Dickens and the smoke alarm

[jomuir]

Sheesh, all I do is remove the 9V battery, set it on the table, and after dinner is done, put battery back. I shouldn't have used the term unhook. And as others have noted, I do it to calm my dog, not to stop him barking (NOTHING stops his barking). If there's a fire while the battery is out of the smoke detector, it'll most likely be in the kitchen where I am, armed w/a fire extinguisher.

If it makes you feel any better Jeff, we got new smoke detectors recently as ours were well over 10 yrs old.

 

[JLSOhio51]

Sheesh, all I do is remove the 9V battery, set it on the table, and after dinner is done, put battery back...

If there's a fire while the battery is out of the smoke detector, it'll most likely be in the kitchen where I am, armed w/a fire extinguisher.

If it makes you feel any better Jeff, we got new smoke detectors recently as ours were well over 10 yrs old.

Jomuir:

There is one thing you and I have in common: I had no idea when I offered a comment to a post that so much energy would be expended (I'm not sure why anyone would care what I think). I think I will, like Lightplum, offer my last input on this subject and then bow out.

For those who choose to follow this path in order to save their pups some distress, I applaud your attempts. For anyone who remains in the area of the disabled alarm and properly rearms it before moving on, that is commendable. But, quite frankly, the only comment offered in this thread that I could actually get behind was the one where the alarm company recommended the removal of the malfunctioning unit (and only then when they assured me that they would affect a repair, post haste!).

I have no problem with any decision anyone makes in their own homes. I just can't fathom any reason I would choose to disable a safety device to eliminate a problem. Of course, I rarely say never.

Oh, and yes! The new detectors do make me feel better. Old habits die hard!

 

[Mignarda]

Here's an update on Dickens. He got over the initial shock of the smoke alarm within a couple of hours, and I thought everything was back to normal with him. Not quite. When the alarm went off he was doing one of his absolute favorite things, namely, sitting in the kitchen watching me cook dinner and getting an occasional treat of a meat scrap. It seems that he's since associated the din of the smoke alarm with that activity, and though I can get him to come into the kitchen while I'm cooking, he will take absolutely nothing in the way of food from my hand while he's in there, and moreover, he slinks about and cements his ears to the back of his head all the while he's there.

Yet, the minute I'm finished cooking and dinner is underway, he's back to his normal self. Talk about powers of association!

I suspect it will take another week or two before he's completely gotten over the whole thing.

 

[Tagg]

My only comment on fire protection is this. If you are going to crate your dogs, make sure the crates are near an exit - not in a room away. Georgie and Ernie tried to get to their crated Labrador and couldn't. They could hear his panic and his pain. Ernie ended up in hospital with severe burns trying to rescue his beloved dog but it was in the dining room, one room away from the back door. If the lab had been loose he might have been able to get him to come close enough to grab him. The arsonist that set the fire killed 2 cats and one dog that night and broke the heart of two lovely people.