[bikerbill]

I have yet to investigate a home alarm system. It's just my wife and I and a noisy beagle, who alerts all the time when animals wander by the house (often in our rural area) or even if people walk by on the street or the golf course behind our house ... Unless the dog drops dead at a badly timed moment, I can't imagine not knowing something is wrong thanks to him ... I would not try clearing my house (no need, since we have a 1911, pepper spray, a cell fone, flashlights and a large combat knife available in our locked bedroom ...