How can I keep neighbors cat out of my yard
 

My pups go crazy almost every time they go in the back yard because there is a big cat hanging out there. I would like to figure out how to keep it out of my yard because when my hubby sees it in the yard he lets the Yorkies out and tells them "get that cat". They TEAR out the door and try to attack the cat which is bigger than they are. Once the cat just froze cowering in fear and couldn't figure out what to do. I ran and grabbed my dogs so that the cat wouldn't claw them. Today they ran for the cat and it figured out how to jump the fence to get away. My hubby thinks it is cute to see the pups chase the cat but I am afraid they will get HURT. I am trying to get my husband to realize that if "anyone" gets hurt it will probably be the Yorkies.

Is there anything I can put in the yard to "repel" the cat that won't hurt my dogs? Any other suggestions?

i have the same problem with my neighbors cats theres nothing you can do that wont hurt your yorkies also
i do the same as your husband but brownie is alot larger so i dont worry
so i guess i was no help is there alway of putting moth balls where you yorkies cant get the at all but still chase that cats they will work

One of my best friends has a Yorkie who had to have an eye removed because of a cat's claw. If you don't know who it belongs to I think I would consider trying to catch it, put it in a crate and take it to the humane society or shelter. Keeps your dogs safe and keeps it from getting hit by a car or shot if it irritates the wrong homeowner.

The first time we saw it my husband tried to pick it up and it hissed at him in a really threatening manner. My husband is a "cat person", but it even scared him. I walked around the corner and saw an elderly man with an oxygen line, calling "Casper, Casper, where are you?" in a weak voice. I told him I think his cat is in my backyard and scaring my dogs. He came over (2 houses away) and had to stop twice just to breathe. He crawled under our rv and got his cat out. He had to catch his breath again after that. My husband said thats no excuse to just let your cat run loose, but I couldn't do that to him, it could be his only companion, his reason for living, if you know what I mean. Hubby thinks if the Yorkies scare the crap out of the cat he won't come back. I just worried that it will hurt my babies.

All I can say is good luck. My neighbor has like close to 10 cats and my yard is their toilet. I have tried everything with no luck

Yes! A BIG dog. LOL.

Sorry so suggestions., but I understand your concern.

I have 6 foot and 8 foot board fencing enclosing my back yard, and they still get in! There was a litter back there, was 3-4 black cats..one day.

And also like you one time, the cat froze, luckily, so did my dog! That really scared me too, knowing a cat can put an eye out when scared enough.

I don't know of a thing you can put outside, that your dogs won't also be able to get into.

When I see the black cat that pops up from time to time, I scare it off. A really loud PSSSSS, and a clap of the hands. It almost flies over my board fence!! It took a while, but I haven't seen them in the back yard for some time now. Keeping fingers crossed here!

One natural remedy that you can "try" is orange peels. It is like the opposite of catnip for some cats. This won't always work, but it is worth a try. Just take a potato peeler or a grater and grate the peel of the orange around the yard. Like I said, it may or may not work, apparently what works for one cat doesn't work for all cats (much like yorkies, I guess):D

1 gal glass bottles
 

I had a neighbor in hawaii that did this he swore it worked 1 gallon glass bottles filled with water around the border or the yard I dont know why he swore by it

We have had the same problem with neighbor cats on our balcony.
(1) Try talking to your neighbors, emphasizing how annoying barking dogs can be, if this does not work (as it did not for us);
(2) Catch the cat and start dumping large volumes of water at it (which worked for us only for a time); but then we purchased this which keeps them away and is not harmful
(3) http://www.nextag.com/ultrasonic-cat...nt/search-html

and it has worked, and we are all at peace.

I don't think I would really worry about it ---- I'm sure the cat will soon find better places to visit than your yard.

You should tell your husband to "chase the cat" instead of having the dogs do it. Anyway - I'm sure the cat will be gone before long.



Carol Jean

You could try my fathers solution to this problem. He hated cats getting in his garden and he would spray them with a water hose and after a couple times the cat would not return.

Yep thats what we do except we use high power water guns. They dont come back once you do it a couple of times

I have the same problem! Even a dog who likes the "get the cat" game.:D
Hubby is VERY allergic to cats...we have medical bills to prove it.:( We have a MAJOR problem w/ people not keeping their cats up...yes it's a no-no where I live, but no one has ever enforced it, so...:(
I tried asking the owners, who all took turns with the claim, "well, my cat doesn't leave my yard or EVER get on cars, it must be theirs."
Then when I got no help from them, I invested in a live animal trap (less expensive than med bills!) and started catching kitties. After about the 3rd one had to be retrieved from the no-kill cat shelter 20 miles away, they became indoor kitties.;) :thumbup:

To funny, thats what we did.

I hate other people's cats in my yard. We live in a very small town (400 people) and if I had the problem I think I would use a b-b gun, and just pump it up enough to sting the cat, not break the skin. How mean is that. My thoughts are that I can keep my pets in my yard, so everybody else should be able to do the same.

My dad is always thinking up something to keep the nieghbors cats out of our yard. When he finds something I'll let ya know :p

Wow, a lot of great ideas! I will try the water and I like the live trap idea. But I think I will speak to the guy first. I would hate to just haul his cat off to a shelter (he may not be able to go get it), but he should be a responsible cat owner and keep his cat in his own yard. He did tell us that his cat never leaves his yard....yeah, right.

How would he know unless he constantly out there with it?:rolleyes:

That's like me telling you my kid doens't pick her nose at school...how the heck would I know?

Coyote urine
 

Cats hate Coyote urine and will run likek crazy from what I hear.... maybe put it along the edges of you yard... You can but this stuff at pet supplies stores! wEIRD HUH???

very interesting

Ammonia is supposed to work too. That might be a little cleaner than coyote pee too :p

Take a look at your city, township, and county regulations. Where I live and in most places it is as illegal to have your cat roam free just as it is your dog. We had a bunch and I finally had enough so I had the police go to each of them and warn them about their cats and if they did not comply they would be ticketed. It came to a halt. I was told to begin to live trap them if I could so I could prove they were in my yard but I would think a picture of the cat would be the same evidence.

I had a major cat problem at my old house! I didn't have a cat, but all the neighbors did. They would all come and use my lily garden as their outhouse. The smell was so bad we couldn't even open windows or our whole house would smell of cat urine! I tried everything. One day I was out working in my lily garden and working with the soil and stuck my hand into fresh cat poop. I had all I could do to keep from throwing up. Here, there is a leash law for dogs, but not for cats and I hate it when cat owners let their cats run like that. I finally sold the house...couldn't stand the cats any longer! Up until all this, I used to love cats...now I'm just not to crazy about them anymore...unless they are owned by responsible people!

Cats are fine as long as they are in their yard and not mine. One of my neighbors comments was I should be thankful they are keeping down my mouse problem. Well if I had a mouse problem I would get my own cat if I wanted to deal with it in that manner. They go to the bathroom in my gardens, kill the birds and small animals that I feed and walk on the tops of our cars. The other problem is I have know idea if these cats are taken care of and have their shots. Seems to me if you want a pet you should keep them at home.

Lucky me my neighbor has a doggy door for her cats. And can't understand why they are road kill or come up missing. We have Owl, and Eagles around us. But lucky me she keeps getting more everytime one shows up missing.

I wish I could call the police and they would respond.

I also have problems with stray DOGS roaming all over the neighborhood and even BIG dogs jumping the fence into my back yard. I have called the police for the DOGS and they do NOTHING. The police told me that we don't have a dog catcher anymore so we use one from another city.

When I called that dog catcher, they never act interested in coming and just say "we will come and look for the dog if we get some time". I don't think they even come since the dog problem is still going on. I used to keep calling them and calling them every time I saw a dog running loose, which was usually 2-3 different dogs PER DAY. One time they told me that they came and saw the dog but couldn't catch it because it kept jumping in people's fenced yards.

I have even spent hours of my time and lots of gas to follow the dogs around until I found where they live and called animal control to report it. They went to the people's house and fined them for not having shots up to date and not having city tags. They told me they can't do anything else about it.

I am afraid to walk my Yorkies because of all the dogs running loose. I have had them charge us and one nipped my little Teddy. To this day he is afraid of dogs that look like border collies. People just let their dogs run loose because they don't want to be bothered with them and they know they will poop in everyone else's yard and they won't have to clean up after their dogs. They know no one will do anything about it. I even called the Mayor and nothing happened.

The dogs are a big problem but the cat problem irritates me a lot too because the cat is in my yard every day and makes my dogs go nuts and to top it off, my pups eat the cat poop.

Ok, so this city won't do a thing about loose dogs, I KNOW they won't bother with cats. Thanks for listening. I get carried away with this.

What about an open window and a paintball gun!!!!;) MEEEEEOW!

I hope you know I was KIDDING.... I would never really do that! (I have an indoor only cat that is declawed and I love him)

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