Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:47:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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You keep your dogs in the van it is parked overnight on a street?

Alistair



> On Jun 23, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>   I have big snarly-looking dogs usually.   And a small red sign on each
> side of the van saying "Beware of Dog" because I sometimes have to park in
> a supermarket lot or elsewhere where people might walk right past or get
> into a car parked beside the van....and Max didn't like that...
> He was about 110lbs with bright yellow eyes (Chesapeake retriever)  and was
> not very friendly looking to anyone coming near HIS van... He's gone, but
> we have another, a bit less protective but again with yellow eyes and a
> pretty hungry look for anyone looking into the van.
>   It's amazing how many people ask me..."Do you have a dog in there?"
> Where is the dog? like that...The signs do get seen....and shoppers aren't
> quite so likely to be startled and toss up their grocery bags and ____
> their drawers when they are 'greeted' as they approach my van...
>   I had another friend with a bay westie parked in New York city
> normally....He had "Ernst's Reptile Show" signs on his van and it was
> avoided also...