Is it possibly someone is coming into my house?
Hi, so for some background info; I live in a rural neighborhood in Apache junction Arizona. I live in the hills on 1.25 acre lots there’s probably like 20-30 houses around. We DO NOT live in the rich area lmao our house is like sticks and mud situation and the front door doesn’t face the street at all so you have to come a good ways onto the property to get to the door because of that we don’t lock our house, that is about to change. I also have a fully intact 6 year old pitbull who is not very friendly or quiet when it comes to strangers and animals. He’s also very loud and excitable when he sees people he knows and likes. Basically anyone comes to the door we know bc he barks. There are 3 adults and a baby in the house and 1 adult living in a fifth wheel on the property.
The past month or two I have noticed small things that make me think someone is coming up to my house and my dog isn’t alerting and i don’t have cameras- that’s changing soon!
The first big thing is my husbands giant Milwaukee light got stolen from right by our front door, as far as we know nothing else was taken. Then a couple weeks go by I’m home alone and some old man in a white pickup truck come banging on my door. I don’t answer bc it’s just me and my baby alone in the house, I’ve seen this man once before. He comes bangs on the door and my dog barks he turns around and gets in the truck- even if I was gonna answer he never stays at the door long enough for anyone to answer unless they’re waiting for him. No one in my house knows who he is. After that I started thinking I was hearing my front door open and close, we have bells on the door, I would go check but no one would be there. I’d let my dog out and he wouldn’t alert to anything. I’ve noticed things moved or thrown away that weren’t before and I’ve noticed food going missing… all things that could be explained away by the fact that I live with other people right? Wrong. I am home alone 99% of the time with my baby. I know where everyone is in the house/property at all times. Today was the thing that made me realize that maybe I’m not just paranoid… all the adults in the house leave around 7am today except me and my baby and my dog. Well at some point my baby and I go into my room we close my door leaving my dog in the living room alone, all the doors are closed no one has opened any doors since 7 this morning. An hour goes by and my grandma calls me to tell me my dog is out in the front yard. All the doors are closed and she doesn’t know how or when he got outside. I have round doorknobs, ones you need thumbs to operate, ones dogs cannot open on their own… every single door was closed when I left him in the living room, we have no doggy doors, all the doors were closed when my grandma let him back in. And this isn’t the first time he’s just gotten out with no explanation, usually I’ll blame it on one of the people living here not closing the door all the way but no one was home when he got out.
TLDR; Is there a possibility someone is getting in my house and my dog isn’t alerting for some reason? He alerts to EVERYTHING he’s so reactive and honestly a little aggressive at times so it’s hard for me to wrap my head around anyone being able to get in without me knowing but I also don’t know how else to explain any of the things that have been going on. If I’m being crazy please tell me 😂