came home after walking the hounds one nite and aproaching the front door, the ridgeback X went berserk. Was like somethig from the ametyville. Spooked the shit out of Me and the wife. THEN WE SAW IT! Above the front door was an 8" Rain spider. neither the wife or the dog would move, so it was clear I had to kill it or remove it. So, I got a broom from the garage, and smacked it with all I had. On inspecting the broom, I realised I'd missed and the fecker was nowhere to be seen. spent the night at my folks house only to find out they can jump upto 15 feet..........scary