What's the point of cats?

[buddha]

Get a cat-hating dog, job done....

Cut up hose pipe in your beds works too (to a degree). Apparently they are shoot-scared of snakes. There are also ultrasonic cat scarers that emit some kind of noise that puts them off (Celine Dion has just got the contract I believe). People I know who have them say they work well.

My sister has one of these. It has no effect on the local cat population. But gives me a headache when I pass. Must be one of the Celine Dion ones!

 

[Gromit]

I'm sick of going out for walks and finding piles of dog s**t around. Sitting and walking on any piece of grass without being within a foot of a turd is difficult these days. Or the nice bagged up turd at the side of the path, or the ones flung in a tree, that drip maggots onto people.

Under control dogs seem to be getting few and far between these days too. Often or not the dogs take their owners out for a walk. Where is the fun in being dragged across the park.

My boss got bitten by an out of control dog on a lead, who happened to be taken out by an inexperienced owner. The dog dragged her across the path.

Of course dogs kill and maim animals and people, they also leave piles of s**t everywhere, that can blind a person.

If you don't like cats crapping on your grass there are things you can do to stop them. There are lots of plants you can buy that they hate, water in plastic bottles also acts as a deterrent.

There are 8 million dogs and 8 million cats in the UK maybe that's too many?

Oh and both of these species are useless if they are not working animals.

 

[snapper_37]

I'm sick of going out for walks and finding piles of dog s**t around. Sitting and walking on any piece of grass without being within a foot of a turd is difficult these days.

I like to class myself as a 'responsible' dog owner and I entirely agree with the above. It really gets in my craw how we pick up (even if the dog has a 'bad tummy') and yet we see many others who do not.

I challenged the bloke across the road a couple of weeks ago as in all 10 years of living by him, I have never seem him pick up or carrying bags. He looked at me like I was off another planet and hasn't spoken to me since. As if he's in the ****ing right. I've complained to the council but they want more 'evidence'.

 

[Mr Pig]

I'm sick of going out for walks and finding piles of dog s**t around.

But they get away with it! Should be an instant £500 fine, two strikes and the dog gets a jag.

Then it can drive wherever it wants to go ;0)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Oh and both of these species are useless if they are not working animals.

Ours certainly puts a hard day in at the office!!

 

[Gromit]

Ours certainly puts a hard day in at the office!!

That so cool

 

[Mr Pig]

That so cool

He's looking for anti-personnel mines.

 

[User482]

Get a cat-hating dog, job done....

Cut up hose pipe in your beds works too (to a degree). Apparently they are shoot-scared of snakes. There are also ultrasonic cat scarers that emit some kind of noise that puts them off (Celine Dion has just got the contract I believe). People I know who have them say they work well.

I have one of those. The cats have taken to crapping in another part of the garden, which isn't covered by the scarer.

 

[Archie_tect]

I blame the owners.

[Paul Radcliffe has a lot to answer for, if she'd had a plastic bag to clean up after herself...]

I'm not surprised that strong opinions are as vehemently expressed about cats and dogs as the rest of the subjects on CC!

 

[snapper_37]

I have one of those. The cats have taken to crapping in another part of the garden, which isn't covered by the scarer.

Oh dear ... Maria Carey poison it is then.

My friend's 2 cats have both been recently poisoned. Antifreeze apparently tastes sweet to dogs and cats. I can understand how some people get extremely pissed off enough to take that kind of action.

 

[Velorum]

I have three.

They are a damn nuisance and when they expire I wont be having any more.

They:

• Crap in the middle of the lawn
• Bring half dead mice, voles and other small creatures into the house
• Leave a thin coating of hair on carpets and furniture
• Claw the furniture
• Vomit on the floor on a regular basis
• Make a dreadful racket in the middle of the night
• Require 'cat sitting' when we go away
• Regard me with disdain or disinterest (a bit like the significant other I suppose)

I reckon I have another 6 - 8 years to go.

My significant other loves them so I have to put up with things as they are.

This woman loves them as well by the look of things
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gCMRBMKkN1mbraSldo6n9rTA3mYA

 

[Crackle]

This is the most popular thread that PaulB's never started.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I have two.

They are a damn nuisance and when they expire I wont be having any more.

They:

• Crap in the middle of the lawn
• Bring half dead mice, voles and other small creatures into the house
• Leave a thin coating of hair on carpets and furniture
• Claw the furniture
• Vomit on the floor on a regular basis
• Make a dreadful racket in the middle of the night
• Require 'cat sitting' when we go away
• Regard me with disdain or disinterest (a bit like the significant other I suppose)

I reckon I have another 2 - 4 years to go.

My significant other loves them so I have to put up with things as they are.

couldn't have put it better myself....

 

[Arch]

Ours certainly puts a hard day in at the office!!

I've just been reading a book about the Ig Nobel Awards, and there was one given to a chap who devised some computer sofware to detect cat typing (IE when it walks across the keyboard) based on the spacing and timing of the key presses, and which then locked the computer until you typed a password, to prevent accidental deletions and so on...

There was a story on the radio this morning, apparently true, that a woman at the outbreak of WW2 told her daughter they couldn't afford to keep their cat, because they wouldn't have the food spare (apparently there was a huge wave of people having pets put down at the outbreak of war). The cat went out, and returned with a barely damaged, but dead, rabbit. It them continued to supply about 3 rabbits a week to eke out the ration.... There were also countless stories of household pets pre-empting air raid warnings and giving families precious extra time to get to shelter.

 

[Brahan]

Cats rock! I think it's cool how they can do whatever they want whenever they chose. They are selfish, choosy about the company they keep and utterly devoid of tolerance. Their every thought is about themselves and they manage to justify their selfishness with an air of dignity that humans could never approach. Cats are brilliant and those who disagree are just jealous of their freedom.