Indy's Life Disrupted

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Scott Buchanan - 17 Mar 2005 07:00 GMT

Indy has been a very lucky cat. He has had about 15 acres of field and trees
for his hunting grounds for his entire seven years. There has been no other
cats or dogs. Next month there will be new neighbors who have two large
dogs(Golden Retrievers up to 140 pounds) moving in on his favorite portion
of the hunting grounds. I am worried that these dogs may attack him. Since
he has had a sheltered life he may not see the threat that the dogs pose. I
don't think that he has even seen a dog. The least that would happen is that
his patterns would be disrupted. Hopefully they will keep their gate closed
so the dogs will not get onto my property.

Am I worrying too much?
Should I do something to ease the transition?
What can I do to protect him?

Thanks for your help

Scott

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Gary Stone - 17 Mar 2005 13:32 GMT

> Indy has been a very lucky cat. He has had about 15 acres of field and
> trees
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> Scott

The thing about gates is that they get left opened at times. The nearest dog
around here is no threat to my cats as they are bigger than him. However,
just the other day, another dog Sammy, a St Bernard that lives about ? of a
mile from here decided to go on a walk-about and I saw him chasing one of my
cats. Now, Sammy is a sweetheart and only wants to play, however he could
probably do some serious damage just playing. The cats and Sammy are
familiar with one another but the cats just do not want anything to do with
him. I can't imagine even the bears would want to mess with Sammy. Out here
in the forest there are plenty of trees, brush and other protected areas the
cats can duck into for protection. Is your area open field or wooded? If
wooded, you can feel a little better I guess.

Stone

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mlbriggs - 18 Mar 2005 04:53 GMT

> Indy has been a very lucky cat. He has had about 15 acres of field and
> trees for his hunting grounds for his entire seven years. There has been
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> Scott

Time to become a house cat. I wouldn't trust those dogs as far as I could
throw a bull by its tail. MLB

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