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[Homestuck]

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[NCIS: Los Angeles/Hawaii Five-0]

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[Left Shark (Katy Perry? Super Bowl?) and Bad-Dragon .com]

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I've been thinking about the cat post yesterday, and was wondering if there was an update (though I'm not sure I really want to know).

I kind of got the impression OP was more concerned about his or her dog, TBH.

I really hope that poor cat is ok.

Yesterday i was worried and did not come back to FS. I took cat to vet in next town and said i found like advised yesterday. I kept coller on so vet can call owner and left cat with vet. vet is going to watch cat and call owner but think cat is okay just surprised. she meow a lot. i did not leave contacts and went home.

dog is okay. he is very nice but also very big and unpopular breed. he is ok with dogs and people but i know he is not okay with the small like cats and birds. my fence is high but i dont know how cat got in. i hope cat does not come in again.

You did well, OP. I hope the other owner decides to be more responsible and keep their cat on their own property.

Many, many dogs aren't safe around small animals. It doesn't make them bad dogs or you a bad owner, it just means the dog has a strong prey drive. (Most terriers are like this, even the tiny, floofy ones, but they get less hassle for it than larger dogs.)

this is true

my bigger dogs seemed pretty content with chasing away small creatures, but the smaller ones are the ones that actually tried to kill and eat anything that didn't get away fast enough

finding little bloody pieces of lizards and birds is not cool :(

A lot of small breeds were originally bred to hunt vermin, so they're hardwired to go after littler things that run away from them. It's why you shouldn't trust them off-leash anywhere that's not fenced in, because sometimes their instinct to chase can override their training to stay with you and they could run into traffic or get into all kinds of other trouble.

ayrt

makes sense! yeah, i'm always very careful about not letting them roam free and take a lot of care not to leave the figurative room open for tragedies to happen

AYRT - Glad both the cat and your dog are okay. Maybe you should put him in if you're not home or near the backyard?

Even if anon is watching the dog whenever its out, it doesn't guarantee that there will never be another incident. My sister keeps both chickens and dogs (one is a greyhound with a REALLY HIGH prey drive), and lost a chicken once because it escaped its coup while the dogs were out (they have a new coup, more secure now).

She was out watching both, but it happens so fast. The dog senses movement, takes off like a bullet... you're talking like a 10 second window to make any sort of a difference.

Some friends of mine have a neighbour with ducks, chicken and quail. Unfortunately one of the ducks got into my friends yard and their dog, presumably, killed it as, well, dead duck.

Similarly, one of my chickens escaped and strayed into my neighbours yard and their jack russel got it :(

It's unfortunate, but can happen.

Right now I have the two high prey-drive larges dogs and two rabbits. I'm being very careful, bought them a sturdy chicken coop for their house, have them in their own room with a puppy pen blocking off direct access, behind a closed door and a baby gate.

I'm made the chance the dogs can get them as small as I can but there is the tiny chance of shit happening.

tldr OP, it's not your fault a cat strayed into your yard and your dog got it.

Glad to hear this. Thanks for the update. :)

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