You just can't win!

Let loose the dogs of war..err...yorkshire, I say.

PC, much as i agree with the annoying poxy tom cat thing, i cant condone the way you resolved the situation. Airsoft is fine as long as its their butt you hit, not their eye as happened with one of my cats, that later went on to be put down down due to sepsis.
she, unlike your situation was guilty of the crime of sitting on a fence in the sun

I am a cat lover, a huge one..........but i know what its like when you get two toms scrapping in the middle of the night.
I have 5 cats , 4 girls and 1 boy, they have all been spayed and nuetered but it doesnt stopped the toms from fighting.
Mine has a regular spat with a ginger tome that hangs around, and you can guarantee that they start at about 3 am. I have found though that a big water bottle filled with water works for me. If you squeeze it at force the water squirts out quite a distance, and my aim is now prettey good, even when in all sleepy eyed lol.
I have been thingking of investing in one of those kids water gun that shoot water for miles........... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Originally Posted by Rorshach

PC, much as i agree with the annoying poxy tom cat thing, i cant condone the way you resolved the situation. Airsoft is fine as long as its their butt you hit, not their eye as happened with one of my cats, that later went on to be put down down due to sepsis.
she, unlike your situation was guilty of the crime of sitting on a fence in the sun

Hi,
That actually crossed my mind so I used single shot on the butt of one of the cats, took 3 shots for it to take the hint and they both scarpered.
As with most airsofters the first thing that crossed my mind when I take the gun out is saftey.
That said I have no idea how I would of reacted if I'd hit an eye...airsofters worst knightmare...

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.

Strange as it sounds dog barking doesn't tend to bother me so much, it's the high pitch ear splitting YOWLING of that cats that drives me insane.
Then again if there was one next door doing it all times of night and day...strangely you're right..I wouldn't think of shooting it...no idea why!

I'm not cattist =p,.

Because dog owners are held accountable for their dogs actions. Cats roam around free causing all kinds of problems, veg patches, milk, plants etc all have been victim to cats.
So if you see a cat you shooo it away and shout it to FO but as cannon said these cats didnt take the verbal hint. If it were dogs then at this point you'd expect the owner to pipe up retorting with "stop shouting at my dogs etc" again cos dog owners are accountable for a dogs actions.
For some reason how ever the cat owners are not, so cats get away with things scott free. Cannon did the next thing on the list IMO, verbal warnings did nothing so physical actions needed to be taken. A projectile is the most conveniant method and whats more precise than a air rifle. I assume everyone is aware of what an Airsoft weapon fires? If not look it up, people go out on weekends and shoot each other with these weapons they are harmless (unless recived in the eye) firing small plastic balls. Cats going hell for leather wont have been too worried about the plinkers, hence 3 shots needed. If it hurt the cat wouldnt have needed reminding twice.

ps I am a cattist, Im allergic so I figure they hurt me first.

Originally Posted by leedsmatt7

Because dog owners are held accountable for their dogs actions. Cats roam around free causing all kinds of problems, veg patches, milk, plants etc all have been victim to cats.
So if you see a cat you shooo it away and shout it to FO but as cannon said these cats didnt take the verbal hint. If it were dogs then at this point you'd expect the owner to pipe up retorting with "stop shouting at my dogs etc" again cos dog owners are accountable for a dogs actions.
For some reason how ever the cat owners are not, so cats get away with things scott free. Cannon did the next thing on the list IMO, verbal warnings did nothing so physical actions needed to be taken. A projectile is the most conveniant method and whats more precise than a air rifle. I assume everyone is aware of what an Airsoft weapon fires? If not look it up, people go out on weekends and shoot each other with these weapons they are harmless (unless recived in the eye) firing small plastic balls. Cats going hell for leather wont have been too worried about the plinkers, hence 3 shots needed. If it hurt the cat wouldnt have needed reminding twice.

ps I am a cattist, Im allergic so I figure they hurt me first.

As an owner of several cats, I am happy to be held accountable for their actions, as I am a responsible and mature individual. They spend the majority of their time either in my house, my garden, or on the open ground to the front of my house. They certainly don't go wandering into other peoples' houses and gardens as we are surrounded on all sides by hostile territory, containing threats including a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, a family of cat-hating asians, and a Peregrine Falcon. They even toilet on my land.

If only the same could be said of the myriad dog owners who live near me whose dogs wander the streets depositing faeces wherever they like, jumping over walls into peoples' gardens, barking at people as they walk down the street, chasing people/animals they dislike, fighting, barking etc.

However, unlike you, I won't tar all dog owners with the same brush you're applying to all owners of cats. I just recognise that some dog owners are ********s and some are not, just as some cats are a pain and some are not.

The point I'm making is that I still wouldn't shoot a dog or a cat no matter how much I dislike that particular animal. The choice of weapon is still an irrelevance. It's all very well saying 'Airsoft guns are harmless unless they hit you in the eye' - that's like saying 'minefields are perfectly safe, unless you walk in them'.

Originally Posted by Dan

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+1. I have two cats. They don't yowl as they come in at night. I wouldn't be happy if anyone shot them, airsoft or not.

[gruntygiggles]

PC, I can get how annoying that must have been. Personally, I wouldn't be able to shoot at anything, even just an airsoft as I wouldn't want it done to my animals. I'd have just gone outside and shooed them away or thrown water over them. Not condemning you for using your airsoft....I jusy know how devastated I'd be if I did that and hit the eye.

I agree that there are many bad cat and dog owners around. If you'd seen the pile of poo bags behind mine and VT's tent, and Ophics.......you'll realise that the good dog owners NEVER leave their dog mess around. I must have picked up 10+ poos that AR weekend that 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.