Urglers,

I mentioned the group's hatred of the antics of cats to someone this morning
and was told something you might like to spread around......

A lady on the Island always gets her cats when they are just weaned and
trains them to use a litter tray of course. When they are old enough to be
let out into the wide world, the litter tray is also placed outside the back
door - I suppose it's under cover from the rain. I was told that the lady's
cat continues to use its litter tray and that as far as she knows, it never
fouls any gardens.

So there we have it, it's the irresponsible cat owners who are to blame, not
the cats. But of course, their sole reason for having cats instead of
friends (dogs) is most likely that they do not have to buy Catsan (or
whatever), do not have to dispose of the crap nor use a pooper scooper!
Seems to me that they're just lazy!

Regards,

Geoff

P.S. Does anybody know what "cat grass" is? I saw some seeds for it on
sale at one of the Island's hardware stores.

In a fit of excitement geoff uttered:

Urglers,

I mentioned the group's hatred of the antics of cats to someone this morning
and was told something you might like to spread around......

A lady on the Island always gets her cats when they are just weaned and
trains them to use a litter tray of course. When they are old enough to be
let out into the wide world, the litter tray is also placed outside the back
door - I suppose it's under cover from the rain. I was told that the lady's
cat continues to use its litter tray and that as far as she knows, it never
fouls any gardens.

So there we have it, it's the irresponsible cat owners who are to blame, not
the cats. But of course, their sole reason for having cats instead of
friends (dogs) is most likely that they do not have to buy Catsan (or
whatever), do not have to dispose of the crap nor use a pooper scooper!
Seems to me that they're just lazy!

Regards,

Geoff

P.S. Does anybody know what "cat grass" is? I saw some seeds for it on
sale at one of the Island's hardware stores.

Cat Grass = Somebody who tells the dog there's a cat in the garden....

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It's probably on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere....
If you can be bothered to look for it....

Cat Grass = Somebody who tells the dog there's a cat in the garden....


Oh, I thought it was a substance for felines to chill out to.

"geoff" wrote:

So there we have it, it's the irresponsible cat owners who are to blame, not
the cats. But of course, their sole reason for having cats instead of
friends (dogs) is most likely that they do not have to buy Catsan (or
whatever), do not have to dispose of the crap nor use a pooper scooper!
Seems to me that they're just lazy!

I could live with them crapping on the garden occasionally, but what really
winds me up is the people who don't neuter their cats. That's *truly*
anti-social.

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Please reply to the group, respect follow-ups and don't email me. Thank you.

My cats have been trained to use a litter tray from kittenhood which they
still do, they both wear collars with bells & are kept in at night so they
can't catch birds at dawn or dusk (when most cat kills happen), are spayed,
regularly innoculated & dewormed, are micro-chipped & are not a nuisance to
any of my neighbours. As you say - it's the owners, not the cats.
I had neighbours with a cat that was out all the time, he was obviously not
neutered & sprayed on my front door & dustbin, attacked my cats in our
garden & would even come inside our house to eat my cat's food or chase
them, messed on & scratched up all the neighbours lawns etc etc - that is a
nuisance. It did stop once we got a dog though.

As for "cat grass" I belive it's to grow in a tray for indoor cats to
enjoy???

Jayne


"geoff" wrote in message
...
Urglers,

I mentioned the group's hatred of the antics of cats to someone this
morning
and was told something you might like to spread around......

A lady on the Island always gets her cats when they are just weaned and
trains them to use a litter tray of course. When they are old enough to
be
let out into the wide world, the litter tray is also placed outside the
back
door - I suppose it's under cover from the rain. I was told that the
lady's
cat continues to use its litter tray and that as far as she knows, it
never
fouls any gardens.

So there we have it, it's the irresponsible cat owners who are to blame,
not
the cats. But of course, their sole reason for having cats instead of
friends (dogs) is most likely that they do not have to buy Catsan (or
whatever), do not have to dispose of the crap nor use a pooper scooper!
Seems to me that they're just lazy!

Regards,

Geoff

P.S. Does anybody know what "cat grass" is? I saw some seeds for it on
sale at one of the Island's hardware stores.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
In article , Sue & Bob Hobden
writes
When did you last see a Guide Dog do that?

NONE of our dogs have done that.

Mike

What you are blind and you own lots of guide dogs?
Have you got a special Braille version of this NG? )

Badger

well,ive tried a cure to the cat problem,its a bit cruel,but,so far 100% sucessful

In article , K
writes

"Mike" wrote in message
...
: In article , Little Badger
: writes
: No I am not blind but when we were in the Midlands we did the Puppy
: Walking Scheme for the Guide Dogs for the Blind. All of those dogs were
: trained when and where to go, and we continued with our dogs afterwards.
:
From Mike's signature you will see he is an ex sailor of something and can't
forget it and won't let anyone else do so either. From that you will deduce
that he loves to be in control, be it of dogs, conversations in ng, etc.
What get's up his hornpipe is that some people and cats have minds and views
of their own.

: Someone has come on here and explained that cats can be trained, why the
: hell can't cat owners be considerate and train their vermin to stay out
: of neighbour's gardens?

They do. I thought it was cats we were talking about.
:
: In general they take the easy path out 'Not in my Back Garden' and the
: postings in this newsgroup prove it.
:
: BTW, I did not start this thread, but of course have to have my say
: against the things :-((
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K


:-))

Feel better now?

:-))

Mike
Om Shanti

BTW what do you make of

National Service (RAF) Association Reunion Scarborough Nov 7th - 10th

That I am ex RAF as well?

Wrong :-((

Have a nice day :-))

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I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem

In article , Victoria
Clare writes


(like some kids) are just born that way:


No, some kids are 'brought up' that way.

As a matter of interest, how many children do you have?

Mike

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British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th
Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th.
R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more

(like some kids) are just born that way:

No, some kids are 'brought up' that way.

As a matter of interest, how many children do you have?

Some people have mental disorders that cause them to have behavioural
problems. We are not unique in that respect. It is perfectly possible for
cats, dogs, and other animals to have disorders that can affect their
behaviour.

- h

"H" wrote in news:b8rj8n$e33$1
@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk:

(like some kids) are just born that way:

No, some kids are 'brought up' that way.

As a matter of interest, how many children do you have?

Some people have mental disorders that cause them to have behavioural
problems. We are not unique in that respect. It is perfectly possible for
cats, dogs, and other animals to have disorders that can affect their
behaviour.


I have the poster you are responding to killfiled, Helen, so I won't
comment on what he said, but I do agree with you.

One of my rabbits always does *one* dropping in one of their two water
dishes. I'm fairly sure she does it to wind me up...

Victoria Clare typed:
That cat was finally knocked over by a car: my theory is she was
trying to kill it. We miss her.

Victoria

I had a tortoise-shell one just like that.
You have brought tear's to my eyes
thinking back on all the mischief she got up to.
I also miss her terribly. ;(

In article , Sue & Bob Hobden
writes

I have cats because I like them, they have minds of their own whereas dogs
are just being subordinate to their leader as they would be in their pack,
if you want to call that friendship, fine.

I think you're confusing "minds of their own" with instinctive behaviour
Bob, its a bit of wishful thinking on the part of pet owners
--
David

"David" wrote in message
I have cats because I like them, they have minds of their own whereas
dogs
are just being subordinate to their leader as they would be in their
pack,
if you want to call that friendship, fine.

I think you're confusing "minds of their own" with instinctive behaviour
Bob, its a bit of wishful thinking on the part of pet owners
--

Well of course, all animals including us have some instinctive behaviour,
but not all is instinctive, or pre-programmed behaviour or animals would not
survive in different surroundings or when they come across something alien
and new. No, they learn new tricks to deal with the situation, indeed it's
not instinctive for a cat to use a dirt tray but if their Mum (or staff)
trains them, then they do.
A lot of animals seem to be capable of individual learning in my experience.
Like the Crow that follows Sue's sister around Bushey Park, it knows it can
get dog treats from her. Some would say that's instinctive, of course, but
how can it be?
But if it is instinctive, then why isn't everything we humans do called
"instinctive".

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.