We have two dogs. By far the best deterrent that you can get. The alarm goes off when someone approaches the house, let alone tries to open anything. You can't

We have two dogs. By far the best deterrent that you can get. The alarm goes off when someone approaches the house, let alone tries to open anything. You can't sneak up on them. They're also furry and warm, which is a plus. One thing to note is that burglars don't fixate on a house or apartment. They are looking for the easiest, lowest-risk house. Dogs immediately upgrade your house to "harder than the next house over." I'm not worried at all about someone breaking into our house while I'm away. They can have my shit. I'm much more concerned about someone trying to invade while I'm home, because that's what gets people perforated. Dogs are an immediate deterrent to that. Other than that, we have a couple guns from when my girlfriend worked at a prison and had psychos threatening her life on a daily basis. She keeps a taser in her center console of her car, I keep a heavy tire iron in the door of mine. That's about it.