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The litter tray

My neighbour's dog killed our lovely cat.

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manyhands · 24/07/2012 22:08

Well the title says it all. They called the police as we said they had a dangerous dog. They said the dog jumped over a six foot wall ( a greyhound) and escaped and well it's a hunting dog anyway! Needless to say the kids are heartbroken. Is there anyone else I should report the incident too.

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Mia184 · 30/07/2019 17:07

When I was a teen and staying with my family at my grandparents farm, their neighbor‘s German shepherd came over one morning and killed two of my grandparents‘s lambs. The dog had either injured or killed another animal before. My grandfather was the lease holder of the local hunt and thus had rifles. He went over afterwards and shot the dog. He was legally allowed to do so (I am in Germany) since a dog killing a wild or farm animal is considered poaching.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 29/07/2019 12:00

iang a) why are you posting on a thread from 2012 and b) why are you deliberately trying to upset cat lovers on a cat forum. The clue is in the name - 'The Litter Tray'.

iang · 29/07/2019 12:00

killed not called i mean

iang · 29/07/2019 11:59

It is as defenceless as the cat is when it called all those poor birds and little mammals.

iang · 29/07/2019 11:57

Well, a dog does not need to be muzzled outside just because killed a cat I'm afraid. Maybe the cat should not have been outside or should be muzzled when outside to stop it killing lots of birds and tiny mammals. Funny how when the cat on the receiving end the "it's just nature" argument does not apply to a beloved cat.

mrsdolittle · 22/04/2016 18:29

Oh God! So very sorry Eddie. Poor poor kitty. No words really but can imagine how shocked and heartbroken you must be xxxx

EddiePvP · 21/04/2016 21:37

This just happend to me today :( my cat got killed by a dog

RubbishMantra · 07/01/2015 16:53

Oh, how horrible for you and your poor cat.

I can't imagine how awful it is for you.

jamiefreeman · 06/01/2015 20:59

my cat got killed by 2 dogs today that was in my front garden
needless to say if the law fails me im taking it into my own hands ive had that cat for 14 years and this will not be forgotten about

thegreylady · 27/07/2014 10:40

Our two very gentle friendly dogs killed a neighbour's pet rabbit many years ago. My 90 year old mil let the dogs out 'for a little play'! The rabbit was in the garden and the dogs got through from the back field and killed it. The neighbours were devastated and so were we. I rang our vet to ask if the dogs were potentially dangerous as I would have had them put to sleep. He said that all dogs have it in their nature to kill rabbits and only if they attacked people was it a concern.
Interestingly they lived in perfect harmony with our cats.
You have had a horrible experience but the dog is not dangerous. It is a greyhound and doing what nature meant it to do. Your neighbours are at fault for letting it get free. They need to secure their garden.

HarrietSchulenberg · 26/07/2014 20:34

I hadn't realised I was meant to be replying to Lullabye's post and not the OP.

Sorry Lullabye but YABVU. As long as the dog is on its owner's property you would be VU to expect it to be muzzled in case your cat is daft enough to wander in. As I said earlier, cats are very canny at working out which gardens to stay out of so I'm sure yours will be fine. But if you're worried it might stray next door then it's going to be your responsibility to net your garden to stop your cat escaping, not your neighbour's responsibility to muzzle their dog.

I'm afraid I'd think my neighbours were bonkers if they asked me to do that, and mine have a rabbit which I make very sure my lurcher has no chance to catch sight of (big fence and locked gate).

Patrickstarisabadbellend · 26/07/2014 16:06

Sorry to hear about your cat. How awful for you.

My neighbours cat killed my bunny and I was told it was just what cats do. I suppose it's the same for dogs really.

MorphineDreams · 26/07/2014 15:43

GobblersKnob · 26/07/2014 15:36

Sorry, missed that , only got as far as my previous posts, as you were.

MysteriousCircusZebra · 26/07/2014 15:36

Oh fair enough morphine. I missed lullabys post. In which case I agree with you. Theres no way I would muzzle my dog in my garden so that someones cat can wander freely through it and shit in my veg patch. . No chance whatsoever.

MorphineDreams · 26/07/2014 15:32

There's a poster who wants some advice a few posts up.

BravePotato · 26/07/2014 15:32

Only way dog can cool down in this heat is through its tongue, so being muzzled in own garden in this weather would be very bad.

Still, your neighbours' attitude stinks, and they are irresponsible not yo take this seriously, and showing lack if empathy/manners in not apologising profusely.

I have a greyhound-whippet cross, and my neighbours have to cheeky cats who roam our garden, poo on our doorstep and taunt the dog. They even walk into our kitchen, LOL.

I am worried one day my dog's hunting instinct might awaken, but so far the cats rule and my whippety grey is acting like a wuss, thankfully.

I hope your neighbours change their attitude and their fence.

GobblersKnob · 26/07/2014 15:31

This is a very old thread people, confused the hell out of me that I had already posted on it when I was reading it, until I realized it was two years old, thought I was having a very senile moment

MorphineDreams · 26/07/2014 15:30

I wasn't replying to the OP I was replying to lullaby123

And even so, the dog owners SHOULD raise the fence but it shouldn't be muzzled in it's garden.

MysteriousCircusZebra · 26/07/2014 15:29

Crystal and morphine, the dog escaped from the garden and killed the ops cat on the ops driveway. The dog owners should raise the fence, or make sure the dog is muzzled whenever it is out of the house. Or rehome it to a more responsible owner.

MorphineDreams · 26/07/2014 15:11

and it's not a case of 'all we ask', it's a massive thing to keep a dog muzzled!

MorphineDreams · 26/07/2014 15:10

OP I'm so sorry, hope the kitten helps you

On another note, there's no way my dog would be being muzzled in it's own garden. I'd kindly suggest you stay responsible for your own cat and keep it out of my garden. I would make it absolutely impossible for my dog to get over to your garden

CrystalSkulls · 26/07/2014 15:06

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lougle · 26/07/2014 14:55

My dog can easily scale a 6 ft fence because his paws are small enough to use the slats as a gripping point. When we first had the chickens we erected a 6ft fence (3ft concrete gravel boards,3ft wooden fence panel) to separate him from that part of the garden. It was actually quite comical -by the time I lifted the fence board and shoved him through the hole, then started to climb over, he had already scaled the fence and was up by the chicken pen harassing the chickens.

Two cheap solutions - 1. Turn the fence panels so the slats point downwards and don't provide a grip.

Attach some smooth metal to the fence -we have fine this on our gate. Try as he might he can't get a grip for his back paws, so we can have a 5 foot gate because he can't grip the gate to scale it.

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