They are fab, and so sweet!

Gorgeous pics I wish my Kirk would be as tolerant, alas it's not to be!!!!

Its a good advertisment for greys, showing that many can live happily with cats
Millie is great with cats, she just ignores the one at my friends house but they would have no chance in getting close to Willow

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MojoTilly wrote:

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There's a cat that lives next door to us and it sits just at the edge of our drive so Tilly can see it and stares her out!

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Evil cat! lol

Mason recently discovered my neighbours (and his part-time carers) have a young cat living in their house.

just come to the door once, I dare you. I'm waiting....
He can stand like that for hours

-- Edited by tootsmazza at 09:05, 2007-03-29

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How awful Fiona! My neighbour's cat is not allowed outside although he obviously tries his best. They always make sure he is behind the inside door before opening the main one in case Mason is there. He has his own history with a cat which is how he came to live with me so we take no chances.
Mason is never left unattended in the garden as you can see he only has one thing in mind and as a former cat owner, its something I never want to experience

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 I had to move soon after because of the resulting neighbour trouble.

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That sounds like an awful experience.  I've often wondered what the legal implications are though.  Does anyone know?  Can the owner of the cats ask you to put your dog down or claim public liability damage?  I often panic in case anything should happen.  My dogs are muzzled if they are off lead just in case but I don't if they are on the lead.  I had an argument with a lady in a park where dogs are not allowed off lead and her's was.  It came running up to mine snarling and Tigerlily tried to nip the wee b*****.  If anything worse had happened, who would have been at fault?  Or if my dogs pulled their lead out my hand and chased and caught a cat what would the implications be?  You can tell I panic a lot!

There was a case recently in West Lothian where a man's lurchers got into a woman's garden and killed her cat, which she had outside on a lead (?!?).
The man was convicted of failing to keep his dogs under control and fined.
I am sure if a cat strayed into your garden and was attacked there would not be any legal ramifications however as it is on your property.
At the end of the day cat owners are not legally responsible for the actions of their pets while dog owners are so its always better to err on side of caution when in public.
On the subject of loose dogs Mason and I were walking yesterday when a woman came along with a young Border Collie, unneutered, off the lead without even a collar.
The dog repeatedy tried to jump on Mason who was extremely unhappy and kept warning him off with a growl while the female owner stood 25ft away just calling his name.
When I asked her to put the dog on a lead she said she didn't have one!! I was furious as I was having to scold Mason for growling at the pup when he was perfectly justified. I was just so worried he would run out of patience and bite the dog.
The woman only came and got her dog when I told her he was going to be seriously injured if he didn't leave Mason alone.

'That sounds like an awful experience.  I've often wondered what the legal implications are though.  Does anyone know?  Can the owner of the cats ask you to put your dog down or claim public liability damage? '

I received a caution, which I felt was very unfair as the cats were in my garden, they were always there in spite of me trying to chase them away regularly. I got the story 'what if it was a child who came in your garden..blah blah'. Children regularly came in to see the dogs and cuddle them, even small children, and the dogs just loved the attention. I complained about the cats being in my garden, especially since Teidi very nearly died as a result of the cats scratches, the blood poisoning was evident within two hours, and she was in agony for two days, and of course a large vet bill. But of course these points were completely ignored by the police. Yet cats are regarded as wild animals in law, so I'm told. I dont think there are legal issues re harming the cats, but if the dog chases the cat in public, obviously it is 'out of control' and therefore the owner faces charges. I've had cats myself so I feel for their owner, it really was horribly distressing to see, and my young son was quite traumatised. But I use muzzles in public now and dont let the dogs off without them even in the country, and I've moved to a place well away from any cats so that my dogs are safe.
I liked the story about the dangerous cat, Timmy was bullied by a cat in his first home and had to be re-homed because it kept attacking him. Cat scratches can be lethal to greys because they so easliy inject bacteria through that thin skin, directly to the bloodstream. It really seems ironic that cats get off scot-free with the damage they do. A few of my neighbours were actually pleased because they were so sick of cats destroying their gardens, and the vet told me she'd had two dogs (non-greys)die from cat scratches.

Finally managed to get a pic of them together!

This is Foxy-cat and Speedy who have formed an alliance. Dotty-cat terrorrises them both so they hide on my bed together.. They are both a pair of male wimps! Having said that, Dotty has a go at my toes sticking out the duvet and it hurts!

Cheers

Claire

Love the way Foxy-cat and Speedy are lying back to back, almost like they're pretending the other ain't there
Marie