have VERY sharp, VERY long claws, I have the scars to prove it :(
 
Postcode the roof of your trailer with large lettering.
Tack mark all your tack etc. with your postcode and mark everything with Smartwater www.smartwater.com
Freezemark horses in a place where the Freezemark can be seen when the horse is being ridden and also take photos of your horse from front, back and both sides.
 
After 2 break ins I bought a shipping container with a covered lock. It would be possible to cut into it with an angle grinder but would make a lot of noise. Agree with comment about bribing dogs, apparently poisoning guard dogs is increasingly common.
 
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(snipped) Generally dogs are easy to bribe, dope, shut away, or let out, if I was a burglar I would come prepared for them.
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If you ever decide on a career change, look me up. Mine gets awfully bored with the padded suits!:D


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Personally, i would have geese as like others have said wouldn't want to put a dog through that and geese are harder to bribe!

Fake/real CCTV are a good idea, maybe signs that say everything is either alarmed or smart watered?

Where i had a loan a few years ago there was 2 guard dogs HUGE Alsatians and one would run to the top of the path barking and the other would run round the stables and catch you out. Amazing dogs, unfort they are old now but the last time i was there gave it there all :) sobby things!

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