TehGruu
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Afterreading some of the other stories of close calls I figured I would share some of mine. This happened a couple of months ago.
I'm renting a house here in Waco, TX. I used to have a roommate until he up and bailed on me. Man, I could tell you some crazy stuff about both him and his girlfriend, but I'll spare you. Anyway, I found out from a mutual friend that he had skipped outto moveto FL to avoid paying his share of the bills. I was a little upset, but relieved at the same time. However, one thing bothered me. There were several times he brought unsavory people into the house.
I also was worried that he might come back while I was at work to try and clean me out of the few valuables I have. I work a night shift by the way, midnight to 8 a.m. Also, I was worried that he might have left a key with some of the undesirables that he used to hang out with. The window that wasn't secure in his room bothered me too. So, I took the night off of work to stay home and keep watch until I could secure the window and change the lock the next day.
Pulling guard duty with me was my Sig Pro 2022 9mm loaded with Hornady Critical Defense and my two dogs. A chihuahua and a rat terrier. Don't laugh.We got them when I was married and Itook them with me when I got divorced. Well, the night started coming on. I was sitting in the living room in my underwear with the lights out like a crazy person. I started getting sleepy at about 3 a.m.
4 a.m. and I was awoken by Daisey, my rat terrier. The way she woke me up though, was the cool part. She didn't freak out and start barking which would have kept me from hearing what was going on and what alarmed her in the first place. Now, in the daylight hours, if there is a knock at the door she will start barking if I make a move to answer it. If I don't move, she don't move. Her movement was what woke me up. I heard the noise too coming from the spare bedroom
I went into action. I grabbed my Sig and got into a stance and started to advance from the living room to the hall. Clearing open areas before I advanced, Daisey took point. Lol, we were moving like a tactical team up to the door. She went to the bottom corner and didn't make a sound at all. She just cocked her head and waited for me. My heart started racing and the adrenaline was flowing. I grabbed the door knob and slowly turned it. In one movement I pushed it open and entered the room doing a sweep with the Sig. I'll tell you, those night sights are nice. While I was sweeping Daisey charged in and ran to the window. She was still silent. The room was empty. I turned on the light and saw the hair on her back was sticking up and she had her ears pinned back.
Man, I'll tell you something. She may not be some badass german shepard trained attack dog, but I was so amazed to see that little dog wasready to go toe to toe with whatever may have been threatening my life. It was pretty cool.
The source of the noise was a screen that had came off the window pane, caught on a tree branch and the wind was making it tap against the glass. If this was due to someone trying to enter, I'll never know. That morning I ended up heading to the store to get a new deadbolt, secured the window, and bought Daisey a big ole hamburger, with cheese and the works. Needless to say, I sleep a lot easier having her around. I love that little dog.
Afterreading some of the other stories of close calls I figured I would share some of mine. This happened a couple of months ago.
I'm renting a house here in Waco, TX. I used to have a roommate until he up and bailed on me. Man, I could tell you some crazy stuff about both him and his girlfriend, but I'll spare you. Anyway, I found out from a mutual friend that he had skipped outto moveto FL to avoid paying his share of the bills. I was a little upset, but relieved at the same time. However, one thing bothered me. There were several times he brought unsavory people into the house.
I also was worried that he might come back while I was at work to try and clean me out of the few valuables I have. I work a night shift by the way, midnight to 8 a.m. Also, I was worried that he might have left a key with some of the undesirables that he used to hang out with. The window that wasn't secure in his room bothered me too. So, I took the night off of work to stay home and keep watch until I could secure the window and change the lock the next day.
Pulling guard duty with me was my Sig Pro 2022 9mm loaded with Hornady Critical Defense and my two dogs. A chihuahua and a rat terrier. Don't laugh.We got them when I was married and Itook them with me when I got divorced. Well, the night started coming on. I was sitting in the living room in my underwear with the lights out like a crazy person. I started getting sleepy at about 3 a.m.
4 a.m. and I was awoken by Daisey, my rat terrier. The way she woke me up though, was the cool part. She didn't freak out and start barking which would have kept me from hearing what was going on and what alarmed her in the first place. Now, in the daylight hours, if there is a knock at the door she will start barking if I make a move to answer it. If I don't move, she don't move. Her movement was what woke me up. I heard the noise too coming from the spare bedroom
I went into action. I grabbed my Sig and got into a stance and started to advance from the living room to the hall. Clearing open areas before I advanced, Daisey took point. Lol, we were moving like a tactical team up to the door. She went to the bottom corner and didn't make a sound at all. She just cocked her head and waited for me. My heart started racing and the adrenaline was flowing. I grabbed the door knob and slowly turned it. In one movement I pushed it open and entered the room doing a sweep with the Sig. I'll tell you, those night sights are nice. While I was sweeping Daisey charged in and ran to the window. She was still silent. The room was empty. I turned on the light and saw the hair on her back was sticking up and she had her ears pinned back.
Man, I'll tell you something. She may not be some badass german shepard trained attack dog, but I was so amazed to see that little dog wasready to go toe to toe with whatever may have been threatening my life. It was pretty cool.
The source of the noise was a screen that had came off the window pane, caught on a tree branch and the wind was making it tap against the glass. If this was due to someone trying to enter, I'll never know. That morning I ended up heading to the store to get a new deadbolt, secured the window, and bought Daisey a big ole hamburger, with cheese and the works. Needless to say, I sleep a lot easier having her around. I love that little dog.
