So glad you all are safe after such an experience!

So glad you all are safe after such an experience!

Glad you are SAFE! Druggies are crazy when they need to finance more drugs.

Do you lock your doors? Do your neighbors lock theirs? (These guys may have found other doors locked, so they ended up at your place.)

Your neighbor was foolish not to call the cops rather than try to transport the thief to the hospital.

Just how small IS Zelda? LOL

Well, that's a freaking scary story. Thank God the dogs barked and woke you up, and also that the intruder didn't have a gun (that you know of) and didn't have a chance to get violent. I couldn't imagine being faced with that. I'm glad everything turned out okay for you, DH, the dogs. and neighbors.

I hope they get a hardy jail term.

Wow, has your heart started beating correctly again? I'm glad your husband was at home.

Shirley

So glad Jody was home, too. Hope that's the end of it, and glad you're both ok!

Zelda looks like one of those "designer" dogs...like half mini dachshund and half scottie or min schnauzer. She weighs less than 15 lb. Here is a picture of her with Piggy Sue when Piggy Sue was a baby.

The door wasn't locked....but will be from now on. I had gone out in the middle of the night to move a possum because it had rained so hard, I was afraid she would get wet in the cage she was in. There was a light on in the kitchen, and in the hall and a porch light. The dogs were throwing a fit! I am a very light sleeper....I get up every couple of hours most nights to feed some kind of baby animal. I wake up very easily...and go back to sleep just as easily. And it doesn't take me any time to wake up. When my eyes open, I am awake. I am not groggy or anything like that.

I think he picked my house because it is very secluded. The guy driving dropped him off, and it would be easy for him to do whatever he came to do, and be able to signal the guy to come back for him or to help. Like, he could have flashed the porch light a couple of times for a signal...I suppose. Though the house sits far back, you can see the porch light. The neighbor's house, where he ended up, sits far back too, but you can't see any lights from it from the road.
She used to work for the sheriff dept. and I think she is a guard at a prison now. She would have shot him in a New York minute. If I had taken the pistol when I walked out of the bedroom, I would have shot him too. I know for a fact that if my husband had been the one to find him, and if he had the pistol he would have shot him. I don't think he was armed....it never crossed my mind at the time. Later I wondered if he was headed for the kitchen to get a knife or something. He had to be really messed up on something to walk into someone's house out in the country. Everyone out here has guns, and most people would have shot first and asked questions later. Also when the dogs started barking...even though I was on my way to see what they were barking about, thinking it was a raccoon, I yelled at them to shut up....so he knew someone was in here and awake, and the fool still came in the house.

I wasn't afraid....I was more mad than anything else. Later I was wondering what he intended to do, and that made me feel a little freaky at the prospects, but the sight of the guy....what little I could see....didn't arouse fear in me, just anger. I had walked into the living room before I saw him standing in the dining room...looking like he was on his way to the kitchen. When I yelled for Jody to get the gun and shoot him, the guy said, "Nooo! Don't do that!" and he ran from the house. I bet he jumped off the porch, rather than went down the steps. I would like to have seen that.

It's good they caught the 2 guys...what a frightening experience. You could write a book, Marilyn....I'm glad you and Jody are safe.
Hope things stay quiet for you from now on.

I'm amazed that he didn't run when he heard the dogs! I had an intruder once, in broad daylight. I also had an Irish Setter with a scary bark. She went berserk. I had never seen her act like that before or after. The shackles on her back were up and she near went through the dining room window she was so agitated. It was enough to make the intruder leave very quickly. I was so scared I didn't even look out the window to see the person or car. So glad you are safe and that they caught the intruders.

Holey moley, what an experience but he chose the wrong house as you were mentally prepared to do what you had to do to be safe. Good for you. Imagine if you weren't, no don't imagine. I'm always in alert mode too if I sense any danger and I'd have no qualms about defending myself. I love your photo of Piggysue (rip) and Zelda. They look so joyous.

Jeez, what a story. Car chase, bullets flying, good guys (and gals), bad guys - the works.

Can I have Zelda? She is cute.

Marilyn--Am glad you are safe. Yes in situations a person reacts, and then afterwards, when you think about it, then is when you get mad, scared, and think about what could have happend,.. Stay safe and watch even in the daytime.

Marilyn..What a story. I hope you have calmed down. I would be a nervous wreck. I will say you lead a very interesting life. You should write a book. I'm hoping things go more smoothly for you now. Scary situation.

OMG that is crazy stuff! Lock those doors always they are just getting so brazen and nutso that you have to now. I am so glad Jody came out with the gun! Naked and all LOL
And what kind of person, the one you know, walks into your house and knocks on your bedroom door? See locking the doors will stop that nonsense too. That would not fly around here it would probably get you shot.

I am like you well armed and always locked and loaded!
They definitely were up to no good and I hope they don't just get a slap on the hand and let go. Follow through and do what has to be done to save someone else from those jerks because you know this ain't their first attempt!
I was looking at pistols this weekend! I am seriously thinking we need more ammunition. After the man hunt that just happened here in our back yard and the police shot one of them trying to climb over a neighbors fence and killed him. It is getting out of control. Almost every house on my street has had robberies happen some in broad daylight. In one situation there was an outdoor party going on in the back yard, the robbers walked right in the front door found all the purses laying there and just took everything while everyone was out in the back yard, someone could have walked in on them easily.
We had one try to break into the door from the driveway into my office, he was at a full glass door surrounded by huge windows standing right under the light at the door at 5am, he was trying to get in when my husband stood up, he was at the desk behind the monitor so the guy could not see him, the guy took off running and my husband took off after him. Which was stupid since he did not have a gun with him and the robber could have.
No where is safe anymore.
Now our house is lit up like an amusement ride every night and luckily so far we have had no other attempts.
I have alarms on every door now and they stay armed, if someone comes in everyone will know!

Keep us posted on what happens to those guys! So glad it turned out the way it did!

I think I'm gonna buy a gun. What a horrifying experience.

My BIL had a gang mug him, and they took his gun. Fortunately he had a second strapped to his ankle. They had a gun at his head and were gonna shoot and he pulled his gun off his ankle and shot first.

It's the freakin wild west all over this country.

Marilyn, you are some kind of wonderful, woman! To have the presence of mind to just take control of the situation as you did, is awesome. I'm so glad you and Jody are safe and sound.

Thanks for showing us Zelda. She's darling...and, obviously, she can FLY! Look out, it's SUPERdog! Faster than a meth-head twerp! Willing to chew, er, ankles. (Bet she could jump up and attack some other parts, huh?)

First, I'm very glad you and your husband and all your little critters are safe. Second, (and yes I'm going to say it) this is a ringing endorsement for responsible gun ownership. Third...What. A. Woman!!!

That is one crazy, scary story. Kudos to you both for responding quickly, efficiently and wisely and not freaking out. We are also always ready.

This world really is going to sh!t isn't it?

0MG!!! Glad you n Jody are safe!!! Please lock those doors!!!!

Yow, I'd still be shakin' in my booties! Glad everything turned out okay Marilyn!

Jodi-

So very thankful that you, Jody, and all of the animals are safe. I would have been petrified. I can't imagine a stranger entering a house full of dogs to begin with. He certainly wasn't in his right mind, so had to be spaced out on something. Lock those doors from now on!!

I LOVE that picture of Piggy Sue and Zelda as babies.

Oh my goodness! So glad y'all are safe.

Way too scary. I'm more than glad that both are in jail now, and that you two are safe.

omg what a time you had! the price you pay for living in a quiet location...glad the local law got their men...and noone was hurt...when we were broken into and robbed (not much) it left me mad that "people" touched my private things in the drawers...i washed everything...and i knew who had done it..the next door neighbor kids! unknown to us the dad had a another location and a meth lab..but no way to prove it...we, too locked the door, after....

Scary. Glad you are both safe, well, all of you since you have animals.

I'm glad you're all safe!

I'm glad you are safe and the bad guys were caught.

I'm proud of you and Jody and your neighbor, Marilyn! Good job, level heads!

Oh Marilyn, what an ordeal you went through. I too am glad you both are alright. You certainly handled the situation well.

You aren't that far away from Houston. My brother had his truck stolen once in the NW Houston area. The next day, the police found the truck deserted in Galveston. Yes, bad guys do tend to run down there. Please stay safe and keep those doors locked!

I'm glad to hear you all came out of this unharmed.

OMG ...glad it turned out well in the end. Get a big dog like a Shepherd or a Rottie..for protection, if it were me Marilyn I would get a couple of each.lol...you are a brave lady...

What an awful experience and I'm so glad that nothing worse happened. Thanks for posting though because it's a good reminder that these things can happen anywhere - in the crowded city, leafy quiet suburbs and out in the country - and unfortunately we need to be alert.

My parents never locked their doors and when they came to visit would often find themselves locked out when they went to retrieve the paper. They thought I was overly worried. But times have changed and it pays to be cautious.

Good heavens, it gave me chills just reading this.

The guy probably needed a change of shorts after your hubby fired those shots in the air. LOL

For God's sake keep your doors locked!! Glad you're safe!

I hope this isn't a repeat, typed out a post and it's gone! Glad y'all are safe!! Glad that Jody's not modest, too,lol! That is so freaking scary!

Were your doors locked? Another story I can add to my "stalking you" facts,lol.

Where are your guard snakes when you need them?

Keep us posted if you find out the rest of the story!

LOL @ Gabby. Gabby, I wrote the story of my life....if you want to read it, I will send it to you...or you may have already read it at MH forum. I was just kidding when I accused you of being my stalker. I was really quite flattered that you knew so much about me. A friend of mine said that could have been a blood bath.....and I said, "Yeah....if Jody had come outta the bedroom a moment sooner, it would have been the intruder's blood". No doubt in my mind that Jody would have shot him. No, I didn't lock my doors. I do now. But I doubt that will ever happen again.

Geez. What were they thinking? They walked into a house that had dogs and guns- poor choice I'd say. Must've hoped to grab some spare cash and run.

I'm glad you were not hurt.

Once he got in here, I am sure he realized he had made a terrible mistake. I don't have anything worth stealing and you can look around and tell I don't have any money.

I would have royally freaked finding someone in my house and most likely had an anxiety attack or worse. Yikes!

My parents' house is modest and from the way they dress, you would think they were poor. And yet, my mother had over $8000 in cash hidden in her bedroom, money from Christmases, birthdays, scrubby sales, etc.

So don't think that certain homes are safe, Marilyn. YOU might know that you don't have anything a burglar would want, but he doesn't know that.

(And if he was into gate toppers, well- you WOULD have something he wanted!) LOL

If he wanted gate toppers, I'm sure I'd be number one on his list.

Looks can be deceiving from the outside. If they are hard up they will
try any house. Especially is they are drug users. A drug user broke
Into my house out of random when my husband n I were at work. After
that break in we had an alarm system installed. One break in was
enough. Our doors were locked but he kicked in the back door...

There is a wheelchair sitting on my front porch. I wonder if he saw that and felt like we would be an easy mark. Of course, he couldn't see that until he got up to the house though. I had my other house broken in. I came home to the doors open, all the drawers in the house pulled out, and cupboards all open. I thought he had stolen my wedding rings, and I was very upset, but I found them 18 months later. I had broken my wrist and put them in a baggy in my china cabinet, in a candy jar. In the jar was about $5 in change. He took the change and I thought, my rings, but several months later, I moved a covered dish in the cabinet and found the baggy, where he had shoved it out of the way in the far back corner of the cabinet. He didn't realize the rings were in there because he couldn't find the light switch and the only light he had was from opening the refrigerator door.

What a horrible experience! I'm glad you are safe and the culprits are in custody.