thanks.. i got an aluminum gsd on duty sign on ebay under pets on dogs you justhave to look for it .they have all kinds of breeds. for 15.00

Sak_man, naive of me to think that every adult who has a brain uses it, and that everyone who has eyes registers what they see.

I like this one "My dog can make it to the gate in 2.3 seconds. Can you?"

Here is a good link that illustrates the conflict between owner responsibility/liability and victim sympathy.

http://workingdogs.com/doc0027.htm

One thing I've done is put locking latches on my gates. They're called magna-latches. Keeps the kids in and people out. Someone would have to jump the 6 foot fence to get in. I've never heard of a meter reader being that committed to their job. I hope that with these latches there is less of a chance for liability concerns. Then again, maybe not

my biggest problem is with the meter readers. I have two, one for electric and the other for gas and water. I put signs stating to ring door bell before entering so that the dogs can be put up, well those were ignored not only did they still enter the yard on their own but half the time would not secure the gate. So for my dog's safety, rather than the meter readers I chained and padlocked the fence. One day the gas reader decide to just climb the locked gate. He never rang the door bell (there is always someone at home). My dogs just happened to be in the very back when he did this (they are indoor dogs but go in and out throughout the day). I also happen to be in the back with the dogs. Both dogs bolted like mad when they heard him enter the yard. I could not see from where I was what they were after but quickly went to investigate. Poor guy he had one little dog circling his heals and my GSD blocking any exit. I don't think he could have made himself any flatter against the wall. I told the GSD to leave it and then put him in a platz. As for the little dog I just picked him up. I asked him why he did not ring the door bell, he had no answer. He also told me he had been pinned by a mastiff a couple houses down. Since that incident he always rings the door bell so I can secure the dogs and unlock the gate. As for the electric meter reader well they never ring the door bell and never have the same people reading the meter. Half the time they don't even read the meter but rather estimate.

At least in Florida, you are more liable if you do not post a bad dog sign up!

I have a f u n n y story.
A friend of mine owns two giant schnauzers. Male is protection trained female is not.
One day as my friend was in the back of her yard, behind the house putting out the laundry, a meter-reader decided to just come in despite the signs.
The dogs heard the gate open a ran to the front of the house but my friend didn't notice because they always play chase like that. In a few minutes the female came to the back barking her head off (schnauzers are often tatle-tales) to my friend and before she could go check what was wrong she saw the male giant DRAGGING the meter-man around the house to HER! Thank GOD it was winter time and the man had a thick jacket on, although it was quite obvious that the dog had never wanted to actually HURT the guy- just to show him to his master. He dropped the guy in front of her and mumbled like he was saying "Look what I found! What should I do with him Mamma?"
The meter guy was terrified but swore that the dog was very "GENTLE" with him as he pulled him buy the arm around the yard!
He left hurredly and quite embarassed.
Question: Can you imagine what would've happened if he'd tried to fight the dog off?
:rolleyes:

MAN alive! These are cool stories about our dogs, and it makes you think MOST people are brain dead. Maybe the meter people should carry Binoculars to see the dang meter, or Butterfly's to close the wounds.. think about it!

It seems some people think the signs are up just to scare off burglars so they disregard them.
Maybe if a big pile of dog doo was left under the sign they would believe it. The bigger the pile, the bigger the dog <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />