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My Male Yorkie hunted and killed my neighbours cat Well I left him out side (The garden has no holes in the trees, ect) he was fine at first and then I saw him in an attack position, He then pounced on something in the long grass, I could not see it but when I took a closer look I saw my neighbours cat dead with bites to the neck if you look closely, The cat is massive and I am surprised he managed to kill it, My other neighbour has a smaller but older cat and I am worried that he might go for that, I am not going to let my dog out side in the garden unless I am there for now on, Do you think I am doing the right thing not letting him out side for long periods of time, Since it is his hunting instincts. He has never killed anything before and he use to live with a cat too. I am just worried when I think everything is fine again he will kill again, Since he lived peacefully with a cat before. Could a mod move this thread to General discussion, I never realized I was in this section. sorry. |
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Aaah...the joys of owning a terrier :rolleyes: Many people forget that these cute lil hairy dogs are still terriers with all the terrier instincts. My last yorkie at just 14 weeks old caught & shook a mole to death in my backyard. It's my personal belief, that your dog has the right to be on your enclosed property whenever. Other people need to keep their critters off your property. The onus is on them, not you. |
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Jackson killed a bird before and caught a second. It made me freaked out but it's just their instinct sometimes. |
I agree if the cat was in your yard, fare game. I can't imagine my yorkie doing that to a cat. Wonder if the cat was already dead. |
No matter how much we love, play with, dress up, etc. these little guys they are STILL terriers, first and foremost. These things happen. Like others said, if the cat was in your enclosed property, you shouldn't have to keep your dog in- you should tell the neighbors not to let their cats out, this is one of the risks they take. |
As long as your dog stays in your yard, you aren't at fault for it killing another animal that wonders in your yard. It's what terriers do: |
No I saw him pounce at the cat, And it was still warm when I picked it up and bagged it, Thanks for the advise, I will allow him to go in the yard without me keeping an eye on him since the cat should not of been there anyway, My yorkie is big, Bigger than the average yorkie anyway, But what shocks me is how he turns on cats so suddenly, I know they were bred to hunt rodents and stuff, But its weird how he turned on cats so quickly. |
That is why I am afraid to leave Tibbe outside untended. He is only 5.3 lbs. and I think he would attack a tiger. I am scared that the cat could fight back and scratch his eyes or bite him so he just doesn't get to stay out unwatched. When I first got him and he was timid, the neighbor's cat would jimp in our yard and start to stalk him as I was yelling and coming right at it! He'd only run away just B4 I got to him. I took pictures of the cat in my yard and called Animal Control about it - they got that stopped but still I worry about cats and other critters getting into the yard with Tibbe. Somewhere along the way, Tibbe's timidity vanished and he will take on ANYTHING in HIS yard now. Even a larger Yorkie could get hurt by a fighting cat so I watch him when he is outside. Terriers will be terriers, as they say. |
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The last time he was weight he was at 5.2KG that was 3 months ago, He is a year and half old. EDIT: He is not over weight, He has always been a very big dog, The vet said on his check up he was one of the biggest she had ever seen but his weight was okay for his size. |
I'm glad he is safe and sound but watch that baby. The next cat may be rabid or something and you don't want him getting into a diseased animal. Now, why won't cat owners keep their pets at home where they belong? Don't you wonder that? |
I though of that, I am having a bigger fence up soon anyway since I have seen a lot of cats jump the current one, I have no issue with cats being out side just not on my property. |
I have witnessed a few dog/cat fights and they get real ugly and loud. Unless the dog is big the cat usually wins. I have know many a big tom cat that would not hesitate to attack a dog. I have had tom cats and momma cats that would chase a dog off our property. |
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I don't really care either if they wouldn't be a threat to my dog, tear open the garbage, poop on my car - yes, the hood, yowl at the window, leave a dead field rat in the garden and make my backyard their own. We currently have no loose cats in the neighborhood that I know of but over the past years, they have been a problem. Our neighborhood is a suburban one and I have never even seen a rat in real life until I saw the partially eaten one in my own garden! Yuck! I know a cat dragged it there as we've never had possums, raccoons, etc., here. I cannot tell you what I went through getting up the nerve to(2.5 mg. Valium) and trying to dispose of that item. I lost a good pair of rubber gloves, a grabber stick and a robe to that disposal job as they all had to go in the garbage bag after that - and it still took me days to stop shuddering and feel clean again no matter how many showers I took. But mainly, cats are a potential threat to my Tibbe. I guess I could learn to put up with the rest of their antics from time to time but it is those that try to or jump in my backyard that worry me. |
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