Glad to hear you had some neighborly neighbors there. Not as many of those around these days. Having recently moved to a rural town, I've found our neighbors to be great. We haven't had any problem with theft that I am aware of, but last Saturday I was woken up to the sound of my wife screaming bloody murder. I quickly threw on my robe and ran out to find two pit bulls in the back yard playing tug o war with a stray cat. I chased them off, but they roamed the neighborhood for another 30 minutes. My neighbor ended up with a kitten missing. The neighbor, a county sheriff and myself eventually were able to track down who the owner was, and apparently they aren't keeping the dogs there anymore. My wife was very upset, we have a baby and a cat. We didn't want to see dogs tearing into either one! It left me wishing I had a .22 to put the cat out of its misery (or the dogs, if they would have been attacking a human..). I hate to see an animal suffer like that. While I fully support gun rights, I am rather reluctant to bring a gun into the house with 4 kids. Although moving out into a more rural area sure has made me think about starting to deer hunt again...