sorry another quote, just catching up...backwards lol

Good post Kammi and just what I was like before I ever had one. Thats why I really dont get the "OMG the cat sat on the fence and the dog barked" crew. Tell it to shut up then! lol

Dogs are more than capable of being trained and eventually the cats also learn....

Defo not pointless Kami, common sense I think!

I have heard of cats getting on the fence and agonizing the dogs to the point where they learn to jump a fence while owner is at work. then when he gets home he ain't got no dog around and got to put up some coin to go get your dog out of jail. I've heard that before but don't really believe it. If a dog jumps a fence then well... You've got a fence jumper regardless of cats.

Do you cat owners do anything with your cat if you see it on the fence messing with a dog? Just curious. I don't have fences to deal with that problem.

My kitten has been seen by my neighbours staring down at their dog (I wasn't there at the time) and also sticking a paw through the fence to poke the dog on the nose. My neighbours think it's hilarious.

I've since seen her on top of the fence making the dog bark on one occasion so I called her in, but of course I can't do that if I'm not there. However I've told my neighbours to shoo her away if she gets on their nerves at all.

Dont get me wrong, my cats stayed close to home and the hunted in the woods, when my neighbour got mice they lasted a day and then my cat killed them, so my neighbour was happy, they sunned themselves on the garage roof and if it was windy they sunned themselves in the shed window instead. They played in the trees too. So although they must have still gone to other gardens at times, they basically stayed home after a while in the woods, but their re-call was great!! They were always happy to come in at night, or basically whenever I called them. But what gets me is when people go daft enough to rant on a forum that a cat will stalk a rabbit, or god-forbid, stand on a fence and then moan about how their owners are not taking responsability, I mean seriously, they are not strange looking dogs, what exactly do they want them to do....

Just as they are moaning about the cat "taunting" maybe their cat owning neighbour thinks they should teach their dogs to shut the heck up sometimes, which is actually a far more realistic and do-able exercise!!

That's very respectable and about the only thing us dog owners can ask to do! I actually think it is quite hilarious as well and sure the dogs looked puzzled half the time.

Although from my experience when my dogs run across a trap line with a live racoon in it. It's common for them to stick a paw out and swipe at the dogs only to get an arm or hand yanked off. Not saying I would condone this behavior but who is held responsible in worst case scenario that cat loses a paw? The dog owner or cat owner? Or it that mutual? I don't know how that would be played out but I can imagine it would be ugly and the owners would have to come to some sort of an agreement

IME cats are often far faster than the average suburban canine in the first place and often a fair bit more intelligent.....

I can't stand an open mouth dog. I can agree with you fully.

I don't think we have cat owners here in Texas as some of y'all are.

If it was up to me I'd have cats to keep the mice in check and my rooster to keep the snakes in check and my dogs to keep the large cats and yotes away along with hogs.

Worst case scenario..... I agree though they can be hard to catch although I haven;t ever tried to catch any lol.

Reminds me of that rhyme - there was an old lady who swallowed a fly......

I'm not familiar with that one.... had to google. :P