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Even if you live in a "good"neighborhood you could still be burgled by someone casing the neighborhood/home. Do people really not lock their houses when they leave? My parents always taught us to lock the house on the way out, even when we lived out in the country.

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Our family practice is to lock the house when going on vacation, but not if we're just going out normally for the day.

I often don't lock my house. But when I'm not there, there's a dog on the front porch who doesn't like strangers.

I don't get the downvotes for this. A dog who doesn't like strangers is a pretty traditional security system, and is much, much more secure than a locked door.

It really really isn't. That stranger can become an instant friend with some food. There was a show once where an ex-burglar would break into people's homes to show how easy it was. People would say, "there's no way he's getting past my dog!" and the guy would just open up the fridge and throw all the meat on the floor. End of problem.

That is evidence that it's easy to get past an untrained dog. It's not evidence that it's easier to get past an untrained dog than a locked door.

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