Why are cats allowed to roam neighborhoods but dogs aren't?
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Anonymous
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I personally don't think cats should be allowed to roam free either.
We bought a new house and the neighbors very overweight cat insisted on hanging out in our yard. The neighbor told us when we moved in "Fluffy loved the family that lived there. He was sad to see them move". when I pull up in the driveway and Fluffy is sitting on the chairs on my front porch, he raised his head from his nap, looked around, and then ... went back to sleep (like *I* was bothering him). DH knows how much I abhor cats (traumatic event from childhood) and turn the chairs on their side to keep him from cuddling up on them during the day. Because once he was there, nothing was scaring him away. I had to threaten my kids not to play with or dare feed him, because other neighbors said he was cute but scratches (he even scratched his owners). Anyway, not sure what happened to the cat, but he eventually stopped coming around. |
Anonymous
Cats who poop outdoors bury their poop. |
Anonymous
Cats are not a menace to society plan and simple. They don’t travel in packs and attack and possibly kill someone. They mind their own business and actually good for the environment by killing rats and mice. But the best part is they are very courteous and cover their own s***! There is no comparison so accept the facts. The worse they do is leave paw prints on the hoods of cars. Gasp! 
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Anonymous
Omg that’s horrible, what a nuisance. You should’ve called animal control and had that out of control dangerous animal thrown in a cage and taken away! 
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Anonymous
| Because cats are smart enough to ALWAYS come back home. Only reason they wouldn’t is if they got killed by another animal/car or if they found a home where they served Fancy Feast in a crystal bowl. My German Shepherd escaped through an opening in our fence she was able to squeeze out of and was missing for three weeks. I put up fliers, ads with rewards and asked people if they’ve seen her by driving around for days. Some guy finally called and said there was a shepherd under an abandoned house next-door. I immediately drove out there, 4 miles away btw, called her name and she came running from under the house and jumped in my car. Hugged the guy and gave him $100. One of the happiest days of my life! She was thin and her toenails were down to the quick from wondering the streets for three weeks. She had on tags with our info but not many people would approach a shepherd. So basically dogs can lose their sense of direction and get lost and cats don’t. |
Anonymous
| OP must live in a rural area with no traffic and danger of her dog getting run over. Plus coyotes and fox and other predators are nocturnal and hunt at night. I would say her little FeFe is safe for the most part. OP unless there was an aggressive dog or a cranky old person in your neighborhood I wouldn’t worry about it either. |
Anonymous
Someone needs to remind the many foxes in my neighborhood that they are nocturnal. I have only seen coyote a handful of times but also during the day. |
Anonymous
How considerate.
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Anonymous
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If you love your pet and are a responsible pet owner, you will keep it safe. Anytime a pet leaves the house, its risk of getting hurt or killed goes through the roof.
It's all fun and games until something actually happens. It only takes once for Fido to not come home. And whose fault was it for letting it out. I'm never taking that risk. |
Anonymous
Right. Laws and regulations tend to be precise. An altered cat roaming at large is not illegal. If you videotape one roaming in the street, you can't criticize it based on legal grounds. Once it enters private property, there is a problem. But that's not just because it was at large, which is otherwise permitted. Sure, you can argue that cats roaming at large will necessarily also go on private property. That's not a given, but it's an argument, and you would make and enforce the change by changing the law. Alas, the law doesn't merely conform to your idea of what is reasonable. You have to do the work. Have at it, love. |
Anonymous
Agreed. That goes for ALL house pets, including cats. Seen plenty of roadkill cats. A friend of mine recently lost her cat (at least, we assume so; he went out one day like usual, and never came back). Someone I know was out on a hike, and heard a cat screaming, from up in the trees. An owl had it. She had nightmares for a really long time. |
Anonymous
| I will call animal control if I see your dog loose OP. What you're doing is against the law. |
Anonymous
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first, the dog is less than 10lbs so the poop is smaller than all the rabbit poop that's in everyone's yard. Not really a big nuisance.
Second, for the person who was bitten, this is a tiny dog. The chances of even breaking skin if the dog bites is really rare. I doubt the dog would bring any harm to anyone. |
Anonymous
This is a Maine Coon, they are not called Gentle Giants without a reason. |
