Bump...do you investigate?

Like fix, I let the dog do the recon.

If the dog is sleeping, I ignore.

If the dog gives her "alarm bark", which is different from her "answering another dog" bark, then I investigate, quietly, flashlight (off) and Hi-Power in hand. There is plenty of ambient light throughout our house and I have good night vision. My wife has the cell phone and backup.
 
Okay, picture this...

Doin' the horizontal bop with the girlfriend, about two ayem... havin' a grand ol' time, and approaching an even grander ol' time... Hear a monster crash from my "gun room." She says it was the fastest she'd EVER see someone disengage from combat, hit the floor, grab a rifle, insert a magazine, chamber a round, and belly crawl through a door...

A rubbermaid container had had another stacked on top, but was defective, and slowly bent until the one on top fell over.
 
I agree with Fix and Dave R. Listen to the dogs. They got the nose tha knows.

O' course sometimes the dogs get all excited about the very dangerous and threatning kitty-cat or polecat crossing the yard and need to be told that there's no real threat and that they are good dogs for letting you know of the 'danger'.
 
I have always been of the opinion that doing a one-man house clearing job is really, really freakin' stupid. Better to hole up and wait for either
A)The cavalry to arrive.
or
B)Mssr. Goblin to come into my room where he can be properly identified and dealt with.

However, I've always had this nagging, well, 'what if' situation sitting in the back of my head.
(I apologize if I stray too far from the topic at hand.)
Let's pretend that you are in a situation where you and you're SO aren't the only ones in the house.
For the sake of argument, let's say that you have to kids, each with their own bedroom.
Now, what do you do when you hear that sound?
Do you still hole up?
Or do you go on an expedition to extract the children and bring them to the safe room?
If so, it seems that would play havoc with the 'wait and see' approach.
What would you do? Go get your kids, or hunker down and hope that they are ok?

If you do opt to get the kids, what do you do? How do you go about getting them up and moving them safely and quickly?
 
OK every time you hear the dishes fall down from the stack because you piled 'em up too high, are ya gonna hole up in your safe room, turn off all the lights, round up the kids send out the dog, etc.? Just wondering.
 
Easy I open the gate and let the DOG investigate, if I hear a commotion I follow to rescue her The sheltie designator has identified tresspassers and pinpointed their position. If everything is fine she comes back wagging her tail.:)
 
After a 125lb dog gets done with an intruder

is there really anything left to do but call the ambulance? Particurly with a 50 lb pitbull doing an assist? Both my dogs have free roam of the house(I live alone) mostly spend their nights in my bedroom but do "tours" through out the night. I actually feel sorry for whoever trys it. There's nothing like being attacked by a dog as large as a small blackbear (Saint Bernard 36" at the shoulder 125lb) and a small but VERY strong & fast buzzsaw (50lb pitbull)helping out? If theres anything left to do the 38 and the 12 gage should take care of it. :)
 
In these kind of scenarios SWAT training could be considered somewhat moot since the letter "T" stands for Team; in the case of an individual effort the skills involved are perhaps then more akin to those employed by a hunter albeit in an artificial setting - stealth and sensory interpretation.

Planning and preparation are very important; a good dog (not necessarily a big dog either) and or a home that is impossible to gain entry into without making alot of noise, and with some delay, are advantageous.
 
I'm in a townhome so things that go "bump" could be a nearby neighbor doing something late at night. Regardless, the square footage here is pretty small and simple to check out. The hallway is 10 feet long and I have a clear view from the master bedroom to the spare room/home office. And there's plenty of glass facing the relatively secure back yard.

Weapon of choice is usually a .357 revolver with WW-Silvertip JHPs and a sure-fire. Check front windows & door, check sliding glass door to backyard, go back to bed. If someone really is coming in the window, it's 5.8 yards from hall to far window. Less to the front door or other window. If he's already inside I expect I'll need a lot of carpet shampoo.

My neighbors have the right idea. They have a 110 pound Rottwieler who sleeps at the end of the hallway near the kids' room. :D
 
If the SECOND sound I hear after the 'bump' isn't the sound of my two chows eating the BG, its time for some new dogs.....

But I do have kids, sleeping on the opposite end of the house from us, so I would ALWAYS investigate, cuz dogs CAN be delt with silently.....

But I guess if someone has the skill and determination to defeat my alarm system and my two dogs WITHOUT alerting me while doing it, I'm probably in serious trouble.....
 
just curious Derius_T how would one take out 2 dogs silently while breaking in at the same time?.... not saying it cant be done but wondering how
 
Do I investigate? I was left with this choice last night actually.

Not only did I hear the bump, and kinda woke up, but the light int he room next to mine kicked on, which never happens. (I should mention, Im 21 and am home from college living in the basement at my folks) so anyways, I jump up in bed when I hear that, and I peer out the room-to-room window, and I see a black man, with his pants nearly around his ankles. This isnt right in my mind. So I look around my room, considering options. I looked at he pistol, but thought, what if we know him? Its odd for him to turn on the lights. I pick up pistol. I'd rather avoid shooting someone if they are drunk and wandered in here out of stupidity, even in they did mean to rob us. I grab the mag lite. so here I am at my door way with my pistol to my one side, and the lite in the other hand, hearing the man to my left. To my right, I hear footsteps coming down the steps. So I step back in my room a bit, ready to aim at the bottom of the steps. Its my sister, who doesnt live at home. So I motion to her to stop, I point down the hall, and mouth "who is that" she smiles, I feel like an ass, I go back to bed. Apperently its her waste of flesh boy friend. Should'a just.....nevermind :rolleyes:


But, yes. I investigate.
 
bogie said:
She says it was the fastest she'd EVER see someone disengage from combat, hit the floor, grab a rifle, insert a magazine, chamber a round, and belly crawl through a door...
Click to expand...

How many times has this scenario happend to her? haha, sorry, I just noticed that and couldnt resist.
 
Indigo,

While the T in the acronym does stand for tactics, it is bound in the team concept. Beyond specialized knowledge and tasks within such units, the individual skills are not especially unique. This is not to say that anyone with this kind of training does not have an advantage over people with no training, but the applicable skills in the context of this thread are not exclusive to them, and can be learned by anyone with the will to do so.
 
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