Indeed - someone to be ignored...

Has anyone managed to take a cat for a walk - apparently you can get cat
walking leads, which could be useful when you let a cat outside after, say,
moving house.
However, due to a cats nature I can either see you going around it circles
or not moving...

Nicholas

"Laura R." wrote in message
.. .
circa Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:38:44 +0100, in alt.cats, Kristine
Kochanski ) said,
Yes there is, and the original poster is a UK citizen (judging by the
correct spelling of neighbours :-p), where it is quite rightly
illegal. Thanks for your post James, I often wonder if I'm being cruel
in only letting my cats outside under supervision, you've reassured me
that there are indeed plenty of idiots out there willing to do them
harm and I'm doing the right thing. Cheers.

He's also a troll and best killfiled.

Laura
--
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde

circa Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:52:54 +0100, in alt.cats, Nicholas
) said,
Indeed - someone to be ignored...

Has anyone managed to take a cat for a walk - apparently you can get cat
walking leads, which could be useful when you let a cat outside after, say,
moving house.
However, due to a cats nature I can either see you going around it circles
or not moving...

Lots of people have done it successfully. I had a cat years back who
*loved* to walk on a leash. He had a definite "route", and it was
really much like walking a dog, except that cats are much more agile
and apt to take alternate routes from point A to point B. :-)

Laura
--
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde

circa Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:52:54 +0100, in alt.cats, Nicholas
) said,
Indeed - someone to be ignored...

Has anyone managed to take a cat for a walk - apparently you can get cat
walking leads, which could be useful when you let a cat outside after, say,
moving house.
However, due to a cats nature I can either see you going around it circles
or not moving...

Lots of people have done it successfully. I had a cat years back who
*loved* to walk on a leash. He had a definite "route", and it was
really much like walking a dog, except that cats are much more agile
and apt to take alternate routes from point A to point B. :-)

Laura
--
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde

Of course, that course of action depends on you catching the cat at it. My
neighbour has accused my cat of it in the past but neither of us have ever
seen my cat scratching the car. Our car isn't scratched so I'm betting my
neighbour is driving too close to bushes or something. Water generally puts
our cat off doing anythng naughty though so it would probably work ifwe
could catch him at it.

Of course, that course of action depends on you catching the cat at it. My
neighbour has accused my cat of it in the past but neither of us have ever
seen my cat scratching the car. Our car isn't scratched so I'm betting my
neighbour is driving too close to bushes or something. Water generally puts
our cat off doing anythng naughty though so it would probably work ifwe
could catch him at it.

"Agua Girl" wrote in message
...

I love cats and I wouldn't grease down my car to protect it from
a neighbors cat. Keep the cat away from the car. Build an outdoor
enclosure, buy your neighbor a car cover, get them keep away
spray to put around their yards perimeter, squirting was a good idea,
and it may help to make sure your Tom is fixed. Ok..maybe it won't
help but it's still important if you are letting your cat roam.

AG

Exactly. The neighbor should be able to do whatever the jolly heck they feel
without having to spend 1/2 the day covering their car up--and they still
shouldn't have to contend with this.

I'm not going to enter into the claw-declaw debate, but definitely do not
give the neighbor a blanket or car cover and expect them to do that every
single day. That's too much work. And the main thing is this: it is not
their pet causing the annoyance but someone else's, so they frankly
shouldn't have to lift a single finger to do anything. 100% of that falls on
the cat's owner, period.

LRH

"Agua Girl" wrote in message
...

I love cats and I wouldn't grease down my car to protect it from
a neighbors cat. Keep the cat away from the car. Build an outdoor
enclosure, buy your neighbor a car cover, get them keep away
spray to put around their yards perimeter, squirting was a good idea,
and it may help to make sure your Tom is fixed. Ok..maybe it won't
help but it's still important if you are letting your cat roam.

AG

Exactly. The neighbor should be able to do whatever the jolly heck they feel
without having to spend 1/2 the day covering their car up--and they still
shouldn't have to contend with this.

I'm not going to enter into the claw-declaw debate, but definitely do not
give the neighbor a blanket or car cover and expect them to do that every
single day. That's too much work. And the main thing is this: it is not
their pet causing the annoyance but someone else's, so they frankly
shouldn't have to lift a single finger to do anything. 100% of that falls on
the cat's owner, period.

LRH

"Nicholas" wrote in message
. ..
Yes, there is - declawing removes a cats ability to fight and climb, and
leaves it at the mercy of other animals, which is why its rightly
illegial.

My neighbors cat mysteriously dissapeared after scratching my cars new
paint job. I warned them twice to have it declawed, they never
listened and it ended up missing
I wonder if you had anything to do with it...

So what if he did? He had to protect his property, and if the neighbors
weren't fulfilling their responsibility to take care of such scenarios--the
victim had to do something. Some people just won't listen. Naturally of
course I would hope he wouldn't have KILLED it but merely (say) given it
away to someone else.

As for fighting & climbing, that depends on what's out there. I have a hard
time believing every single yard in the entire world is full of coyotes,
wolves, dogs, and other cats. In that case, big woop-de-doo.

LRH

"Nicholas" wrote in message
. ..
Yes, there is - declawing removes a cats ability to fight and climb, and
leaves it at the mercy of other animals, which is why its rightly
illegial.

My neighbors cat mysteriously dissapeared after scratching my cars new
paint job. I warned them twice to have it declawed, they never
listened and it ended up missing
I wonder if you had anything to do with it...

So what if he did? He had to protect his property, and if the neighbors
weren't fulfilling their responsibility to take care of such scenarios--the
victim had to do something. Some people just won't listen. Naturally of
course I would hope he wouldn't have KILLED it but merely (say) given it
away to someone else.

As for fighting & climbing, that depends on what's out there. I have a hard
time believing every single yard in the entire world is full of coyotes,
wolves, dogs, and other cats. In that case, big woop-de-doo.

LRH

circa Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:10:13 -0700, in alt.cats, Larry R Harrison
Jr ) said,
My neighbors cat mysteriously dissapeared after scratching my cars new
paint job. I warned them twice to have it declawed, they never
listened and it ended up missing
I wonder if you had anything to do with it...

So what if he did? He had to protect his property, and if the neighbors
weren't fulfilling their responsibility to take care of such scenarios--the
victim had to do something. Some people just won't listen. Naturally of
course I would hope he wouldn't have KILLED it but merely (say) given it
away to someone else.

Don't feed the trolls.

Laura
--
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde