Help! ... or I might just kill one of those cats...

[Kabow]

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When we moved in our new home (we didn't have puppy Lennon then) I noticed a few cats regularly crossing the garden and had my suspicions that they were using the garden as toilets, as they do when it's not theirs. Then we got Lennon, and I thought we would see less cats because of him. But hoooo noooo they don't seem the least bothered, and worst now, they seem to - defiantly - poo to show us that we are not going to disrupt their lives. 2nd time I've caught Lennon eating cat poo... out of how many times?

GRRRRRR! And just now, whilst calling Lennon back from the neighbour's (thanks to a hole in the fence made by... you've guest... a cat!), I saw one of my newly planted pots with a hole in the earth...

Yes! It's war time now!

I need effective cat-deterrent tips before I start being cruel! Oh I'm annoyed!

 

[lurcherman]

What sort of dog is lennon??

 

[eingana]

OK, I've got 4 cats who are above Molly in the pecking order, so I'm used to dealing with cat issues

My active weapon of choice is a Super Soaker type water pistol. What you need is to have one ready pumped up by your door or window so that as soon as you see one come into the garden you can hit them with a big squirt of water which is deeply unpleasant but not harmful to them, and at the same time the water pistol will hiss very loudly and tell them that a really big and scary cat is in the locality. Don't wait until they poo anywhere- get them on the boundary fence and they will soon decide to take a detour around your garden rather than coming through it.

If there's anywhere that cats walk that you don't want them to walk then the answer is lightly scrunched up kitchen foil, which is horrible on the paws, or double sided sticky tape with the sticky exposed.

Most cats also very much dislike scents like Olbas Oil, which will put them off sniffing or scenting places (but could be really painful on Lennon's senses).

Tops of fences can also have a piece of pigeon strip put across the top of them if you want them to be out of bounds. Again, not harmful but really unpleasant on the paws.

Before you had Lennon it's probable that the local cats divided up your garden as a normal part of their territory, but they can be persuaded to simply stay away and choose another way around their territories and if you make it sufficiently unpleasant to be in your garden then they will make that choice.

Good luck

 

[Kabow]

Lennon is a cavalier crossed 1/4 springer. I know that the previous owner had a cat.

I don't think I can stop them from pooing in the garden, because they mostly come at night. And Lennon, because he knows what's waiting for him, rushes to get them in the morning, even before he's done his pee. That and bird poo under the trees.

We've recently cleared all the rubbish and sticks in the garden to make it accessible for us to follow Lennon everywhere.

I often resort to keeping Lennon on the lead to do all his business, luckily he's very obliging but it's not ideal.

I'll try the kitchen foil trick. My mother told me that her cats would not approach the hosepipe, maybe it looked too snakyish... I'll try that too. I'll get the water pistol too, just for fun...

Olbas Oil... yes it could be painful to Lennon but what if I put it high up.. where the cats come into the garden?