Guard DogsI saw this truck when I was on the way home from target practice today. I was intrigued by the one statement on the sign that challenges you to call them first before putting your mean dog to sleep. The mean dog reference sent me back in time . . .

About thirty years ago, I worked part time as a flight instructor and part time managing the avionics sales and repair shop next door to the flight school. Our hangar had a lot of tools, equipment and expensive aircraft inside. We were burglarized once and thereafter had one of these services drop off three HUGE Dobermans every night at about six PM. In the morning at opening time, the dogmeister would return to get the Dobies, clean up the dogshit and take them to the kennel for the day. Even the handler would make sure that the dogs were muzzled before he would take off the snare he used to bring them under control.

There were no more burglaries in our hangar thereafter.

Click on the image for a closer look at the sign on the back of this truck.