I live in a small quartier, that appears to have more cats, than actual people - all competing for the same territory, that isn't even theirs to fight over.

From what I see, the cats are out all day, when the owners aren't around. When the owners return home from work in the evening, the cats return to roost for a bit of fodder, and to lap dance for their owners, for a short while, before being kicked out for their nocturnal fights and screeching.
During which time, they pee, crap and scent mark, where ever they please.
If I let my dog wander freely around in the neighbours' gardens, cocking his leg up over barbecues, vehicles and kiddies toys, I'd probably have the gemeinde on my case, pronto.

..... and yet it appears that cat owners have to take no responsibility for their "pet's" actions.

The same people that will argue that this is perfectly natural behaviour for cats, will then turn round and advocate that keeping a cat locked up in an apartment, for the majority, if not entire life, is also perfectly 'natural'; and moan at anyone who expresses an opinion to the contrary. The same people who will justify in their own minds, why that tiger pacing backwards and forwards in it's small confines, is fine because of helping an endangered species, with a supposed breeding program.

I grew up with cats in the family, and have nothing against them per se, but do question the attitude of cat owners - a bit of fluff to stroke for an hour or so per day, then just forget about them, when they're not around - all for the price of a can of Kit-e-Kat and some kitty litter.
However, I do object to going out of my door on a hot summers day, and the stench of cats pee unbearably hanging in the air, just because the local Tom, has gone around in the night , undisturbed, squirting like a skunk.

Cats are farm animals used to keep the mice and rat population in barns and out buildings, to a minimum, and should remain so.

Now cue the hard-ass forum posters, going all soppy and protective to moggy in an attempt to justify the benefits of 'ownership' (only the humans believe they own their cat - the cat is just grinning from ear to ear, just like the Cheshire .......)

I completely agree, but then, I like a world with cats, as, when there is no ball, no stick, no chicken fillet or beef steak, for the boy, there is cat.

Cats are the devil. They all deserve to die.


No, wait. What I meant to say was that cats are one of God's creatures and you should learn to live in harmony....

No, wait...What was I saying?

Cats must be overactive in your manor, our moggy sleeps about 20 hrs a day.

I guess not overfed in their manor

Awe... I was hoping for a bit of controversy on the forum, thanks old chap!

My cat goes where he wants and my dog comes in a purse. How is that??

So does ours.

The good thing about having a cat of your own though is that it stops all the other random moggies from using the garden as a toilet. I had to laugh at ours this morning as it sat at the edge of our patio watching a big black cat liberally spraying next door's neatly manicured box bush. The imposter took just one step nearer to our garden and he was rapidly sent packing.

Here, they just mark over the top, because they're competing with the dog, who is fast asleep indoors, when they're not.

The lovely sandpit in the playground in front of my place is used as personal toilets by all the neighborhood cats. I noticed it when my baby daughter was happily playing in it and tried to chew some cat poo. That's about when I noticed the cat pee smell too.

The neighbour cat terrorises my dog (he actually attacked my mutt, without warning and without reason), marks his territory on my terrace, and attacks my plants.

If my dog was doing even a tiny part of the damages the cats do, I would get a hefty fine and my dog confiscated!

You've gone all Paris Hilton on us and started carrying your mutt around in a little bag. How could you?

I hope it's a super fluffy, pink sparkly one at the very least or you will be seriously letting the side down.

It is considered natural behaviour. The cats don't venture near our garden as the dogs won't tolerate it.

But the same people who let their cats have this freedom are the ones putting up the posters about their missing cat. Almost weekly there are notices posted locally about a "family pet" gone missing.

We are renting out our house and won't allow anyone with cats. There are enough screeching cat fights at night and adding more cats to the neighbourhood won't help matters. Plus I am not allowing renovation for a cat door.

Sorry, I am letting you down. Lily comes in a black very off style kinda bag. I wouldn't want the dog stealing all the show and the start lights from me...

You know..... Because my outer-self is more important.

PS: note to myself: buy more pink outfit: and change my hair to blond.

Our neighbours here have a cat; they have put light-weight netting between our balcony and theirs so it has the run of their balcony plus the garden on their half of the roof between us. I haven't noticed a smell so far but in one month I've only seen it out there once. Maybe it's one of those cats that's so used to being indoors, it gets a sudden fright when it sees sunlight?

Spraying is not so frequent or smelly if the toms are neutered. Plus they're better as pets then because they're much more likely to want to lie around and be patted all day.

In New Zealand this moustachioed millionaire has been in the news for wanting to get rid of cats in NZ completely.

Dog is 3 times smaller than the cat

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I whole-heartedly agree, and always keep two house bricks, close to the door, but thus far, I've not been quick enough.

Since neutered, our Tom cat's pee is odorless.

I have nothing against cats, I like them fine, but this is so true. I know it's been discussed in other threads, but I still find it a little weird that so few cat owners see anything wrong with letting an animal out on its own devices to roam, especially in a residential neighborhood. You're letting it do what it wants on strangers' property, possibly bothering their pets, and even hunting local wildlife. Not to mention the danger of your cat being run over by a car. I'm surprised it's allowed at all.

My mother-in-law's cat was run over by an elderly lady in the neighborhood, an extremely traumatizing experience for someone of old age. I don't see how anyone can so easily open the door every day and willingly run the risk of your pet dying and a stranger ending up with blood on his/her hands. That's all on you.

Did you ever notice what happens on EF when someone starts complaining about dogs or smokers?

You see that's where you went wrong. You should have got a cat instead of a dog then all the other random moggies would have stayed away.