I'm really sad about something...

[wolf_Q]

The point is, any owner of a pet, whether it is cat or dog, should take the responsibility for it, and not let it bother other people. I hate dogs running loose also. It makes me so mad when I try to take my dogs for a walk ON A LEASH, and have to worry about other dogs charging at me because they are loose. Yes, Reggie would probably start the fight, as he is not too fond of other dogs. But if my dog is on a leash, they can keep their dogs away from me, and there's not a problem. I still believe that if you let your pet (of any kind) run loose you are exposing them to dangers of other animals, people, and cars.

I have never even once seen cat poop on the sidewalks, roads, or lawns

That's because they prefer to poop in your garden, lol. Dogs poop wherever they happen to stop.

[Soledad]

and the dogs I've had have always caused more damage than my cats. I can't imagine that cats create too much trouble. They do bury their poop. Maybe I've just had exceptionally polite felines...

Yes, I know letting your cat outdoors exposes it to certain dangers, but so does keeping it indoors (obesity, anxiety, boredom). It's up to the owner to decide what works best with them and their animal. I am of course more than willing to compensate for any damage my animal does, but the only thing my cat can be accused of is sitting on my neighbour's porch.

[kingrattus]

Soledad: They do bury their poop... Yes they do & thats how the holes in the yard got there & thats how they killed all the baby grass. & they toss dirt all over the place & miss half of their poop anyway.

I agree 100% that "roaming" dogs r a serious problem & horribly dangerous, I've been there. My dads yard isn't a closed in yard (because hes renting the apt.) ^ a few houses down, the people had an Austriallien Shepard. The dog was always loose & incouraged to poop in our yard.. I was outside one day & say the dog pooping & tolk it to get lost, I hissed at it (from about 50 feet away, I'm not stupid enough to go near a stray looking dog). The dog started to grawl & got low to the ground & started to come near me, I treatened it a bit more untill I knew it was serious & ran inside the house. I went over to the dogs owners & told them to keep it off our yard, because if my dog Max was outside there could be problems.. So what did they do the next day, let the dog out & onto our yard & Max happened to be outside. Max prefers not to fight & does run away, but I was out there too & Max will fight to the death befor he would let anything hurt me (or our family & friends)... The dog started to grawl & was laying low to he ground & trotting towards Max & I... I told Max to stop & come to me, Max was coming towards me, when the dog ran & then did a treatning pounce infront of us & thats when Max lost it, He ran after the dog & bit its tail & removed skin & hair of its tail... I was so scared cause I thought max would kill it, but like I trained Max, He stoped at the end of the yard & brought me the fur & skin & he forced me into the house by bitting my pant legs.

Lets just say the dog never came back in our yard.

I had forgotten about this story, max was about 7 yrs old.
Damn hes a great dog, it takes alot to piss him off, a 2 year old girl was petting him while he was laying on his belly & she saw is pee pee & grabbed it & tried to pull it off his body. But was too gentile to harm the child, he layed there & whined, until I ran over & told her no. the mother was happy she did it, because the mother could now trust Max 100%, & well kids r kids & she wouldn;t stop going it, so Max fell aleep while she tried to fix him the hard way. We stoped her everytime, but she thought it was funny, because he older sister was giggling. Its was funny watchimg Max herded the little girls puppy around, when the puppy ran for the road or off their yad we yelled at Max & he would chase the puppy, run in front of it & lick the puppy so hard it would knock it over & he would chase the puppy back to us my licking it, it was the funniest thing going... hahaha

Jess