The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #122547 Message #4118015
Posted By: Backwoodsman
27-Aug-21 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: Domestication of Dogs
Subject: RE: BS: Domestication of Dogs
”Our cat poops on the stones in our back garden and we clean it up. I also clean the poop of a cat who visits next door's side lawn. We have previously had indoor cats which only ever used a litter tray. Just because you have not heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen, John.”
Well that’s true Dave but picking it up in your own back garden is one thing, picking it up elsewhere is something else. Someone’s cat has recently taken to hiding its shit in the gravel surrounding my gas-meter box by my front door - as I discovered when I stood in it while reading my meter! Nobody followed that one to clear up after it! Fortunately, having a cat-hating dog, we don’t tend to get feline ‘visitors’ in our back garden nowadays. ;-)
But, as I know you know, my point was that, for every perfectly valid complaint about un-cleaned-up dog-shit, there’s at least another equally-valid complaint about un-cleaned-up cat-shit, and cat-owners aren’t really in any position to try to occupy the high moral ground on the topic of their pets’ waste products - there’s fault on both sides.
I do have to say though, that there can be no excuse for poo-bags hung in trees and bushes, or strewn around and left lying on the ground. I completely fail to comprehend the mindset of those who go to the trouble of picking their dog’s shit up, but then leave the bag lying around like that.