Dog got hold of neighbors cat

Chris Wilson said:
To the original poster. Sorry to hear of the situation, but trying to train the prey drive out of a sight hound to any degree of reliability is a mug's game. They have been bred for generations and generations to chase and kill small animals. Something they do exceedingly well and it would probably take generations of eugenics to develop a greyhound that didn't naturally have hyper prey drive.

I have owned and bred Anatolian Karabash most of my adult life, and despite the one I have now having had zero training it has so far caught and killed about four foxes, it just "knew" they were predators and after my birds. It's what THEY have been bred for. I would say training it out of them would be excruciatingly difficult.
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Yeah, whilst we've very much been able to get him to NOT react to smaller animals on walks and the like, I'd never assume we've eliminated the behavior entirely. Walking him without a muzzle is one thing, but I flat out refuse to let him off the lead even if we where to keep him muzzled. The pace of him alone would make most other walkers nervous if he came towards them and whilst I trust him to play nice with other dogs in an enclosed environment with other dogs I know, his size can be very intimidating to strange dogs and I wouldn't blame any of them for getting snappy and god knows where it could go from there.

Ultimately it's just about knowing your dog and the habits of the breed and being responsible and safe when you can. Unfortunately on this occasion it all went to pot. Goes to show you can only ever prepare for so much. Just horrible. Keep thinking of 'what ifs' but I guess there's no point now. It is what it is and I just have to handle the situation as delicately as I possibly can.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Wasn't feeling my best after it happened but your kind and understanding comments have helped calm me down a little :)
 
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Yup, this one ain't on you. Unfortunate for the cat and their owner but that's one of the risks of letting your beloved pet roam free.
 
**** happens. Dogs will be dogs and cats will be cats. My cat killed a neighbour's dog (well, about 5 doors down and across the backs rather than a direct neighbour) some years ago, which was a fun time as the divvy ***** phoned the police and threatened all manner of legal shenanigans. But like I said, and like the police basically said back then, **** happens.
 
My greyhound is two different dogs, he's an absolute mard and scared of everything, on the lead he doesn't care about other dogs, apart from the odd one that sometimes gets him excited. cats he's stopped caring and squirrels he gets excited but if he's on the lead he doesn't go mental like he used to.

I once made the mistake of letting him off the lead thinking he was ok now, very naive of me. he completely changed into a different dog, luckily he didn't get hold of anything but I realised I was lucky that nothing happened and he'll never be off the lead again. Only time I've really seen him at full pelt, he was a fast racer and I don't think I've ever seen anything with legs move that fast.

In some states in America it's against the law to have a greyhound off the lead in public.

He has free roam of the garden though and if he catches anything in the garden then that's unfortunate but not mine or his fault. You did a lot more than I would have done but it is nice of you so well done for that
 
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arknor said:
Did the cat have a bell on it's collar to warn you it was in the vicinity?
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Sadly not no, just a collar but no name tag or anything.

Relentless81 said:
My greyhound is two different dogs, he's an absolute mard and scared of everything, on the lead he doesn't care about other dogs, apart from the odd one that sometimes gets him excited. cats he's stopped caring and squirrels he gets excited but if he's on the lead he doesn't go mental like he used to.

I once made the mistake of letting him off the lead thinking he was ok now, very naive of me. he completely changed into a different dog, luckily he didn't get hold of anything but I realised I was lucky that nothing happened and he'll never be off the lead again. Only time I've really seen him at full pelt, he was a fast racer and I don't think I've ever seen anything with legs move that fast.

In some states in America it's against the law to have a greyhound off the lead in public.

He has free roam of the garden though and if he catches anything in the garden then that's unfortunate but not mine or his fault. You did a lot more than I would have done but it is nice of you so well done for that
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Haha, he sounds a lot like mine. They're such misunderstood animals I feel, it's a shame things like this happen as its a really poor representation of what the breed in general is like.
 
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Worthy said:
Absolutely awful but as a cat owner who goes mad at people walking past the house with their dogs off the lead, it wasn't your fault. You can't be expected to check your own garden every time you let the dog out.
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I dunno, its not much effort, I check my garden every time I let my cat out for other cats/birds.

She stays in over night though curled up on our bed, I hear cats fighting all the time. I wish people would keep their cats in more often because its sort of just accepted that we let them roam when we should care about the birds they kill as well.
 
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Diddums said:
I hope you've got your flame suit on, you're in for a world of "ehrmahgehrd you need to control yer dahgs" nonsense on here.

These things happen sadly, I've been on both ends of this situation and it's never pleasant. Hopefully you can find the owner and resolve it amicably, all the best.
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That’s crap. Stop baiting. He wasn’t irresponsible. Imagine using a horrible incident like this to “score points” against cat owners.
 
ArcticHeron said:
Went to let my greyhound outside this morning and he bolted straight up the garden after hearing a meow. Unfortunately the cat didn't see what was coming and must have just frozen up. Dog got hold of it and did what dogs do, brought it straight to me and dropped it. Poor little thing passed away as I stroked it. Got very upset about it to be honest,

We weren't sure who's it might have been as several neighbors have similar looking cats. Took it straight to the vets to check for a chip but sadly not registered. Unfortunately phoned one of our close neighbors and they confirmed it was there's. Wife was very, very upset understandably and the husband was very understanding. We're going to chat about it tonight when we're back from work.

Feel completely and utterly awful about the situation. I know it's no ones fault, but if I'd just have checked outside first maybe it wouldn't have happened. He's chased cats off in the garden before and him being a sighthound I knew full well what might happen if he where to catch one, but on this occasion I just didn't think to check.

Obviously will offer to cover the costs for cremation and the like as I don't think the poor thing was insured but still. Don't think there's any amount of words or money or gesture that will be enough to help them feel better.
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Owned cats since I was a kid, they don't do as they are told, they wander into other peoples gardens - it's sadly one of the things owners of cats need to accept - while we can love them their personalities can put them in situations like this.

Not your or the dogs fault.
 
chaparral said:
Sorry to hear...

I ran over and killed a cat only a few houses away from my work a few years ago and i still remember how bad i felt about it for ages as i was also a cat owner at the time.
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Awhile back on my way to work one ran out of the side of the road suddenly and under the back wheels of a vehicle in front of me - nothing they could have done. They did say they'd take care of it but when I came back a few hours later it was in a plastic bag at the side of the road.
 
I think you handled the situation brilliantly.

Mate owned a Whippet, gorgeous dog, super docile and I would (like a Greyhound) have one tomorrow. One day we let him off the lead, the dog only goes & spots rabbit in the far distance of a farmers field! Never seen a dog take off like it! Simply flew and by the time we caught up with him, had chased a rabbit into its burrow, digging up baby rabbits... :(

We did our best to recover the situation, never caught the adult or anything, but 30 years on, we still feel guilty!

Cats stalk foxes! Watched a neighbours cat follow an adult male fox around a garden, the fox was bathing in the sun when the cat turns up. The cat was a little black and white thing, nothing like an alley cat bruiser!

It was comical, the fox didn't know what to do! No way was the fox aggressive, the cat was trying to creep up but the fox was having none of it!
 
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Cat owner.. Ex dog owner.

Its pretty bad, is there actually a law on this situation, one that absconds you of all blame? I'm sure there is or someone would be on about it?
Damn. You're a decent bloke though, i hope it all gets resolved soon. Awful situation for you and the cat owner.
Whats stopping your dog doing that in a park to a yorkie or some other crap dog though if he somehow got off the leash. Id be a bit worried.

"dogs doing what dogs do" Yep next time a meaty dog rips apart a toddler or granny im gonna quote that :p



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What happens if my dog kills a cat in my garden? (UK)

My neighbours informed me that they have two cats now and asked what would happen if they wandered into my garden. I’m not 100% sure; they have never really seen a cat, at a guess they would chase ...
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is this true/relevant. Doesn't sound like your off the hook just cos its in your garden or am i failing to comprehend. :P
 
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StevieP said:
Fair play, I've never had a dog attack another animal before but have dealt with a few instances of nipping or biting people and as long as the dog isn't on the list of dangerous dogs, the liability has been picked up under the Public Liability section on home insurance!
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It will be now.
Get ready to bend over
 
not your fault OP. The cat was in your garden which is the dogs territory, It is sad but it should not of been there!
 
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Sorry to hear what has happened, for both parties.

I've never known of dogs to kill cats, but my friend's guinea pig met the same fate even though it was inside its guinea pig run. The dog entered the friend's garden (without its owner) and jumped over the run's enclosure and killed it, unprovoked. We never got to the bottom of it because we didn't find out whose dog it was as it ran off as quickly as it appeared.
 
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Kudos to you OP for offering apologies and taking it to the vet to see if it was chipped, even moreso for offering to pay for the cremation.
Me mates cat went missing a while back and turns out it was knocked over :( I reckon he would've been updated a lot faster if it had been taken to the vets like you did mate.

Poor cat wrong place wrong time:(

dl8860 said:
Trying to think how I'd feel if my cat was killed by a dog while marauding in that dog's garden.

Obviously I'd be gutted but in terms of anger and blame, it's hard to say until it actually happens. But there is certainly a big element of, if it goes trespassing then you have to expect it to run into trouble.
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Cats cannot trespass, Cats have the right to roam in the UK

We have one cat that's been an outdoor cat all his life and has returned bloodied and battle damaged many a time, thankfully never anything massively bad.
The other, she's as daft as a brush so shes either indoors or on her leash in the garden.
 
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