Why do cat owners think it's acceptable to let their mongrels roam the neighborhood?

[jagec]

The funny thing about your flagrant generalizations is how far off you are. Few cat owners let them roam because...guess what...they get killed.

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I think the major problem is that while most dog owners feel a sense of responsibility and don't let their dog roam, cat owners, who are often emotional wrecks, think that it's their cat's right to roam the neighborhood.

:laugh:

And I thought the OP was removed from reality! You should work for the government!

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: ballmode
I HATE CATS

I secretly try to poison my neighbors cats

Chris, I'm sure your neighbors on Paddington Ct. will be as interested in this public confession as will the Columbus police department.

Which would you like us to start contacting first? :|

AnandTech Moderator

This is quote worthy material here.
:laugh:
ROFL

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I wonder why cat owners are so much more emotionally unstable than dog owners? If you show a dog owner a video of a dog getting killed, they feel sad for a second and then take measures to make sure that their dog doesn't meet the same fate.

If you show cat owners a video of a cat getting killed, they go apesh!t. Then they make no changes whatsoever to prevent this from happening to their cat. If anything, they'll stock up on more cats.

proof? such a total bs statement.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: grrl
Because it's in their nature?

This thread may make it into the top 10 stupidest yet.

It's in the cat owners nature to do that? Read the title of the thread.

I don't blame the cats for wanting to roam, for that's what they do. He's blaming the cat OWNERS for allowing them to do that. Hell, most dogs would like to take a crap on your front lawn, but the dog owner should not allow that.

I think the major problem is that while most dog owners feel a sense of responsibility and don't let their dog roam, cat owners, who are often emotional wrecks, think that it's their cat's right to roam the neighborhood.

The running for the top 10 continues. What solution are you proposing other than making the cat an indoor cat? Telling the cat not to roam? Putting it on a lease. What are you talking about?

And where does this nonsense come from: "cat owners, who are often emotional wrecks"?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I wonder why cat owners are so much more emotionally unstable than dog owners? If you show a dog owner a video of a dog getting killed, they feel sad for a second and then take measures to make sure that their dog doesn't meet the same fate.

If you show cat owners a video of a cat getting killed, they go apesh!t. Then they make no changes whatsoever to prevent this from happening to their cat. If anything, they'll stock up on more cats.

proof? such a total bs statement.

What kind of proof do you want?

I'm sure that there are plenty of responsible cat owners with a cat or two. But there seem to be a huge number of cat fanatics with 20, 40, 80+ cats.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: grrl


The running for the top 10 continues. What solution are you proposing other than making the cat an indoor cat? Telling the cat not to roam? Putting it on a lease. What are you talking about?

Close the door, maybe? Is it really that hard to figure out?

I mean, you already know that there's a cat inside that wants to get out. Can't blame the cat for that. But are you telling me that you honestly cannot figure out a way to keep that cat in?

Originally posted by: jagec
The funny thing about your flagrant generalizations is how far off you are. Few cat owners let them roam because...guess what...they get killed.

:laugh:

And I thought the OP was removed from reality! You should work for the government!

Have you not read the posts in this thread? It seems that the cat owners fully support letting their cat roam. Look at the poster I replied to.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Cats running around is the reason I have a .410 sitting right next to my front door.

Of all the possible reasons for positioning high powered ordnance right next to your front door, this has to be the most pathetic one anyone has ever personally admitted to.

BOO! Hahahahahaha! Made you wet yourself, you paranoid pussy . . . hater.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

You are wraped way too tight for living. Grow up, and shut up while you're at it. Why must people get their panties in a twist over such small things? Do you honestly have nothing better to worry about?

 

[T9D]

I would like to know this also.

At what point did it become Ok that someone elses pet is aloud in MY yard?? Stupid things jump on MY car and leave marks. I'm always having to hit the breaks or swerve so I dont hit the dumb things. So it's not safe for one. The piss on other peoples things and crap on other peoples property. Why does YOUR pet get to wander around without a leash? I would honestly like to know why society has aloud this. Any pet no matter what it is should only be aloud on the owners property or on a lease or in a cage. Some new laws should be made.

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Cats are supposed to be outside, especially at night. Besides if the cat wanders into your yard and the dog is there, the cat is going to leave there pretty fast.

WRONG.

No, they are not. You as a pet owner have a legal responsibility to contain your pet.

And about the cat simply leaving, you'd be surprised by how fast some dogs are.

Did you delete the WARNING YOU JUST GOT about not troling on the MOD's territory?

 

[MX2]

Ever try to leash a cat?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I wonder why cat owners are so much more emotionally unstable than dog owners? If you show a dog owner a video of a dog getting killed, they feel sad for a second and then take measures to make sure that their dog doesn't meet the same fate.

If you show cat owners a video of a cat getting killed, they go apesh!t. Then they make no changes whatsoever to prevent this from happening to their cat. If anything, they'll stock up on more cats.

proof? such a total bs statement.

What kind of proof do you want?

I'm sure that there are plenty of responsible cat owners with a cat or two. But there seem to be a huge number of cat fanatics with 20, 40, 80+ cats.

lol, this is so ridiculous i don't even know where to start

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Cats are supposed to be outside, especially at night. Besides if the cat wanders into your yard and the dog is there, the cat is going to leave there pretty fast.

WRONG.

No, they are not. You as a pet owner have a legal responsibility to contain your pet.

And about the cat simply leaving, you'd be surprised by how fast some dogs are.

Did you delete the WARNING YOU JUST GOT about not troling on the MOD's territory?

No, I did not delete the warning. That disappeared by itself, and afterwards I toned down my post.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Idiots moved into the neighborhood recently, and now we have a cat roaming the neighborhood. First off, I fail to see how having your pet roaming loose in the neighborhood is ever a good idea, but I also cannot imagine the gall of thinking that my neighbors would want my animal wandering around.

Second, what's amusing is that this is definitely a dog neighborhood -- probably every third house has a dog and about half of them are large breeds. Woe be the cat that wanders into the wrong yard.

Third, I was walking my dog, and this damn cat is sitting there. Now, my dog absolutely hates cats stemming from them invading our garage in our first house, but I've never let her go after them off-leash because I'm worried what she would do since she's a 75lb Rhodesian Ridgeback. I don't appreciate having this feline squatter lounging around interrupting my dog's walk, primarily because it disrupts her "business".

Keep your cats inside. :|

Shut the hell up. Cats don't do you any harm. Are you worried one might beat the crap out of your dog or something? :|

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Cats running around is the reason I have a .410 sitting right next to my front door.

Of all the possible reasons for positioning high powered ordnance right next to your front door, this has to be the most pathetic one anyone has ever personally admitted to.

BOO! Hahahahahaha! Made you wet yourself, you paranoid pussy . . . hater.

a .410? high powered ordnance?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

I'm sure that there are plenty of responsible cat owners with a cat or two. But there seem to be a huge number of cat fanatics with 20, 40, 80+ cats.

lol, this is so ridiculous i don't even know where to start

Well, you might as well start somewhere if you want to debunk my post. Just professing that you don't know where to start only proves that you don't know where to start.

Which part of that post do you want to debunk first, the part about there being plenty of responsible cat owners with a cat or two, or the part about there being cat fanatics with 20,40, or 80+ cats? You know that neither of those claims are hard to prove, so I guess you're best served by the nonsensical declaration that you don't know where to start.

 

[0roo0roo]

i dont like it. i have half a mind to put out a live trap and just kidnap one, they drive my dog crazy, and thats not good at night when he sees one through the patio door and starts barking.

i don't blame people for shooting or poisoning intruding cats. its tresspass. the owner made the choice,i say fine, if the cat meets a bad end so be it

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Cats running around is the reason I have a .410 sitting right next to my front door.

Of all the possible reasons for positioning high powered ordnance right next to your front door, this has to be the most pathetic one anyone has ever personally admitted to.

BOO! Hahahahahaha! Made you wet yourself, you paranoid pussy . . . hater.

a .410? high powered ordnance?

Dude, anything more than .22 is ridiculous overkill for an animal the size of a domestic cat.

And the most fearsome thing I keep by my front door, lol, is an umbrella stand.

You?

 

[pontifex]

i prefer not to respond your ridiculous generalizations

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I wonder why cat owners are so much more emotionally unstable than dog owners? If you show a dog owner a video of a dog getting killed, they feel sad for a second and then take measures to make sure that their dog doesn't meet the same fate.

If you show cat owners a video of a cat getting killed, they go apesh!t. Then they make no changes whatsoever to prevent this from happening to their cat. If anything, they'll stock up on more cats.

proof? such a total bs statement.

What do you expect from a thread where the OP thinks his type of domesticated animal is superior to anothers domesticated animal.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Cats running around is the reason I have a .410 sitting right next to my front door.

Of all the possible reasons for positioning high powered ordnance right next to your front door, this has to be the most pathetic one anyone has ever personally admitted to.

BOO! Hahahahahaha! Made you wet yourself, you paranoid pussy . . . hater.

a .410? high powered ordnance?

Dude, anything more than .22 is ridiculous overkill for an animal the size of a domestic cat.

And the most fearsome thing I keep by my front door, lol, is an umbrella stand.

:laugh:
I hope you're careful around that thing, it could cause some minor bruising.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: pontifex

lol, this is so ridiculous i don't even know where to start

Yeah, even if I took all the acid in the world I couldn't make as many wild, unsupported claims as that guy.

 

[Leros]

I've never once had a problem with cats roaming around. Its part of the neighborhood life.

Now dogs roaming around is a problem.

 

[Perknose]

Cats? Cats? It's those whippersnappers who let their kids roll their balls onto my lawn that I wave my cane at in apopletic fury.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i prefer not to respond your ridiculous generalizations

Ah, but you already did. Your response was that you didn't know how to respond. It would have surely been easier *not* to respond to my "ridiculous generalizations", yet you felt the need to hit that reply button and reply with a nonsensical declaration.

I bet you're one of those people who volunteers to vote on a poll and selects the option that reads: "I don't know"