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Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by Dan (Post 2000794)

Our next door neighbour has a dog that barks loudly at all hours of the day and night, which they do nothing to prevent or train out of it.

I imagine if I posted on here that I'd brought out a gun (of any kind) and shot it to give it a 'hint' that there'd be a good few pages of replies by now, no doubt threatening to report me to the police and all sorts.

So why is it OK because it's a cat? I bet those of you posting that you'd have done the same would be the first to complain if it was your dog/hamster/guinea pig or whatever that someone had shot because they didn't like its behaviour.

I like both cats and dogs, and to be honest the thought of shooting one just because it was making a racket, I find appalling - regardless of whether or not it's 'just' an Airsoft gun.

Dan, your neighbours dog sounds BOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRED out of it's mind. What breed is it, how much does it get walked? It's such a pain when people don't control their dogs. Our neighbours dog is a huge Alsatian/Chow mix and because they never bothered training or disciplining him, they can't let him off the lead without him running off. So, they think they are great because they walk him three times a day, but he never goes off the lead and does the same 1 mile round trip every time. That's it. They never stop him barking and I've had sooooooo many sleepless nights. He evens bites his owners if the try to go near the sofa when he's on it.

They think it's cute....yeah right! Funny thing is, when he's in the garden and they are all in the house, I can stop him barking almost instantly, by interrupting him when he starts and staring at him over the fence. He just stops. It's not hard, but they refuse to do it.

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by gruntygiggles (Post 2000908)

were from before the AR, just because I didn't want people coming down the field and thinking any of us had left it there.

Lol, abi and I did that too so people wouldnt think it had been left by Miya.
I admit I wouldnt have thought of water, but now you've mentioned it wouldnt that distress the cats more lol? Its a retorical question Im not picking a fight just been a muppet.

I think in the same situation I'd have done what PC did, but I realise we're not all the same so other would act different to me. Thats what makes the org a beautiful place, as PC said You cant win. But you can loose and still get a good nights sleep so that when tomorrow comes you can feel a lot better about it.

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by leedsmatt7 (Post 2000918)

Well, they do hate water, but if you miss or get a direct hit....you can't harm them at all. You're right though, you can't win. Someone will always disagree. I've had some of that on the forum already today...lol

Re: You just can't win!

Like Spiderman we had a stray Tom that kept coming into our house through our cat flap and spraying everywhere, the stench was horrendous. In the end I set the cat flap to "in" only and sure enough came home to find it trapped in the hall. By opening appropriate doors I chased it into our conservatory (tiled floor) where I proceeded to put a bucket of water over it before letting it out. All happy then for a couple of months before it started again. Repeated the trick with the cap flap but this time when we came home and found it in the hallway it took one look at me and then charged the cat flap, smashing straight through it and disappearing from sight. Never seen it since, they obviously do learn...! As for shooting it with an air soft gun, risky given the possibility of hurting it seriously but under the circumstances probably a lot less than other people may have done. You never know if you hadn't shot it with that perhaps one of your other neighbors may have shot them with something a bit more substantial?

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OK it probably wasn't the nicest of things and I could have hauled my lazy...naked...ass out to chase them off, but I was tired and irritated =p.
Not to mention the sight of me running at them starkers at 3am would of probably done them far more harm than the airsoft gun :)

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by gruntygiggles (Post 2000912)

Dan, your neighbours dog sounds BOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRED out of it's mind. What breed is it, how much does it get walked?

I think it is just boredom - but it's also a vicious thing. It's a Staffy, and it is absolutely horrid - I'm absolutely terrified of the bloody thing.

I don't think it does get walked much.

Oh, the joys of ex-council estates.

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by PsychoCannon (Post 2000962)

Not to mention the sight of me running at them starkers at 3am would of probably done them far more harm than the airsoft gun :)

There's your tactic next time then ;)

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by Dan (Post 2000966)

There's your tactic next time then ;)

Never heard it called that before :D

Re: You just can't win!

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Originally Posted by PsychoCannon (Post 2000962)

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