My dogs killed my neighbor's cat

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: torpid
Isn't that pretty much what he did?

If you read his post, the woman has recieved nothing but a 200 dollar ticket for her cat getting killed so far.

What the hell should he do?

He should have apologized and given her a small amount of restitution and everything would have probably been fine. Some people can get really attached to animals, especially women and kids. She was probably just angry or exasperated after hearing that that her animal was torn to shreds.

He did give here 200 dollars, and he did probably apologized. Are you this big of a dofus in real life, or just after you get home from school?

What are you talking about? Can you read?

Nothing you said is in the story.

Again, what the hell is your nitwit mind thinking. He did give her 200 dollars for vet bills, and I said he probably did apologize to her, which would not be out of the ordinary.

Did your parents have any kids that survived?

He didn't give her any money.

Do you have a problem with reading comprehension?

And I'm an orphan.

No, you have the reading comprehension problem - he paid for $200 worth of vet services that were caused by her negligence. He could have just tossed the cat back over the fence and call it a day. That's likely what he'll do next time after this B.S.

You seem like such a nice person!

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: Dracos
So lets go over this again....a $2K cat that makes $180K a year for its owner and it has not tags??
Hell my cat eats about $500 worth of food a year and she has tags and is registered.

FWIW The cat was "projected" to make 180k over its 9 year breeding span. It's still BS.

 

[Thegonagle]

Mwaaa Haaaa. They're so full of sh-t!

If they were planning on breeding that cat, they wouldn't be letting it outside, where it could and would breed with strays.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: torpid
Isn't that pretty much what he did?

If you read his post, the woman has recieved nothing but a 200 dollar ticket for her cat getting killed so far.

What the hell should he do?

He should have apologized and given her a small amount of restitution and everything would have probably been fine. Some people can get really attached to animals, especially women and kids. She was probably just angry or exasperated after hearing that that her animal was torn to shreds.

He did give here 200 dollars, and he did probably apologized. Are you this big of a dofus in real life, or just after you get home from school?

What are you talking about? Can you read?

Nothing you said is in the story.

Again, what the hell is your nitwit mind thinking. He did give her 200 dollars for vet bills, and I said he probably did apologize to her, which would not be out of the ordinary.

Did your parents have any kids that survived?

He didn't give her any money.

Do you have a problem with reading comprehension?

And I'm an orphan.

No, you have the reading comprehension problem - he paid for $200 worth of vet services that were caused by her negligence. He could have just tossed the cat back over the fence and call it a day. That's likely what he'll do next time after this B.S.

You seem like such a nice person!

I am a nice person - ussually to nice. Just with a low tolerance for bullsh|t. And this is bullsh|t of the highest order.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

You seem like such a nice person!

Not so sure you can claim the nice person moral high ground after stating you'd assault a neighbor over a situation caused by your own negligence. I guess it's okay for you to beat human beings for no reason, but any type of violence by anyone else is taboo.

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: Proletariat

You seem like such a nice person!

Not so sure you can claim the nice person moral high ground after stating you'd assault a neighbor over a situation caused by your own negligence. I guess it's okay for you to beat human beings for no reason, but any type of violence by anyone else is taboo.

Stop being logical, that isn't allowed around here.

 

[Adul]

reminds me of when my cat was killed in front of my guests at a BBQ. the cat was just on the otherside of the fence of a golf course. We can clearly see him in the grass. Some guy walking his dog unleashed. Dog came up and attacked my cat killing it pretty much instantly. We had the guy pay for creamation of our cat. He had lived a long life (15yrs).

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
If my pet was killed by yours, I would seriously beat the sh!t out of you. I don't care if I get arrested.

I also wouldn't like to have any of you as neighbors either. If your dog killed someones pet, you should pay up. Now $2000 seems like a lot of money, but some restitution is in order.

You have to be kidding.

You must be.

If not...holy sh!t. :roll:

 

[teddyv]

Take the initiative - small claims for your out of pocket taking the cat to the vet.

 

[alexeikgb]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Mwaaa Haaaa. They're so full of sh-t!

If they were planning on breeding that cat, they wouldn't be letting it outside, where it could and would breed with strays.

Best statement ever. A real breeder would never let their $$ cat outside where she can get knocked up by strays.

That woman is full of sh|t. Don't pay.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

at least where i live if the cat walks in your yard and your dog fscks it up...its there fault for letting the cat out. take them to court. show them you're internet pics pics of the house ect. tell the judge that the cat looked nothing like the cat your dog killed....than if you win that...take them to court for scamming people because its not the same cat as google showed you..so therefore they are selling counterfeit cats...

 

[ballmode]

time to press with your lawyers and scare them into dropping it

 

[AlienCraft]

Just read the update.... LOL, I'm the biggest cat wrangler around here and there is no court that would award "future" losses. At most, replacement value only, but since there is your vet paper listing it as feral and not specifically Himalyan, you could just be on the hook for a rescue kitty.
Print a picture or two of the Himalyans off the web, go over there and tell them to fvck off, your cat was no Himalyan.
BTW, Abyssinan cats are more expensive, imo.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Mwaaa Haaaa. They're so full of sh-t!

If they were planning on breeding that cat, they wouldn't be letting it outside, where it could and would breed with strays.

Exactly. This woman is trying to scam the OP out of opportunity, spite, or both. It sucks that this happened and I'm sure both sides are upset but the fact is responsible pet ownership would've prevented this from happening. I own a cat and the only time he goes outside is when I'm taking him somewhere (like the vet). If this cat was really worth what she says it was it wouldn't have been an indoor/outdoor cat.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Unheard

Originally posted by: torpid
Seems like the going rate for a kitten is $500.

Or $70 to adopt one @ the local animal shelter. But even $70 is too much. It was her own fault, why should he pay?

$500 for a himalayan I meant.

He shouldn't pay, but the point is that she wasn't even being remotely reasonable. Even if the OP was a jerk to her, which I don't see how that's possible since he took the cat to the vet of his own accord and paid an expensive vet bill, the fact that the lady has now gone bonkers with the assumed income thing would throw away any possibility of a pleasant outcome for me.

How is getting the dying pet medical attention being nice? I don't understand this, maybe I'm operating on a different level here.

I think thats pretty much standard practice.

How many times have you seen roadkill (dog or cat) on the side or torn up in the road? Don't see anyone bringing them to a vet.....

 

[Powermoloch]

again, these people are wrong on the nogin' !!!

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Don't worry about it man. She's got nothing on ya. Sounds like she's just trying to scam you for cash for her own stupidity.

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Don't worry about it man. She's got nothing on ya. Sounds like she's just trying to scam you for cash for her own stupidity.

welcome to america.....land of no personal responsibility/accountability

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Cats wander about, you shouldn't have ridiculous bloodthirsty dogs.

Dogs known to attack medium sized animals also are likely to attack small children.

And you really can't keep an eye out 24/7 for your animals.

1. Not if you keep your possessions on your own property. I know many people who keep their cats in their houses and have no problems.

2. Bullshit. I've known many dogs to catch the unsuspecting hummingbird or rat and they are the nicest dogs you will ever meet.

3. If you can't then you don't deserve to own any animals. Be responsible for your own property.

hummingbird or rat is not a cat.

I'm sure there isn't a sane pet owner in the world who watches their pet 24/7.

I'd have a feeling I'd beat you especially hard because you are quite arrogant and un-neighborly.

If I see my pet attacking another person pet cat or dog, I immediately scold it to make that kind of behavior cease.

We have an internet tough man. I hope you're a neighbor of mine. If you knocked on my door and tried to "whoop my ass" you'd get shot for your troubles, then my dog would eat your balls off., oh wait, he can't, you have none.

 

[TheoPetro]

lets hope the lady wanders into your backyard next

goodluck with this tho. hopefully you can countersue and make there sh!tty life even worse for trying to be greedy

 

[kumanchu]

actually if she really had the cat for breeding she would need to prove that she did breed them and sell them.

this brings her into seperate issues where she would be liable to the IRS (she should have fun dealing with them making 180,000 per cat )
does she have a business liscence?
are the cats registered (obviously not)?

for those damages:
she is responsible for the replacement of the cat (if it is her business) and avoiding any losses as best as she can. simply saying the cat could have had litters for 9 years doesn't fly if she doesn't try to mitigate the damages on her own. (assuming a judge would even look at the case) she could buy a cat ( for a reasonable price) that is ready to breed and then sue you for the cost of THAT cat, but she won't get such speculative damages as she is asking.

from a property standpoint (yes pets are property) her cat trespassed. your dogs didn't do anything illegal by killing a cat that trespassed. most jurisdictions have a 1-bite policy towards violent dogs. 1 bite to humans will slide (in most circumstances unless the bite happend to severely injure that person). 2nd bite will get the dog to be put down. killing a cat is not biting a human. you probably don't have any worries about that.

don't worry too much, a competant lawyer should be able to put down this case pretty easily. if they are really suing you for that much, your property insurance (home insurance) will help you since you are indemnified by them for this type of stuff. They will most likely provide a lawyer and kick her ass.

 

[Kremlar]

LOL - I'd love to be in your shoes so I could laugh in their faces...

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
If my pet was killed by yours, I would seriously beat the sh!t out of you. I don't care if I get arrested.

I also wouldn't like to have any of you as neighbors either. If your dog killed someones pet, you should pay up. Now $2000 seems like a lot of money, but some restitution is in order.

And id Knock you the fcuk out.

 

[Tsaico]

Wow, pets mean a lot to people here...

First off, I didn't know who's cat it was, and I have no clue if it was a special kind of cat or not. Between it being night, the blood, and sh!t all over it, I didn't really look at it too closely. I just knew it was hurt pretty bad and I took it to the vet. The vet said there wasn't much they could do, so the choices were put it down or take him home and let him bleed to death. As for where the fecal matter came from, i think it is same to assume it was from the cat sh!tting itself.

Second, Proletariat, I am not sure what you define as a nice person or a good neighbor. But I can assure you that, while I am not a poster-child for either, my own neighbors would consider me both. (well minus one now)

Third, I did start with that approach, being apologetic for her loss. When she called the cops I didn't really care since I figured that was how she was dealing with the loss of Tammy. I invited them all in, everyone got to see the two dogs, who are mutts that found under a dumpster myself 6 years ago, they are lab/sheperd mixes, they are friendly and just sniff shoes a lot. Offered drinks and seats, then that is when the lady started spouting off about her favorite cat, how she breeds them, and who is going to pay for her loss.

Someone mentioned a chip, no one mentioned anything about a chip at the Vet, so I am not sure if they even checked for one, and I never even thought of that. (my two are not chipped, just old fashioned tags.)

As for the lady and the Vet bills, I am content that both just be left and done. I am just glad the cat didn't have rabies, (apparently the best test is after the animal is dead, go figure) possibly infecting my two.

 

[JM Aggie08]

haha, your dogs ****** on her cat.