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I have had a discussion on this subject as a diversion from the original topic which was being discussed, but lets have some fun.
Is it me or my some of my neighbours that are being unreasonable.
I have a cat problem with these little darlings using my garden as a toilet and digging up plants.
I very politely approached my neighbours and asked them for assistance in reducing the problem, (note I said reduce not necessarily eliminate). The response was that each one of them could not believe their cat would do such a disgusting thing. So I photographed several of them (on different occasions, you understand it was not a mass communal dumping,) doing their biz. I presented the evidence politely to my neighbours who then got a little verbally aggressive as they thought I should not be photographing their animal without their permission. They did not appreciate that their cat didn't seek permission to defecate on my lawn either and a photograph is rather less offensive I find. As they refused to accept resposibility for their cats actions, I tried the old remedies at great expense of Moth Balls, Pepper, Stop that Cat and all that stuff, none of which worked.
At a friends suggestion I borrowed his Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Unfortunately this wonderful little dog dealt with the problem in a rather more permanent fashion than I had intended but it did reduce my problem by 25%. I had to return the the little dog promptly to its rightful owner.
Now I am faced with the refusal of neighbours to accept responsibility for their animals disgusting habits and the problem goes unresolved.
Do you think it unreasonable of me to catch the cats causing the problem and disposing of them in a less permanent fashion to that which the Bull Terrier seems to prefer. Or if that is deemed unreasonable what alternative solution could the objectors suggest.
Or is it a cat owners right to have their cat defecate anywhere it wants?
Is it me or my some of my neighbours that are being unreasonable.
I have a cat problem with these little darlings using my garden as a toilet and digging up plants.
I very politely approached my neighbours and asked them for assistance in reducing the problem, (note I said reduce not necessarily eliminate). The response was that each one of them could not believe their cat would do such a disgusting thing. So I photographed several of them (on different occasions, you understand it was not a mass communal dumping,) doing their biz. I presented the evidence politely to my neighbours who then got a little verbally aggressive as they thought I should not be photographing their animal without their permission. They did not appreciate that their cat didn't seek permission to defecate on my lawn either and a photograph is rather less offensive I find. As they refused to accept resposibility for their cats actions, I tried the old remedies at great expense of Moth Balls, Pepper, Stop that Cat and all that stuff, none of which worked.
At a friends suggestion I borrowed his Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Unfortunately this wonderful little dog dealt with the problem in a rather more permanent fashion than I had intended but it did reduce my problem by 25%. I had to return the the little dog promptly to its rightful owner.
Now I am faced with the refusal of neighbours to accept responsibility for their animals disgusting habits and the problem goes unresolved.
Do you think it unreasonable of me to catch the cats causing the problem and disposing of them in a less permanent fashion to that which the Bull Terrier seems to prefer. Or if that is deemed unreasonable what alternative solution could the objectors suggest.
Or is it a cat owners right to have their cat defecate anywhere it wants?