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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2006Our dog killed a cat today.
We've got a lot of cats, all that stay inside. One of them was killed by a neighbor dog about a year ago (before we started keeping them inside). I know how bad it felt and I am planning to get rid of the our dog. We were keeping the dog for a friend who became homeless. It's part pit bull and gets along fine with cats that it knows, actually so good that they could be on "Funniest Animals" because she will pin down one of the cats and the cat doesn't even pay any attention, just rolld over, gets up and acts like nothing happened. The cat will sleep on the dog and the dog is protective of the cats that the dog knows. But it's a totally different story if the cat runs away, as what must have happened today with a neighbor's cat, that got into our backyard. The dog bit a child before we got her. I don't like the dog, anyway, but my wife feels safer with it in the backyard on the rare occassions when I'm out of town. I wish there were some way to keep the dog and keep the neighbor's and our cats safe, not to mention if a child ever happens to try to play with the dog while she is eating. I thought dogs were put away for biting children (11 stiches in the child's head). You can see that I'm having mixed thoughts and feelings. I don't know if anyone can help. I think now that I have to find a home for the dog or the shelter and get another dog that isn't so dangerous and could still be a good watchdog, that we could raise as a puppy with the cats. If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate them. >We've got a lot of cats, all that stay inside. One of them was killed by a >neighbor dog about a year ago (before we started keeping them inside). I [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate them. I must say, I'm appalled and will KF this poster. Please report this to your local animal control officer or dog warden as soon as poss and see what they advise. Rescues won't take dogs like this and that only leaves donation to the security/police/armed forces side for rehoming. Also, I would maintain that your own cats are at risk due to the chase/sight orientated nature of the breed, however friendly the relationship seems. If your dog is given a reprieve and you feel you want to offer him another chance, ask your vet for a referral to a behaviourist as an emergency and fence your yard in such a way that cats can't get in. There are behaviourists and dog trainers who specialise in aggressive dogs. I attach an idea for catproof fencing - would your neighbours permit you to have overhangs the other way, over their gardens? http://www.lkegan.plus.com/Catproof%20fencing.pdf Also, try posting here: http://www.understandinganimals.com/forum/index.php?board=1 >We've got a lot of cats, all that stay inside. One of them was killed by a >neighbor dog about a year ago (before we started keeping them inside). I [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate them. >Please report this to your local animal control officer or dog warden as soon >as poss and see what they advise. Rescues won't take dogs like this and that >only leaves donation to the security/police/armed forces side for rehoming. >Also, I would maintain that your own cats are at risk due to the chase/sight >orientated nature of the breed, however friendly the relationship seems. Good advice. Just one note. It's "oriented" not "orientated." There's no such word as orientated. >> Please report this to your local animal control officer or dog warden as soon >> as poss and see what they advise. Rescues won't take dogs like this and that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Good advice. Just one note. It's "oriented" not "orientated." There's > no such word as orientated. While you are correct that it would have been better to use oriented instead of orientated- though prone or inclined might have been better.. But there is such a word as orientated: 2 entries found for orientated. o·ri·en·tate Audio pronunciation of "orientated" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôr-n-tt, -n-, r-) v. o·ri·en·tat·ed, o·ri·en·tat·ing, o·ri·en·tates v. tr. To orient: “He... stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge” (John le Carré). v. intr. To face or turn to the east. orientated adj : adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout" [syn: oriented] [ant: unoriented] If you are going to correct someone in an attempt to make yourself look smart you should make sure you are correct in your statements first. >While you are correct that it would have been better to use oriented >instead of orientated- though prone or inclined might have been better.. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >If you are going to correct someone in an attempt to make yourself look >smart you should make sure you are correct in your statements first. I stand corrected. >I stand corrected. A little more info. Makes sense I never use orientated, and have been taught never to use it, as I'm a technical writer with a science background in the USA. http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/oriented?view=uk Maybe you could get 'reorientated' with the dictionary, tech writing is soo dry ChristoMephisto <snip> The pit bull you are harboring has bitten a child and just killed a cat. So you have the gall to ask cat lovers what to do with it? Have the dog euthanized a.s.a.p. I'm glad I don't know you. > <snip> > > The pit bull you are harboring has bitten a child and just killed a cat. > So you have the gall to ask cat lovers what to do with it? Have the dog > euthanized a.s.a.p. I'm glad I don't know you. That's what I really should do. I'll let you know. I understand how you feel, exactly and I think you are right. Per AKA Gray Asphalt: > But it's a totally different story if the cat >runs away, as what must have happened today with a neighbor's cat, that got >into our backyard. The dog bit a child before we got her. I don't like the >dog, anyway, but my wife feels safer with it in the backyard on the rare >occassions when I'm out of town. Sounds to me like you're sitting on a time bomb. Safer from who/what? Lawyers? Litigation?  SignaturePeteCresswell > into our backyard. The dog bit a child before we got her. I don't like the > dog, anyway, but my wife feels safer with it in the backyard on the rare [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate them. Yeah, turn it over to the humane society, animal control or a shelter making sure they know that the dog has bitten someone before, and killed a cat. Chances are good that the dog will be euthanized but that is probably best anyway. >> into our backyard. The dog bit a child before we got her. I don't like >> the dog, anyway, but my wife feels safer with it in the backyard on the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > cat. Chances are good that the dog will be euthanized but that is > probably best anyway. Thanks. I needed to hear from people who aren't emotionally attached to the dog. My cousin has a daughter that's handicapped and wheelchair. They adopted a dog that was a mutt and while it didn't look like it had any pit bull in it's genetic "mix", it did have a brindle coat. Anyway, the dog bit here teacher when the teacher came to visit and they didn't get rid of it. Then the dog bit me one night as I was leaving. It came at me from behind and bit MY behind. Again, they didn't get rid of the dog. They didn't pay for my dog visit either. Then one day, they had the dog tied up while my cousin's husband was washing the car. Their next door neighbor walked over and was talking to him and the dog ATTACKED her. It was bad. She had to go to the emergency room and it required dozens of stiches. Then they finally took the dog to the SPCA and let them know he was a biter. Don't wait for a tragedy. I know it isn't the dogs fault that it's aggressive, but it will be your fault when it bites again. > My cousin has a daughter that's handicapped and wheelchair. They > adopted a dog that was a mutt and while it didn't look like it had any [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > biter. Don't wait for a tragedy. I know it isn't the dogs fault that > it's aggressive, but it will be your fault when it bites again. Yeah, I know that. I've got so many excuses and none of them are right. The hardest though is tellins someone that you're going to have their pet eutnanized, no matter how necessary. I could tell the people who owned the pet and left it with us, when they couldn't keep her anymore, that they have to find a safe home for the dog, but then I'd be contributing to the problem, I guess, by passing a dangerous dog on to someone else. I think we all would like to see animals life together peacefully. Dogs and birds and ferrets and mice ... that guy on "Pet Keeping" seems to have done miracles like that, but this isn't the case. I have to have enough moral fortitude to do the right thing. |
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