Ok, so, many of you know, some don't, that my wife and I split up and got divorced last year. She left in Oct 08 and we were divorced in March of 09.

We remained friends and in fact, began dating over fall and decided it was a mistake to get divorced. I will leave out all the personal details, but as they say, 55% of marriages don't last, well, our divorce didn't last. So, she moved back in a few weeks ago and things are going great. We won't get re-married for a while (in our eyes, we are married in God's eyes, just not the state of AZ) and that's good enough for us.

SO- ON TO THE PROBLEM

While Laura was living on her own, she got a cat and I got a dog. Morgan (my Beagle/Boxer mix is just over 2 years old and perfect in every way. Her cat is a black and white named Precious (after her precious moments collection)

We weren't sure how the dog and cat would acclimate but they did just great. best of friends now even though Morgan wants to play more than Precious and when that happens she gives him a friendly swipe and he goes and lays down.

THE PROBLEM IS: Our neighbors have a cat they adopted from stray about a year ago. this cat is EVIL MEAN AND AWEFUL!!!. I swear it is the anti-Christ cat from He*&. About every other night, the cat comes out (they have a dog door and can't keep it in) and comes in my yard, I have low windows and the cat gets up to my window and Precious sees it and goes ape-S&$#. That in turn gets Morgan going and they end up going to scraps for a bit, when I am home alone, I can't get up to break it up and it's a mess. Neither of them get hurt and they quickly make up.

So, how do I get rid of the cat from HE#$? I have talked with the neighbors and they say "we lock the dog door during the day, but at night our dog's need to come and go" and seem not too sympathetic to my cause. It happened again just now. I get along with my neighbors really well but can't take this much more.


Sorry it was so long. I tried to keep it short.

Do you know if this cat would be scared off with the careful splashing from a garden hose set on high?

Is your cat intact? Is the neighbor cat intact? Are they...."attracting" each other?

Close the window blinds orrrrr send the cat to a long walk on a short pier.

Our cat is fixed. When the neighbor cat (I call Lucifer) comes up to the window, Precious sees it and goes crazy fighting it.

I have thought of going with a garden hose, but I can't possible get to it fast enough (I have MS ya know and move slow) and the hose is on the other side of the house.

If I weren't an animal lover, I would get a 22 rifle out and take care of it, but I can't do that, LOL.

Could you open the window & splash the cat with water? Does it scare off if you go outside & holler at it?
Maybe an exorcism?

Keep a very, very, light misting hose on all the time, facing away from the window and the house. Just so Lucifer won't want to come near the window, or house area.

Or shoot a water gun at it, pet owners do that to train their animals off furniture.

Or put chili pepper powder on the ground under the window, one sniff and away goes that nasty trouble maker.

what about a sprinkler set on a motion sensor? You can put them on a timer so that they are only on at night or have a manual shut off so that if you know you don't want it on for a while you can turn it off.

We are installing one to hopefully keep the elk out of our garden until we can get our fence up. The elk were terrible on our garden last year. But we have two kids so we have to be able to turn it off when we know the kids are in the backyard.

I really don't know anything about where to buy them or what brand name. But I do know they exist and are supposed to be easy to install.

i hope you find some solution. Good luck.

Kristie

what about figuring a way to use some garden netting, screening material, or something like it that will discourage the cat from getting up on or near the windows.

or thorny shrubs and rose bushes....


oh yes Kristie - those sensor sprinklers - many pond stores or websites have them - helps keep raccoons and other critters away from the fish in the pond.
her's what they look like-
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q...og&sa=N&tab=wi

Spread a bit of used kitty litter from your cat around the area. Gross I know but does the trick. Top it up little and often.

You did not hear this from me. As a cat owner I would never say....... My Uncle cut the whiskers of a cat who was always in his yard. Cats use their whiskers to gauge their ability to get into things (same width as them). Cat never came near again. Worked for him, Didn't really hurt cat. Do everything mentioned!!!! I put cayenne on garbage, kept my cats out.