How to keep cat away from my neighbour?

notanewuser

. If you don't like "pointless", how about "damaging"?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157938/BBC-Springwatch-star-Chris-Packham-warns-pet-cats-ruining-environment.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

adouglasmhor

notanewuser wrote: »

. If you don't like "pointless", how about "damaging"?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157938/BBC-Springwatch-star-Chris-Packham-warns-pet-cats-ruining-environment.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

We have had domestic cats here for centuries and wild cats from pre history before that, just because some hippy weirdo makes a claim doesn't make it true or unexagerated especialy if it's in the DM.

notanewuser

adouglasmhor wrote: »

We have had domestic cats here for centuries and wild cats from pre history before that, just because some hippy weirdo makes a claim doesn't make it true or unexagerated especialy if it's in the DM.

Apologies for the DM link.

Perhaps you'd prefer the Guardian

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/8790607/How-to-save-100-million-animals-Keep-your-cats-indoors.html

the Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1320961/Murderous-cats-need-curfew-at-night-or-else.html

or the BBC?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2012/06/changes-for-cat-people.shtml

Same outcome. Cats are pointless. They kill for fun, defile other people's property and can't be trained to be useful.

As for hippy weirdo, I'd suggest he's infinitely more qualified than you to advise the nation.

notanewuser

Do you know something. It would be nice, if just once, cat owners didn't hide behind the law when it comes to their anti-social choices, and just accepted that their "pets" cause hassle and issues for other people. I can see that actually taking responsibility for their animals is beyond their comprehension.

Pechow

Forget cats, when the weather is nice, I like to take one or both of my parrots out on walks in their harnesses.

lisajane8482

notanewuser wrote: »

Do you know something. It would be nice, if just once, cat owners didn't hide behind the law when it comes to their anti-social choices, and just accepted that their "pets" cause hassle and issues for other people. I can see that actually taking responsibility for their animals is beyond their comprehension.

I think that is a little out of order you're tarring all "cat owners" with the same brush. It's like saying all dog owners are irresponsible because numerous dog owners fail to pick their dog's poop up and leave it outside other peoples houses, in the middle of playing fields etc.

I chose to have a cat because I didn't want the responsibility of having to walk a dog. I chose to have a house cat because I did not see why other people (like OP's neighbour) had to pick up my cats poop or have "hassle and issues" caused by my cat. Therefore I take responsibility for my cat as the only property they can destroy is my own.

adouglasmhor

notanewuser wrote: »

Apologies for the DM link.

Perhaps you'd prefer the Guardian

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/8790607/How-to-save-100-million-animals-Keep-your-cats-indoors.html

the Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1320961/Murderous-cats-need-curfew-at-night-or-else.html

or the BBC?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2012/06/changes-for-cat-people.shtml

Same outcome. Cats are pointless. They kill for fun, defile other people's property and can't be trained to be useful.

As for hippy weirdo, I'd suggest he's infinitely more qualified than you to advise the nation.

Same story reported in all your links, and he is not saying to get rid just keep them in at night, which is recomended anyway and fit a beeper - the modern equivalent of a bell on the collar.

As for being more qualified than me - he has the same type of degree I have and like me he has worked out of field, me as an administrator him as a TV presenter, so your comment is meaningless, unless you are one of the sad subscribers to the cult of personality, in which case feel free to go off and read your OK magazine.

notanewuser

lisajane8482 wrote: »

I think that is a little out of order you're tarring all "cat owners" with the same brush. It's like saying all dog owners are irresponsible because numerous dog owners fail to pick their dog's poop up and leave it outside other peoples houses, in the middle of playing fields etc.

I chose to have a cat because I didn't want the responsibility of having to walk a dog. I chose to have a house cat because I did not see why other people (like OP's neighbour) had to pick up my cats poop or have "hassle and issues" caused by my cat. Therefore I take responsibility for my cat as the only property they can destroy is my own.

Apologies. Perhaps I should have said outdoor cats.

notanewuser

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Same story reported in all your links, and he is not saying to get rid just keep them in at night, which is recomended anyway and fit a beeper - the modern equivalent of a bell on the collar.

As for being more qualified than me - he has the same type of degree I have and like me he has worked out of field, me as an administrator him as a TV presenter, so your comment is meaningless, unless you are one of the sad subscribers to the cult of personality, in which case feel free to go off and read your OK magazine.

:rotfl: I've never ever read ok magazine!!!

Are you widely described as a "wildlife expert"? No? Then he's better qualified than you then, isn't he.

Person_one

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Even then some dogs are more "domesticated" than others or differently domesticated, most of the sighthound family of dogs for example have been bred for prey drive, speed or endurance, there is no way I can let my two retired racing greyhounds off the leash as they like most of them have no recall whatsoever (and no sense of direction).

As for the poster who thinks loose cats can avoid dogs, my two spot cats regularly and if they were not on the leash they would have no problem catching them before they could climb or get through an obstacle.

Yours are greyhounds though, just a bit faster than most dogs and that's why most greyhound owners, like yourself, don't let them off the lead except in controlled circumstances. A cat on a lead would stand even less chance if a greyhound was tearing towards it.

That said, I'm friends with a greyhound owner and her dog doesn't give a monkeys about chasing things, its well and truly retired so can go off lead anywhere.