SpeedGeek
Never Forgotten
Posts like this piss me off on several levels.
First... if you believe a dog should be shot for being loose and coming in your yard, then the same should hold true for your CAT coming in my yard.
Secondly, I get VERY tired of people always throwing pit bulls in a topic like this. I currently own one (my 4th) and she is a PHENOMENAL dog. However, I also made sure that as she was growing up she was socialized with other animals - dogs, cats, and PEOPLE. Also, my neighbors and their kids all know her and LOVE her... and the couple times she has "escaped" from my back yard they have taken her in or returned her home.
So... since some people would say "I have my .357 and if your dog looks crosseyed at my kids, I'll put a couple rounds in it... " then I would say to you if your kid looks crosseyed at my dog or teases it, I will BEAT YOUR KID'S ASS AND PRESS CHARGES FOR HARRASSMENT.
Sh!t like this goes both ways. I've had sh!tass neighbors that teased my dogs, or didn't even get to know them and had attitudes towards them... then wonder why my dogs don't like them.
True, bad owners are a big problem... but so are narrow minded jackasses that are clueless about animals.
If someone told me that if my dog comes in their yard it won't be coming home, then I would warn them it goes both ways with their kids, cats and anything else... and don't think I'd be a nice neighbor about ANYTHING after that.
/rant
Sorry to hear about the crappy dogs killing the cat... socialization and a responsible owner would have prevented the problem. I just hate hearing people pass judgement by breeds etc...
First... if you believe a dog should be shot for being loose and coming in your yard, then the same should hold true for your CAT coming in my yard.
Secondly, I get VERY tired of people always throwing pit bulls in a topic like this. I currently own one (my 4th) and she is a PHENOMENAL dog. However, I also made sure that as she was growing up she was socialized with other animals - dogs, cats, and PEOPLE. Also, my neighbors and their kids all know her and LOVE her... and the couple times she has "escaped" from my back yard they have taken her in or returned her home.
So... since some people would say "I have my .357 and if your dog looks crosseyed at my kids, I'll put a couple rounds in it... " then I would say to you if your kid looks crosseyed at my dog or teases it, I will BEAT YOUR KID'S ASS AND PRESS CHARGES FOR HARRASSMENT.
Sh!t like this goes both ways. I've had sh!tass neighbors that teased my dogs, or didn't even get to know them and had attitudes towards them... then wonder why my dogs don't like them.
True, bad owners are a big problem... but so are narrow minded jackasses that are clueless about animals.
If someone told me that if my dog comes in their yard it won't be coming home, then I would warn them it goes both ways with their kids, cats and anything else... and don't think I'd be a nice neighbor about ANYTHING after that.
/rant
Sorry to hear about the crappy dogs killing the cat... socialization and a responsible owner would have prevented the problem. I just hate hearing people pass judgement by breeds etc...