The best and safest way to keep cats out of your garden is to put lemon or orange peel (or any citrus peel will do) on the ground and around plants and trees. Cats hate the smell of it, but won't be harmed by its presence.
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our dog has never been interested in cats until this morning whilst sat at the dinning room table with her by my feet and suddenly she spotted it in the garden and went crazy which is the first i have seen her like that. I gave her plenty of praise when she came in so hopefully she has remember what all that was about.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postcats are so variable. our cats now are very timid - will only take on anything smaller(like squirrels).
my mother had a psycho cat that hated everything. came home evey week with a new injury. was banned from the local vet. once swiped a Rotweilers nose before running off - would not have believed if I had not seen it.
And it died of old age...
Do you think you would get in trouble if your dog killed a cat whilst it was in your garden ?Thats the way the cookie crumblesComment
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No. But someone might just kill your dog "by accident" later: possibly in your garden too.Originally posted by Cooperinliverp00l View PostDo you think you would get in trouble if your dog killed a cat whilst it was in your garden ?Comment
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That's right. It's not a good idea to resort to harmful or cruel ways to rid yourself of cats - after all, they are not trainable like dogs, and they are someone's pet, after all.Originally posted by AtW View PostNo. But someone might just kill your dog "by accident" later: possibly in your garden too.Comment
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My uncle had a cat that sneaked into his garage and slept on his car. He got so peeed off with the paw prints on his bonnet that he came up with some ingenius ways of beating that cat. His attempts ranged from sprinkling a line of pepper accross the floor to electirifed wires!
What finally got the cat was a spring loaded wire trap. However he got hit with a £2000 vets fee from his neighbour when the wire ripped round and into the cat.Comment
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He should've increased the tension on the trap - £50 for a new cat v £2000 to get the old one fixed...Originally posted by Fran View PostMy uncle had a cat that sneaked into his garage and slept on his car. He got so peeed off with the paw prints on his bonnet that he came up with some ingenius ways of beating that cat. His attempts ranged from sprinkling a line of pepper accross the floor to electirifed wires!
What finally got the cat was a spring loaded wire trap. However he got hit with a £2000 vets fee from his neighbour when the wire ripped round and into the cat.
Simple catonomics!Comment
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He would have been all for that!!Originally posted by Churchill View PostHe should've increased the tension on the trap - £50 for a new cat v £2000 to get the old one fixed...
Simple catonomics!Comment
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I've had one come into my house (the cat flap locks, but it must have closely followed my cat), then p!ssed and sh it in my house. If I could catch the fecking thing, would I get into trouble for putting it in a bag with some bricks and dropping it in the thames?Originally posted by Cooperinliverp00l View PostDo you think you would get in trouble if your dog killed a cat whilst it was in your garden ?"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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