But how is he an irresponsible pet owner?Wow at the neighbour’s response. In this case, I would definitely report the neighbour. Not sure if there’s much that can be done right now but if nothing else it will be good to have him on record as being an irresponsible pet owner if anything else happens in the future. How awful.
Training a Greyhound not to go after small animals, in their own territory, is unrealistic.He’s irresponsible because he said he wasn’t willing to do anything to prevent this from happening in the future and doesn’t care if his dog hurts or kills other cats in the neighbourhood. You can never guarantee anything with dogs but the least he can do is try to train his dog not to attack cats. I sure hope he doesn’t let his dog off leash outside of his property.
I agree with this totally.Training a Greyhound not to go after small animals, in their own territory, is unrealistic.
As hard as it is to take emotion out of the equation, if you step back and look at what could have prevented this from happening, then the responsibility lies with Meggan and Niall.
It's their animal. If they let it roam, then they can't guarantee its safety.
If I knew a Greyhound lived next door, no way in hell I'd let my small animals roam across the fence.
What would I realistically expect my neighbours to do in future?
Keep their dog inside and not let it out in its own yard?
There's no win here. Terribly sad.
This! It’s terrible and a tragedy but the dog acted on instinct in their own property. However the face the owner has shown no remorse is repulsive. How hard would it be to be sympathetic that someone’s pet has been killed and show some empathy. Alarming there’s people out there who wouldn’t be heartbroken and kind in such situation.It is ultimately a very tragic accident and sadly any dog is capable to do this if another animal comes into theirs territory. The big issue here is the neighbours response. It would have made a huge difference to Meggan and Niall if they had shown remorse, had been kind, had offered to pay for her to be cremated, had wrapped her in a blanket, shown they cared and how sorry they were. They could say we will try and cat proof our garden as much as possible, I think that would go a long way in the healing process, but to know he didn’t give a shit will just be another level of devastation.
thats horrible from the neighbour. Fair enough, it’s not his fault, but it would be nice if they at least showed a little remorse. I’m not a dog owner, but if my future dog killed any animal, let alone a pet, I’d feel terrible!So so sad for them, she was such a character. From Nialls post it seems that the neighbour doesn’t care at all about what happened, just must make it even more heartbreaking for them
I agree with almost everything you said here. Apart from the part highlighted. I think the neighbour is a cunt and a horrible person by the sounds of it. But why should they have to cat proof their garden? It's not his cat! It's as much instinct for that greyhound to kill that cat as it is for an outdoor cat to roam into other people's gardens. I used to live beside a family with two cats who always came into my garden to try wind up my German Shepard. They would sit on top of the shed where he couldn't get them and hiss at him. Now if my next door neighbour asked or tried to insinuate I need to cat proof MY garden I would have told him where to go...It is ultimately a very tragic accident and sadly any dog is capable to do this if another animal comes into theirs territory. The big issue here is the neighbours response. It would have made a huge difference to Meggan and Niall if they had shown remorse, had been kind, had offered to pay for her to be cremated, had wrapped her in a blanket, shown they cared and how sorry they were. They could say we will try and cat proof our garden as much as possible, I think that would go a long way in the healing process, but to know he didn’t give a shit will just be another level of devastation.
You'll have a hard time convincing dog owners to train their dog not to chase a cat that has come into their own garden I'm afraid...I disagree. It’s very possible to train a greyhound not to chase cats. It may not be easy, and it’ll never be guaranteed as I said earlier, but to not even try is irresponsible when you know your dog has already killed your neighbour’s cat. I would feel horrible if my dog ever did that and I would do everything in my power to make sure it never happens again.
As I said earlier, having an outdoor cat always comes with these kind of risks. I personally have always kept my cats indoors (it’s actually illegal to let pet cats free roam in my area). But even though this happened in his yard, I still think the owner bears responsibility for training his dog. Now that his dog has killed, who’s to say he won’t try again when he’s outside his yard? What if he escapes one day?
I hope Megan and Niall are able to at least warn all their other neighbours to keep a close eye on their pets. I would feel so unsafe living near someone who doesn’t care if his dog kills other people’s pets and has such a heartless attitude.
I’m just thinking as he knows his dog has actually killed a cat, only saying what I would do as I couldn’t deal with what happened, I agree, he has no responsibility to do that.I agree with almost everything you said here. Apart from the part highlighted. I think the neighbour is a cunt and a horrible person by the sounds of it. But why should they have to cat proof their garden? It's not his cat! It's as much instinct for that greyhound to kill that cat as it is for an outdoor cat to roam into other people's gardens. I used to live beside a family with two cats who always came into my garden to try wind up my German Shepard. They would sit on top of the shed where he couldn't get them and hiss at him. Now if my next door neighbour asked or tried to insinuate I need to cat proof MY garden I would have told him where to go...
That is scary. I lost one cat who got hit by a car about 10 years ago. One of my cats that lives with my mum went out and came back with a horrific injury to her foot/leg. The vet said it wasn’t from another animal so we have no idea what she went through. The leg had to be taken off, but we are grateful it wasn’t worse.I’m just thinking as he knows his dog has actually killed a cat, only saying what I would do as I couldn’t deal with what happened, I agree, he has no responsibility to do that.
Life span of outdoor cats is 2/5 yrs, I think this is due to accidents. Didn’t know that. Scary.
Being a c#nt doesn't make you irresponsible. It just makes you a c#nt.I'm so sad, I just keep thinking about what a horrible end Poppy had and it's heartbreaking. Absolutely horrible. I love dogs, but honestly if a dog did that to my cat I would report it regardless of whether it's in it's own garden or not... it's a new neighbour and Poppy has obviously been used to going there prior to this and the neighbour moving in and feeling safe. The fact that that neighbour is basically saying they don't care/won't do anything to prevent this happening further is definitely dangerous. If he's not willing to be a responsible pet owner - he shouldn't have a pet. Quite simple.
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