Two intruders last night

I debated posting this but thought I should let others in our area know just in case it happens to them too...

We ran off two intruders in the middle of the night!

I woke during the middle of the night hearing dogs bark. Earlier that morning I had ran a group of dogs out of the horse pasture that were barking near the horses. So I thought they may be back? Those dogs had barked all night a few nights prior and kept me awake all night so I was not going to endure that again.

I grabbed a flashlight, opened the door, and shone the light into the horse pasture trying to see if something is there. I didn't see anything and realized the dog that was barking was my husband's dog.  She stopped so I went back inside and locked the door. But then I began to realize that sounded like a pretty serious bark - like she was disturbed about something. So I looked out the window to see if I could see anyone or anything in the yard. I didn't so I proceeded back to bed.

As I was getting ready to crawl back in my warm bed, I heard someone messing with our door handle....the very door i had just come back in. I froze and thought maybe I was imagining it so I stood there listening. Then I heard it again. And again. And again.

By this time I was shaking because I had just been outside. I woke my husband up and told him someone is trying to get in our house. We both grabbed weapons and quickly rushed toward the front door. I didn't hear anything at the door anymore so I turned on the porch light and peaked out the curtain. I didn't see anything so I went back over to where my husband was. Suddenly, we heard it again.... someone was messing with the doorknob.

I was shaking but quickly rushed over to the door and peeked out the curtain.  Standing there on our front porch were TWO BIG black dogs. 

What a relief! But annoyance!

I yelled at them to "get" but they just wagged their tail. They must have been cold and wanting inside somewhere,  anywhere.   We finally ran them off (they must belong to someone because they had collars and looked well kept). 

So if anyone else hears someone rattling their door handle in the middle of the night, it may be those dogs trying to break in and not a person. 🥴🐕 

True story 🤷‍♀️😂