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- From: tvervaek@col.hp.com (Tom Vervaeke)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Cat Repellant
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:40:41 GMT
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- I'm not sure why folks here think it's terrible to give the neighbor's
- cat a little shot in the rump with a pellet gun. It would hurt the cat
- more to hit it with the newspaper. A pump pellet gun can be used to keep
- cats off of cars, out of the birdfeeders, or even repel strange dogs.
-
- Here's my case: My wife and I have a nice home in the country on 5
- acres. We have two cats that we keep inside (as the foxes and mountain
- lions tend to reduce the cat population quite quickly if left outside
- for long periods.) We also have two nice dogs. We have paid around $1700
- to have one of the Invisible Fences (tm) installed in our yard. Our dogs
- wear special collars and it does a wonderful job of keeping our dogs in
- the yard.
-
- Of course, many of the neighbors have dogs and do not wish to invest in
- any mechanism to keep their dogs at home. Some of them are friendly, and
- do not really bother me or my pups. Some are mean and like to have
- fights with our dogs, eat their snacks, etc.. I purchased a $25 Crossman
- pump pellet pistol (and the matching metal stock so it feels more like a
- rifle). By pumping it 1 or 2 times and shotting the bad dogs in the rear
- ends I have all but eliminated the problem. Of course, I also had asked
- all of my neighbors to kindly try to keep their dogs on their property,
- after all we all have 5 acres which is somethinkg like 220,000 square
- feet to romp on. SOme of the neighbors have now bought Invisible Fences.
- Some have dogs who now like to stay on their own property....
-
- I moved to the country to have peace and quiet. So did my dogs. Why
- should I be the bad guy when it is simply my neighbors who are failing
- to live up to decent standards.
-
- The same goes for the person with the cat bothering the birds. Ask the
- owner of the cat to keep it home. If not, either take action or call the
- animal control folks. Why should your life be altered due to lack of
- control of someone else?
-
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