[SWHouston]

I'm very security conscious, and encourage my guys to bark.

Actually, that encouragement is mainly for a new Pup, just to get him started. Fortunately, I have two Adult animals which already know what's important and not. Having them as teachers is really helpful. I check out almost every "alarm" from them, praise highly when they're right, and just downplay it when they're (infrequently) wrong.