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So I'm going to wee in everyone's Cheerios right now. For those who have problems with their dogs barking at cats and chasing cats and breaking fences and glass because of cats, how about you learn to train your dogs?
Let me put it this way: if your dog chased the neighbor's cat across my newly planted lawn, do you really, seriously think I'm going to blame the neighbor for not keeping his cat inside? Sorry, folks, it doesn't work like that. All pet owners are responsible for their pets, not just some of them.
Its their instincts to chase cats. Not all dogs will have a high prey drive, but the ones that do...ou can't train it out of them.
So if YOUR cat is on MY property and my dog gets hurt, its YOUR fault.
Please keep your cats indoors. For their safety and the safety and comfort of others.
You would think it would be common sense. I know so many people who had a cat that just never came home. They were heart broken...but there is 1001 bad things that can happen to a roaming cat.
This neighbor tries to say my cat is invading his personal property.
How should I approach the situation?
The wall is between my backyard and his.
Keep your cat in your house if you don't want problems with your neighbors. My neighbors across the street have "outdoor cats". Those are not pets, they are parasites.
Cats should be kept indoors, for the sake of the cats themselves, your neighbors, and the environment. I am so sick of watching my neighbors' cats come into my backyard and kill birds and small animals. One even ruined my screen door by jumping up and hanging on it, and it peed near the door too, so that it smelled.
You are being an irresponsible cat owner and a bad neighbor. Keep the cat indoors, and if you can't do that, don't have a cat.
In my family we've had three cats, all that stayed indoors. I feel like they should be kept inside. However, I feel the same way about dogs too. While dogs might be more likely to stay on their own owner's property, they can still get loose. On top of that, I have a lot of neighbors who will let their dogs bark non-stop. So yea, I believe cats should be kept inside and so should dogs. If you want to own animals they should be your responsibility, and not an annoyance to anybody else.
Yes, this!^^
Just keep 'em all inside, or on a leash, or supervised!
If you cannot do one of these things, you should not be a pet owner.
So I'm going to wee in everyone's Cheerios right now. For those who have problems with their dogs barking at cats and chasing cats and breaking fences and glass because of cats, how about you learn to train your dogs?
Let me put it this way: if your dog chased the neighbor's cat across my newly planted lawn, do you really, seriously think I'm going to blame the neighbor for not keeping his cat inside? Sorry, folks, it doesn't work like that. All pet owners are responsible for their pets, not just some of them.
Totally agree. Dog is out of control.what does he do when a Bird lands in his yard?
Totally agree. Dog is out of control.what does he do when a Bird lands in his yard?
Well I can speak for my dog that got herself hurt trying to jump at cats through the window. She never did it with a squirrel, bird, other dog walking by, etc. My dog was totally under my control...IN MY HOUSE. The cats were running loose, totally out of anyone's control.
It's out of the realm of the (very limited) logic anti-cat people can comprehend, but "Neighborhood Cats" can be a very positive thing for an area. I know researching that would be out of the question, but cats aren't going anywhere. As a human, you can embrace that fact of nature, or keep doing as most humans choose to do, hate and agonize over something you know nothing about thinking that hate and anger will make your tiny little sphere of reality a better place.
It's out of the realm of the (very limited) logic anti-cat people can comprehend, but "Neighborhood Cats" can be a very positive thing for an area. I know researching that would be out of the question, but cats aren't going anywhere. As a human, you can embrace that fact of nature, or keep doing as most humans choose to do, hate and agonize over something you know nothing about thinking that hate and anger will make your tiny little sphere of reality a better place.
It isn't anti-cat to think cats should be watched outside or kept inside. Its actually very pro cat as so many cat go missing, get hit by cars, eat poisonous things, get attacked by other cats and wild animals and are sometimes abused by humans. To me its anti cat to get them and let them fend for themselves outside.
It's not like when we were kids and people were nice to their neighbors.
People being what they are these days it is NOT SAFE for your cat to be outside.
Get some nice cat trees by the windows and play with your cats everyday, there will be an adjustment period but they'll be perfectly happy being indoor cats.
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