sifting through the replies, as I have two cats and want to plant a
herb garden at home rather than the allotment (where let's face it,
EVERYTHING roams)
btw shotguns / warfarin/ carpet gripper aren't an option as I love my
cats - don't mind if they go next door though -
Nellie

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sifting through the replies, as I have two cats and want to plant a
herb garden at home rather than the allotment (where let's face it,
EVERYTHING roams)
btw shotguns / warfarin/ carpet gripper aren't an option as I love my
cats - don't mind if they go next door though -

Plant a patch of catmint/catnip in a nice sunny, sheltered place, well
away from the herb garden, and provide a nice fresh piece of ground that
any cat would mistake for a valuable seedbed?

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sifting through the replies, as I have two cats and want to plant a
herb garden at home rather than the allotment (where let's face it,
EVERYTHING roams)
btw shotguns / warfarin/ carpet gripper aren't an option as I love my
cats - don't mind if they go next door though -

Plant a patch of catmint/catnip in a nice sunny, sheltered place, well
away from the herb garden, and provide a nice fresh piece of ground that
any cat would mistake for a valuable seedbed?

And in your *real* seedbed, stick pieces of stick vertically at about 4
inch intervals
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Brilliant ideas - many thanks

sifting through the replies, as I have two cats and want to plant a
herb garden at home rather than the allotment (where let's face it,
EVERYTHING roams)
btw shotguns / warfarin/ carpet gripper aren't an option as I love my
cats - don't mind if they go next door though -

Plant a patch of catmint/catnip in a nice sunny, sheltered place, well
away from the herb garden, and provide a nice fresh piece of ground that
any cat would mistake for a valuable seedbed?

And in your *real* seedbed, stick pieces of stick vertically at about 4
inch intervals
--
Kay

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Neighbours cat, how can it be repulsed from using my garden as toilet?

By coincidence on Live At The Apollo last night, Lee Mack:

"My neighbour asked me if I'd seen her cat.
I said - No, is there a reward, she said there might be.
I said how muc? I'd heard noises...
She said £25.
I said these noises were £50 noises...
She gave me £50, so I went and let it out of my shed".
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Get a air gun and shoot the cat
Just make sure you don't kill it lol

Like the guy above says, sprinkle chilli powder in the soil
or build a tiny fence around the garden, how is your garden?
What are you growing?

"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their owners
and cats can't.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their
owners and cats can't.


That's not a reason, that's an excuse from a, presumably, cat-loving judge!

"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"graham" wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote:
"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across
the street, or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it
up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their
owners and cats can't.

That's not a reason, that's an excuse from a, presumably, cat-loving
judge!

If cat owners were forced to clean up the crap that their pets pollute
the neighbourhood with, perhaps some of them might feel less
inclined to keep the damned pests?

One can live in hope!

"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why is it that so many dog owners feel it is acceptable to wrap their
dog poo in a little pink plastic bag and impale the bag and its contents
on the nearest tree?
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Kay

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"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
.. .
"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why is it that so many dog owners feel it is acceptable to wrap their
dog poo in a little pink plastic bag and impale the bag and its
contents on the nearest tree?

Or dump it anywhere? Walks around a local country park are
spoiled for me by these parcels. I remarked on them to one dog
walker, and she said: "They leave them on their way out for a walk, and
collect them on the way back".
Some might, most don't, IME.
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"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their
owners and cats can't.


That's not a reason, that's an excuse from a, presumably, cat-loving judge!

No, that's a reason, not an excuse.

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from "graham" contains these words:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"graham" wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote:
"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across
the street, or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it
up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their
owners and cats can't.

That's not a reason, that's an excuse from a, presumably, cat-loving
judge!

If cat owners were forced to clean up the crap that their pets pollute
the neighbourhood with, perhaps some of them might feel less
inclined to keep the damned pests?

One can live in hope!

Aren't there any cats there?

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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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from K contains these words:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
...
"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across the
street,
or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it up.

Why is it that so many dog owners feel it is acceptable to wrap their
dog poo in a little pink plastic bag and impale the bag and its contents
on the nearest tree?

Probably for a similar reason that 'bicycle' riders on the banks of the
River Roding used to festoon a certain bush with filled trophies of
their conquests.

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The message
from "graham" contains these words:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"graham" wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote:
"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote:
"davej" wrote:

If my dog shits on the road or the pavement, on the grass across
the street, or up the hill where I walk her, I am obliged to pick it
up.

Why then is a cat allowed to shit anywhere it likes, with impunity?

Because it is recognised in law that dogs can be controlled by their
owners and cats can't.

That's not a reason, that's an excuse from a, presumably, cat-loving
judge!

If cat owners were forced to clean up the crap that their pets pollute
the neighbourhood with, perhaps some of them might feel less
inclined to keep the damned pests?

One can live in hope!

Aren't there any cats there?

I was in castleton last November, if you'd asked then I could have
checked.
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