Neighbour doesn’t want cats walking on her fence

[Mowyourlawn]

My next door neighbour came round today and said that she’s getting annoyed that our two cats keep walking along the fence in her back garden. She said that it upsets her dog and makes it bark. She has a huge dog that barks at everything.

It took me a bit by surprise as I am not sure what she expects us to do. We still have litter trays that the cats come inside to use and we don’t intend to train that out of them, but that’s not her complaint anyway. She doesn’t want them on the fence or walking in her garden.

We left it as if she can think of anything to let us know but I’m just a bit confused. DP thinks this is the start of bother but I really want to avoid that if I can. Has anyone else had this?

Picture of the main offender, who I don’t think is too concerned…

Hmmm my neighbours have these, mainly I think to stop birds settling and my cat just strolls over them!

You could complain to her about her dogs loud barking and how it disturbs everyone.

Absolutely this. My dogs would do anything to get a cat and I would be devastated if they did.

I have recently attached plastic (they won’t harm a cat) spikes all along the top of our fence. I don’t like cats walking along it, jumping into my garden to poo in my flower beds (which my 2 young children have trodden in, giving me the disgusting job of cleaning their shoes), then scrabbling back up my 16 freshly painted fence panels which I spent hours painting.

I have tried everything else to deter them, and I have had enough of clearing up poo daily from animals which do not belong to me. These spikes work, so I would suggest either you or your neighbour give them a try if it continues to cause an issue.

And my children have a right to play in their own garden without treading in other people’s cat’s poo! It is disgusting! That is why my fences have spikes all the way round- I do not want YOUR cat in MY garden!

Send her a link to a page that sells rubber spikes for HER to buy. Cats are wild animals. Dog will bark at birds, rats squirrels that it cannot reach. And any cats not just yours. If you share a boundary, you could buy one of those dog trainers that emit a subsonic whistle every time it barks and switch it on when your cats are home.