New neighbours cat

They're shaping up to be hellish neighbours...who asks for a wifi code? Not exactly hard to get a bolt on from mobile phone provider or have they asked for your phone too??

First they want to dictate when you let the dog out, then they want you to rearrange your garden and now they want your internet password? What the hell? Would they like to use your washing machine too until theirs is plumbed in?? Honestly Op start familiarising yourself with the words Fuck and Off because you are going to need them with these piss takers.

If this is reflective of their cat approach in general, Tiddles is definitely laughing at them behind their backs. Don't give these bizarre requests another thought.

They asked for your WiFi code!? Was it so the Cat could watch its favourite Tv show?
ffs

I’m glad you’ve been strong in saying no to these people, it would only get worse with what they asked for next!

Yes, entitled dicks is exactly it

They are entitled dicks

As a former cat (and dog owner)
they are being entitled dicks. They should have bought your house.
all the houses I’ve lived in with cats I’ve hoped they’ve used a certain safer route than the road route, but I wouldn’t dream of asking neighbours to accommodate my pet.
the cat will quickly learn the best routes for where it wants to go, and how to avoid torment your dog.
as for saying they didn’t realise they were buying next to a dog owner - have they ever had neighbours before???!

They sound bonkers. Do not let them make you feel that you have been in some way unreasonable. A neighbour once asked me to let her cleaner in, sit there for 2 hrs while she cleaned, then lock up when she left.

People are absolutely bonkers! 🤣 YADNBU OP!

Just read the post to my cat… never realised she could laugh until now

Oh OP your NDN are deliciously batshit!

Whatever will they ask for next? 😂

Unless their cat is elderly and senile or a kitten, it will soon learn to avoid gardens where dogs live. And if it wants to access the woodland (it may not) it will find a route by itself. They can walk along the tops of walls and fences, through tiny gaps in bushes.

In my own garden? Nope i wouldnt give it a moments worry other than if my own dogs got hurt as a cat is more than capable of doing a lot of damage. You see in my eyes my dogs are there as a loved pet, but also doing a job. They are there to make as much noise as possible if someone comes to the door, comes in my garden or a cat comes into the garden. You see that is their domain. That is their job, unless i tell them to stop, they are going to chase, bark and protect their domain.

My dogs are the softest, fluffiest dogs you can imagine. They wouldnt know what the hell to do if a cat turned and stood its ground. Thats not the point. Its more about show and noise. I prefer this for house/garden security over a ring doorbell so we can all compare our videos.

Smile agree about checking for cat then totally ignore thereafter. Have both cat and dog and this is a mental request .Plant what you like and hopefully the cat will stay out .

I have two cats and I'm completely devoted to them. But in this case, I'm Team@butterflycatching and dog. Giving your dog the run of your garden that you are paying for is not the same as allowing a hellhound to rampage around the neighbourhood, eating everything and everybody that crosses its path. Most cats will scarper when they see a dog they don't like the look of. Those not up to scarpering tend to stay in their own house and garden. A dime to a dozen this CF is hoping to make their cat's poop your problem and that isn't on. Let your dog out when you want and plant what you like, but as a pp said, don't place too much faith in the power of prickles. A cat of ours once sat on a cactus until he'd squashed it flat.

If it's anything like my cat it will go indoors just to shit in the litter box

The cat will go wherever it wants to go. The neighbour cannot dictate what another neighbour can or cannot do in their own property/garden.
I have a feeling this is only the beginning…

Cat owner here.

I can confirm that your neighbours are indeed deranged. Their cat will go wherever it fancies - including amongst prickly plants if that's what it happens to choose to do...

Tell them you do not want to see their cat out of your garden and nor does your dog.

I love cats.

It's tricky for cat owners. They love their pets and some cats are desperate to go out and explore, so it's neither fair nor easy to keep them indoors or in their own gardens.

None of which means anybody else is obliged to do anything to their own environment to facilitate it being nicer for cats.

I wouldn’t deliberately harm a cat (or any animal). But I wouldn’t be considering whether my garden was suitable for a cat if I didn’t have a cat - I’d be having it how I wanted. Not my cat, not my problem.

cats rule, not dogs

OP is not obliged to do anything, but everyone would be upset if her dog attacked a cat in her garden, and it is very easy just make sure there is a table or section of fence or whatever that the cat can jump on to. The cat would probably avoid the garden in future if the dog aggressively chased it once.
It's not so easy to keep a cat in your own garden however hard you try. I followed professional advice and had an 8-foot chicken wire fence put all round our garden, which in theory no cat can climb, but mine persevered and managed it on about the twentieth attempt.
It's tricky for cat owners. They love their pets and some cats are desperate to go out and explore, so it's neither fair nor easy to keep them indoors or in their own gardens.

On our second viewing of the house we eventually bought last year, we noticed that the neighbour had a dog. A lovely friendly dog. IMMEDIATELY my anxiety spiked and I told myself nope nope nope we're not buying it, what if the dog attacks the cat?! This feeling thankfully only lasted a few seconds - I quickly realised I was being an unreasonable idiot 😬😬😬

(should have added that our cat is an indoor cat, so I was being ludicrously unreasonable 🤣😬🙈)