Before I go any further, I want to get something out of the way. I don't hate any animals including Cats and Dogs. What I hate is Dogs s**tting on pavements and playing fields. I hate seeing kids going home covered in Dogs s**t after playing on the local fields. I hate going out on the local cycle track and returning home covered in s**t. I hate the fact that my neighbour can keep up to 13 Cats in a small house and just let them out to do anything at anytime. I hate the fact that before anybody can go in my garden they have to wait for me to clean the mess. I hate finding dead birds in my garden. I hate clearing dog s**t from my front garden.
I hate being kept awake for hours by howling Cats. I hate the smell of TCP (tom cats p) in my back garden.
If I was responsible for all of this I would be behind bars now
What happens if you phone the local council or contact the Environmental Health? Nothing they laugh and fob you off, the R.S.P.C.A. couldn't care that 13 Cats are being neglected. The owners are to blame for all of this, not the animals.
A few of the Cats have been poisoned lately by some idiot who must have even less intelligence than the animals he has killed. The Cats were poisoned with anti-freeze and died a horrible death, DON'T DO THIS TO ANY ANIMALS.
I've had one irate pet owner who signed my guestbook and included a lot of foul language, I don't mind showing the contents of my guestbook but I will not include anything that is offensive and can't be viewed by children. Also cars do kill animals as we all see them on the sides of roads, I've been driving for 22 years and so far killed none.
I'll attempt to help others who are sick to death of this and try to find ways to prevent it. Is it time to shame owners and local authorities into doing something? Would it be a good idea to display photo's of the owners on this page? I think it would.
If anybody has ways of preventing these sort of problems then e-mail me, I'll also add links to other pages if and when they become known. I've purchased something that might work and will update this site when I'm confident it either works or doesn't. It's called a Scarecrow and it looks as if it could be working but the cold weather has put a stop to it for now.
The Scarecrow has a motion detector (PIR) and connects to a hose pipe, when the Cat breaks the beam it fires a spray of water and wets the Cat. Be warned it will also squirt anybody or anything that breaks the beam. I've found a new use for the Scarecrow since purchasing it, it keeps birds off grass seed if you are re-seeding a lawn. The Scarecrow is working without doubt as my neighbours cats no longer come anywhere near my garden.
Ignorant owners
The first case of Name and Shame is from a lad who lives in, Washington, Tyne & Wear. His neighbour has 6 Cats in a 2 bedroomed terrace house, they use his (not the cat owners) back door as a toilet. He has complained that they are doing this and the cat owner has cleaned up the mess once. This has removed one problem but doesn't get around the horrible smell that they leave behind. The smell is bad enough at the back door but is making the inside of the house also smell.
The second award for Ignorant Pig of the Week goes to the person whose farm the latest outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease originated from, or should it be the inspectors who failed to close him down. I say that because he had a farm a few years back and he was evicted for the poor state of the place. Most people will now know that this farm is located in Heddon on-the-Wall which is a few miles to the west of Newcastle. What you may not know is that the owner is a mackem (person from Sunderland). It is a well known fact that as soon as a mackems mouth opens his foot goes in.
These letters were taken form the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, February 28, 2001.
I've just come home from a walk with my 3 year old son and I'm furious because he ended up with dog's dirt on his shoes. I've noted the correspondence in your paper on this issue and I want to lend my voice to those who are calling for something to be done about this disgusting, disgraceful blight on our lives. Responsible dog owners clear up after their pets so it's the irresponsible ones who are causing the problem and it's up to the authorities to clamp down on them and see that they pay the penalty if their animals foul up. If they're caught allowing their pets to deficate without clearing up after them on more than one occasion then they should not be allowed to own a dog.
(This site is almost in total agreement with this, however, why give them a chance, they should be made to pay the first time. The authorities are probably run by ignorant owners anyway because they couldn't care less).
I'd like to reply to the person who complains that her son can't play in the garden because of cat mess. Cats dig a hole in preferably freshly dug earth and then fill it carefully afterwards. They do not make a mess on the grass and that it is hedgehogs and not cats that have left it. If she fills up her garden with plants she won't have any problems at all. (This is just a typical ignorant pet owner with a typically ignorant answer. It must have been a massive hedgehog if it's mess was mistaken as that produced by a cat. as for the cats using freshly dug soil, I can only say it must have been a very confused cat that thought a paving stone on my drive was soil, sorry it must have been a hedgehog. Don't hedgehogs hibernate over the winter months?).
To all of the ignorant dog owners who are ignoring the restriction put in place to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease in the UK....... Use any common sense that you have and stay away from the countryside..... You are only making the situation worse and risking a �5000 fine...... A message to the authorities, FINE THEM.
Funny but True
A young Girl was over the moon when she awoke on her birthday to find her present was a puppy. She played with it all morning then decided to take it for a walk as soon as lunch was over. Her mother said this would be OK but reminded the girl that the puppy could not be let off the lead. The little girl was away for hours playing in the park when she thought it would be a good idea to return home and get the puppy a ball to play with. When she arrived home she tied the dogs lead to the garage door and went into the back garden to get a tennis ball. No sooner had the little girl left when her father returned home from work and pressed the remote control to open the garage door. As the door opened, it pulled the puppy into the air and choked it. I'm sure that was a happy house to live in for a few days.
A friend of mine was driving home one night when a cat ran straight in front of his car. He tried to avoid the cat by doing an emergency stop, he realized that his efforts were in vain when he felt a bump through the steering wheel. He stopped the car and sure enough the cat was dead, when he picked it up he noticed the cat had an identity tag with a Sunderland phone number on it. My friend called the number on his mobile and was greeted on the other end by a young boy. My friend told the boy what had happened and how he was sorry to have killed his pet. The young boy asked my friend to describe the cat. My friend said it was black with white paws, covered in blood and rather flat. The young boy boy sounded happy as he said " Brilliant , you must be mistaken, that doesn't sound anything like my cat" the boy quickly put the phone down.
A woman had just baked a cake and put it on the table to cool down, when her son and a friend came home from school. The woman told them she was just going into the garden to check on her washing and they were not to touch the cake as it was for a dinner party later that day. The boys poured themselves a glass of cold milk and were just about to go into the garden when they spotted the cake and decided a small bite wouldn't hurt anyone. One small bite wasn't enough and they ended up eating most of the cake. When they heard the mother returning they decided quick action was required or a telling off was certain. One of the small boys reacting quickly grabbed the cat and stuffed it's face into the cake and ran out of the kitchen. The mother walked in and saw the cat on the table, covered in cake. In a fit of rage she picked the cat up and threw it out of the kitchen window. The poor cat landed in the road, right in front of a passing double decker bus.
A butcher is working, and really busy. He notices a dog in his shop and shoos him away. Later, he notices the dog is back again.
He walks over to the dog, and notices the dog has a note in his mouth. The butcher takes the note, and it reads, "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please."
The butcher looks, and lo and behold, in the dog's mouth, there is a ten pound note. So the butcher takes the money, puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, and places it in the dog's mouth.
The butcher is very impressed, and since it's closing time, he decides to close the shop and follow the dog. So, off he goes.
The dog is walking down the street and comes to a zebra crossing. The dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the crossing button. Then he waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to change. They do, and he walks across the road, with the butcher following.
The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe at this stage. The dog checks out the times, and sits on one of the seats to wait for the bus.
Along comes a bus. The dog walks to the front of the bus, looks at the number, and goes back to his seat. Another bus comes. Again the dog goes and looks at the number, notices it's the right bus, and climbs on. The butcher, by now open-mouthed, follows him onto the bus.
The bus travels through the town and out into the countryside. Eventually the dog gets up, moves to the front of the bus, and standing on his hind legs, pushes the button to stop the bus. The dog gets off, groceries still in his mouth, and the butcher still following.
They walk down the road, and the dog approaches a house. He walks up the path, and drops the groceries on the step. Then he walks back down the path, takes a big run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door. He goes back down the path, takes another run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door again! There's no answer at the door, so the dog goes back down the path, jumps up on a narrow wall, and walks along the perimeter of the garden. He gets to a window, and bangs his head against it several times. He walks back, jumps off the wall, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big bloke opens the door, and starts laying into the dog, really yelling at him.
The butcher runs up and stops the man. "What the heck are you doing? This dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for God's sake!" To which the man responds, "Clever, ya right. This is the second time this week he's forgotten his key!"
I'm currently waiting for any sort of response from anybody to put on this page. I would also be interested in any funny stories about Animals to include on this page. Let me know how I can improve this site, do I need to add something or take something out?
