Animal control down here won't take an anonymous tip, but you could try. I would worry that the hubby would retailiate and call about the previous incident. That's a sticky situation. I would probably go out and shoe it away with a broom. Maybe if you chase it away enough times it will give up and realize that it's not very comfy spot to hang out.

Spray bottle of water to keep kitty away. Or put stuff around the edge of the property to deter the cats - stuff the dogs can't get to : orange peel, moth balls, etc

We haven't had cats in the yard since we got Frosti and put up coyote rollers - our property is completely enclosed in fencing (corner lot). We were so happy because they had been using our property as a kitty litter box for years - sigh. Not everyone can do that - and I know the moth balls work - my mom used those at her house to keep kitties out of the flower beds.

Good luck!!

I don't think animal control will come after a cat around here unless you suspect rabies or something like that. They don't want any more cats sent to the shelters. I think it also has something to do with cats not being personal property and, therefore, charges or fines cannot be issued to an "owner" since technically they have no owner.

I am one of those people who has a cat who wanders around 3-4 yards here in the neighborhood. I actually did not go and rescue a cat or buy a cat to give him a life like this. She adopted us and we just did not try too hard to find her another home. Even though she spends most nights in the basement, I am responsible enough to know that anything can happen to an outside cat left to fend for himself. Our vet even told us stories of small cats even being nabbed by birds of prey! I have also heard that wind is a cat's enemy since it whistles in his ears and provents him from being on full allert.

I don't know what you should do. I think I might tell the cat's "owner" that his cat is spending alot of time outside your front door and that your dogs occasionally escape out the front door. Rather than sound like the dogs will violently charge the cat with the intention to kill, perhaps you can explain that your dogs play rough and will try to play that way with this cat. That could even have been the case when Koda got their other cat...couldn't it...perhaps...??

Desensitizing Koda may work. But, in my experience, when the cat sees a dog on leash it will even give him more security. Our cat knows exactly how long the leash is. So if Sabaka is pulling toward the cat and she knows she is out of reach, she will just be yawning and stretching and lovin' life!

Good luck!

I've been doing a lot of research on cat deterrents as well, since our yard seems to be the neighborhood litter box. That's all well and good, but Ghost (and as of today Lulu) thinks that cat turds are quite the delicacy. Any citrus scent will deter cats, apparently they hate the smell. The downside to that is that you're going to have to go out and spray every few weeks. Cats also HATE mint, and will avoid it at all costs. I'm planning on getting some mint plants and planting them along our back fence, because that is the most likely point of entry for cats. I have been told that you have to be really careful with mint though, because if you just let it go it will take over the yard. I'm pretty sure our landlord wouldn't like that very much... I just don't want one of the dogs to get sick from eating cat poop, and I don't think I can go through watching them die like I did my cat earlier this year.

Good luck, I hope you are able to come up with a good solution to the problem.

Oh my what a Weekend I guess. Poor little cat. Around here you get into serious trouble if something like this happens.

my mother got bit and scratched by a cat two yers ago, she had to stay in hospital for two weeks, they said if a cat bites or scratches you real hard, you can lose your arm if you don´t get proper treatment. Actually I never believed this but who knows.

Pepper spray that'll shoo the damn things away. Get a brand that shoots a strong stream other wise they won't scoot until your up real close.

I'll have to try some of these cat repelling tips. I'm so sick of prying cat poo out of the dogs mouth.

As for the black cat, if it were me, I would trap it and drop it off at a humane society. I just found a humane society here that loans out traps. Probably going to get a trap next week. Good luck!

I am so sick of the dogs eating cat crap in the yard. We've had to start taking Ghost out on a leash because if we don't she runs around the yard finding every bit of cat poop and eating it. Now Lulu has decided she likes cat poop too. So Lulu just came in REEKING of cat poop, which made Ghost interested. Ghost got too close, Lulu attacked. I'm so sick of the poop eating and dog fighting in this house. I don't think Lulu will ever relax to the point where she isn't trying to rip Ghost's face off constantly.