The dogs and cats don’t know it’s a garden let alone if it’s yours!
The owners on the other hand! They are the ones at fault.
What about cats, these creatures allowed to roam wherever, slaughtering millions of birds, mammals each year, spreading disease in their waste, deposited on anyones property, yes dog owners should keep dogs on leash particularly in countywide where they often do great harm to farm animals. I have already stated I’m not a cat,dog, lover, I don’t see them with the same sentiments as pet owners, each to their own I guess.
What about cats, these creatures allowed to roam wherever, slaughtering millions of birds, mammals each year, spreading disease in their waste, deposited on anyones property, yes dog owners should keep dogs on leash particularly in countywide where they often do great harm to farm animals. I have already stated I’m not a cat,dog, lover, I don’t see them with the same sentiments as pet owners, each to their own I guess.
I’m a dog man myself so I’m kind of biased against cats at the best of times and you do have a point although I’d stop well short of poisoning them
Dogs unlike cats cane be well trained and well looked after. Cats are semi domesticated dogs are fully, not the cats fault, it’s just that dogs want to please far more.
There is no excuse for a dog attended by its owner to foul where people live. Picking the stuff ups no fun but in my case I rarely take th where that’s required, it’s just common sense.
My dogs relieve themselves quite literally in the wild. I suppose there is a very minor risk of someone stepping in it but these are the kind of areas only dog walkers go and we should really have our witts about us.
On pavements and parks etc it’s not acceptable but it’s typical of some people (not their pets) who just don’t consider others. Same folk who hoof litter out of windows, get drunk at kids parties and so on.
Shame as they ruin it for us all, including the dogs.
Can't bear dogs but would never poison them or their dumb owners. With the exception of true working dogs, I think having them is a bit pathetic and sad. Takes all sorts though.
Can't bear dogs but would never poison them or their dumb owners. With the exception of true working dogs, I think having them is a bit pathetic and sad. Takes all sorts though.
Your entitled to an opinion on dogs but to call them pathetic is typically pathetic of you but thanks anyway
What about cats, these creatures allowed to roam wherever, slaughtering millions of birds, mammals each year
Often quoted, but without the nuance:
The RSPB wrote:
Despite the large numbers of birds killed by cats in gardens, there is no clear scientific evidence that such mortality is causing bird populations to decline. This may be surprising, but many millions of birds die naturally every year, mainly through starvation, disease or other forms of predation. There is evidence that cats tend to take weak or sickly birds.
We also know that of the millions of baby birds hatched each year, most will die before they reach breeding age. This is also quite natural, and each pair needs only to rear two young that survive to breeding age to replace themselves and maintain the population.
It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations. If their predation was additional to these other causes of mortality, this might have a serious impact on bird populations.
Those bird species which have undergone the most serious population declines in the UK (such as skylarks, tree sparrows and corn buntings) rarely encounter cats, so cats cannot be causing their declines. Research shows that these declines are usually caused by habitat change or loss, particularly on farmland.
I can't get into the head of anyone who would deliberately poison a pet - whether you like them or not, they become part of the family and a great source of comfort, company and happiness to many people; if we're suggesting that a few bad apples justify the hatred, then I shall today commence blowing up every car I can get my hands on, since someone cut me up on the Asda roundabout yesterday. Seems fair.