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Since you live in the states they could sue you for pain and suffering in small claims court and probably get awarded for your negligence. Plus the judge would be yelling at you since the dog could easily have caused a car crash while chasing a cat. The dog is probably safe though, although he might have to wear a muzzle or be chained while outside.

I keep my dog on leash all the time, even though it's just a small breed. It's more likely he'll get grabbed by coyotes on the trails than him causing any harm, yet why risk it. Dogs don't know any better than to give chase, ignoring everything else. Squirl! I don't understand people that let their dog loose than spend 10 minutes calling them, begging them to come back... Anyway you have a fenced yard, put a lock on the gate and a sign to always close it and lock it again.



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Ka-pi96 said:
sethnintendo said:

Reading some of the comments makes me realize how many pussies there are in this community. You guys need to pull your heads out of your assses. I'm pro nature and don't like seeing things die but you have to realize animals kill other animals. It's the circle of life. I'm actually embarrassed to even be a part of this community.  I might as well just quit because I shouldn't waste my time interacting with fools.  Good luck with your utopian society.

Shouldn`t you be anti-pet then?

Being pro nature is about being for the natural way of things. Animals killing other animals is natural so therefore if your pro-nature you have to accept the natural way and order of things. 

Like you wouldn't be pro nature if prevented wild rabbits from being hunted and killed by other animals as that would cause starvation for animals like foxes who depend on them as a source of food to survive.

Being against an animals natural instincts is not pro nature.



Ka-pi96 said:
Green098 said:

Being pro nature is about being for the natural way of things. Animals killing other animals is natural so therefore if your pro-nature you have to accept the natural way and order of things. 

Like you wouldn't be pro nature if prevented wild rabbits from being hunted and killed by other animals as that would cause starvation for animals like foxes who depend on them as a source of food to survive.

Being against an animals natural instincts is not pro nature.

My point was that animals being kept as pets is NOT the natural way of things...

Oh sorry, well that's kinda true. I only see a few animals being suitable as pets, some people out there do have animals that are just not meant to be pets though.



Take him out back, and make him look at a Lake or river. Tell him all the good times, when you first took him home, when he first licked your face, when you bought him his favorite toy, when you had to yell at him four times on your dog walks because he wouldn't stop sniffing other dogs' butts, how you kept tripping over his leash because he walked around you awkwardly.

Now tell him of the future you two will have together. But make sure he doesn't look back!

Then, BAM!



In all seriousness Dogs do Dog things and I don't think the Dog should necessarily be put down for this, but your attitude is ridiculous

" It would be different if the dog attacked another dog or person. "

Putting more value on cats than dogs is ridiculous. Everyone has their biases and that's fine but you've taken your bias to the extent that you practically don't care about the cat's death. I know you were probably trying to prioretize it based on natural instinct(like when a dog kills a cat it is natural but a dog that kills a dog is a savage) but that shouldn't take priority over the fact that a pet is a pet

I'm sure your dog doesn't deserves it, butare you really in the right to make claims of worthness, or to plea for your dog to live? Tbh, i dont know, but probably not.



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Pyro as Bill said:
Lol @ putting the dog down. I don't know what the law is where you are but there's no way that would happen here.

If it's in a public space, cats are fair game. Even if your dog went on to his property, it would be little more than criminal damage.

You/your friend are idiots for not taking more precautions. Your dog could have been hit by a car or killed something cute like a squirrel. Cats should be on a leash outdoors if they want the same rights as dogs.

Lol@you.  Spend some time on gov.uk and educate yourself.  The owner of this dog could be fined and receive up to 6 months in prison, and the dog destroyed.  "It's against the law to let a dog be dangerously out of control anywhere". If the dog had bit a person, you could get years in jail.



smroadkill15 said:

I'm not sure what to really do. I want to try and make amends with the neighbor at some point. Pay any vet  bills or get him a new cat or something. Personally, I don't really think a dog killing a cat is worth putting the dog down. Or course I'm being bias. I know my dog doesn't like cats and this is why we don't have one in the house. It would be different if the dog attacked another dog or person. He would be put down immediately. All I'm saying is, every animal has their natural instincts. Cats kill small animals all the time. Imagine if his cat killed a neighbors bird. Would you think he would put the cat down? Probably not. 

Just based on this paragraph alone it seems pretty obvious you couldn't care less about what happened to your neighbor's cat and only care about whether your dog will be put down because of it,  and if that's the case than that is a disgusting attitude to have and you shouldn't have had a pet in the first place then. 

1. You write "or get him a new cat or something" as if it's something that can easily be replaceable like a new shirt. For all you know he could have had that cat for so many years and lived most of his life with it and grown a huge bond with it during that time. Well that bond and love he had with it are gone now because of your dog, him getting a new cat isn't going to just fill that empty spot since it's not the same. 

2. You wrote in another post in this thread that you "know your dog would never attack any person or child" but the fact of the matter is that you don't know this. If your dog is gonna kill a cat then it could easily try again with anyone else it sees. It reminds me of how I think I remember there being something about how if a bear in a circus attacks or kills a human then they put it down because it will see how easy it was to do and will try it again. 

3. @ bolded: Fucking hell, I already mentioned before in this post but talk about you not giving a shit about a cat being dead because of your dog. You basically say that just because you see cats as worth less than dogs and that is why you don't think your dog should be put down because of it. Just because you think less of cats doesn't mean your neighbor feels the same way. It reads like you're trying to make it seem like the neighbor is being unreasonable for perhaps being upset that you killed his pet, which he has every right to be or to say that your dog should be put down. 

It's your dog and you are 100% responsible for its actions since you chose to adopt it and be its owner, and since a cat is now dead because of it that means you cannot ensure that you can keep control of your dog or how it behaves. 

Personally I think once an animal kills something like another pet or attacks something or someone to the point where it almost killed them then it should be either put down or taken away since it presents a risk that it will attack another thing again in the future, perhaps a person or small child after already attacking one thing and seeing how easy it was.  So yes I think your dog should be put down then or taken away then. 



Dude, it's 120% your fault, and your responsability.

Add to that, for some people, their pet is the same as another member of the family (it is for me), you'r lucky the cat owner seems like a somewhat cool guy, another one would 100% sue you, punch you in the face or something else.

I personally think your dog need to die, or at least be severely restricted in his movements.
If it happen once again and he attack another cat, or worse, a kid, you will have a hard time explaining why you let a dangerous dog like this one alive.



TheLastStarFighter said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Lol @ putting the dog down. I don't know what the law is where you are but there's no way that would happen here.

If it's in a public space, cats are fair game. Even if your dog went on to his property, it would be little more than criminal damage.

You/your friend are idiots for not taking more precautions. Your dog could have been hit by a car or killed something cute like a squirrel. Cats should be on a leash outdoors if they want the same rights as dogs.

Lol@you.  Spend some time on gov.uk and educate yourself.  The owner of this dog could be fined and receive up to 6 months in prison, and the dog destroyed.  "It's against the law to let a dog be dangerously out of control anywhere". If the dog had bit a person, you could get years in jail.

Out of control

Your dog is considered dangerously out of control if it:

- injures someone (nope)

- makes someone worried that it might injure them (the officers didn't seem to think so or they'd shoot the dog)

A court could also decide that your dog is dangerously out of control if either of the following apply:

- it attacks someone’s animal

- the owner of an animal thinks they could be injured if they tried to stop your dog attacking their animal

The bottom two are legal protection for farmers defending livestock. A dog chasing a cat and not being gentle isn't considered dangerously out of control. The police use dogs to 'attack' humans all the time. A dog defending it's owner/home wouldn't be destroyed either.



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I hope your dog will stay alive.