Thread: Bloody Cats In Garden

Originally Posted by martrix

why is it considered acceptable to kill someones pet cat if it strays into your yard?

Is it acceptable to slit the throat of the dogs that continually use my backyard as a dumping ground? Going by the cat haters logic, it would seem yes.

I don't have a problem with the killing of any feral animals. It should be law that all cats and dogs are desexed when sold/passed on as pets.

With the dog you tie him up and the council comes and takes him away, calls the owner and they pay a fine.

Cats on the other hand are feral if not in the owners yard so I spose we agree

Originally Posted by smeds

Matrix passing a law for animals to be desexed before they are sold is not going to solve the problem of the crapping in other peoples yards, as to your problem with the neighbours dog doing just that have you thought of putting up a fence to stop it from entering your yard.

smeds, are you one of those "responsible" dog owners that assumes it is everyone else's responsibility to keep YOUR dog out, not YOUR responsibility to keep YOUR dog in?

I have a neighbour like that, when I complained about his 3 dogs continuously entering our property I was told to improve the fence!

My reply was, YOUR dogs, YOUR problem, YOU fix it!

Originally Posted by Ron Dunn

A pity it doesn't work on dirt bikes being illegally ridden on public land. If someone can solve THAT problem for me, I'll be a happy man.

Asprin in a bowl of milk I heard ......

Originally Posted by smeds

as to your problem with the neighbours dog doing just that have you thought of putting up a fence to stop it from entering your yard.

Dont give em a free kick smeds......just when we was winning

No Big Shed i am a responsible dog owner, i keep my dog registered with the council in case it does get out, it is also microchipped so if it does get lost it can be recovered and it is desexed and i make damn sure it stays in my yard as i have a 6ft fence all the way around. If you have a problem with your neighbours dogs entering your yard via your fence then fix said fence and you have the problem solved. You could even approach the neighbour in question and both fix the fence, as i understand in most states fences are the responsibility of both parties. If you can't get a favourable response from your neighbour you could always do the flaming paper bag of dog s**t in the paper bag at his front door, might not fix the problem but hey it would sure be good for a laugh. Also how did we get onto dogs when this thread was about mongerl cats.

Originally Posted by smeds

No Big Shed i am a responsible dog owner, i keep my dog registered with the council in case it does get out, it is also microchipped so if it does get lost it can be recovered and it is desexed and i make damn sure it stays in my yard as i have a 6ft fence all the way around.

Glad to hear it smeds, so many dog owners assume that other people love their dogs just as much as they do.

Originally Posted by smeds

If you have a problem with your neighbours dogs entering your yard via your fence then fix said fence and you have the problem solved. You could even approach the neighbour in question and both fix the fence, as i understand in most states fences are the responsibility of both parties. If you can't get a favourable response from your neighbour you could always do the flaming paper bag of dog s**t in the paper bag at his front door, might not fix the problem but hey it would sure be good for a laugh. Also how did we get onto dogs when this thread was about mongerl cats.

Yes, the fence is the responsibility of both owners. Several problems with that though, first of all it is 600m long, secondly it is in good repair, just not dog proof (standard square ring lock) It certainly doesn't hold out his dogs.

Anyway, the farmer next to him on the other side has now fixed the problem. His dogs got amongst his sheep once too often and he did what farmers do in that case (and are legally entitled to do) shot them.
Neighbour has finally got the message, and new dogs, and built a proper dog enclosure. If he had done that in the first place he would still have his dogs.

Don't know how we got on to dogs, I only responded to your suggestion that someone should build a fence to keep his neighbours' dogs out.

Good to hear Big Shed, just hope i didn't cause too much animosity with my banter, i just couldn't let a chance to stir the pot as i did pass me by. I have to ask though, 600 metres of fence, how many acres are you on you lucky sod.
If i did offend anyone though, i sincerely appologise

Here you go smeds

Originally Posted by smeds

I have to ask though, 600 metres of fence, how many acres are you on you lucky sod.

Originally Posted by Big Shed

a small landholder in the country (25 acres) close to a regional city (Bendigo)

Originally Posted by smeds

Good to hear Big Shed, just hope i didn't cause too much animosity with my banter, i just couldn't let a chance to stir the pot as i did pass me by. I have to ask though, 600 metres of fence, how many acres are you on you lucky sod.
If i did offend anyone though, i sincerely appologise

We're on 25 acres, he has 29 acres, the blocks are triangular and we share the long leg of the triangle.

He has 3 kelpies (2 are the legal limit) and we would need a fairly hig fence to stop them jumping over it, I don't think I would like to foot the bill, or even half, for that.

Originally Posted by HappyHammer

Damien / Mic-d,

Are your cats restricted to inside your house? If not how do you prevent them leaving your property when outside?

HH.

In answer to this yes. Every night our cats are in by about 7pm and they stay in ALL NIGHT. During the week days, the cats normally dont go out at all except for maybe a 1/2 hour after we get home. I prefer they dont go out during the day whilst at work so that way they dont have a chance to annoy the neighbours. On the weekends they are outdoors whilst we are home and then they are always in the yard or on the house roof (one of them likes to sit up high???) If we go out they come in.

I completely agree that if it is a family pet it should be desexed. Both our cats were desexed before we got them. Only registered breeders should have pets capable of reproducing.

I also agree that ALL cats should be kept indoors at least during the night. That is when they will do any hunting. Please remember that they are natural hunters so if owners want to make a difference keep them in at night.

Your a lucky barsteward Big Shed, i am very jealous of all the land, i only have 2 acres but unfortunately they are not the land type lol

Originally Posted by damien

In answer to this yes. Every night our cats are in by about 7pm and they stay in ALL NIGHT. During the week days, the cats normally dont go out at all except for maybe a 1/2 hour after we get home. I prefer they dont go out during the day whilst at work so that way they dont have a chance to annoy the neighbours. On the weekends they are outdoors whilst we are home and then they are always in the yard or on the house roof (one of them likes to sit up high???) If we go out they come in.

I completely agree that if it is a family pet it should be desexed. Both our cats were desexed before we got them. Only registered breeders should have pets capable of reproducing.

I also agree that ALL cats should be kept indoors at least during the night. That is when they will do any hunting. Please remember that they are natural hunters so if owners want to make a difference keep them in at night.

Yes, much the same regimen here too.

I want to know why no moderator has responded to my previous post requesting that all posts advocating cruelty to any animals (whether tongue in cheek or no) should be deleted. Hmmmm?

Perhaps they're all busy setting up the Vivisection forum?

Maybe they think all cats are useless too..