My stupid dog just chased Shiva off!

Owlwatcher, I’m sorry that Shiva got scared off! She will surely come back home, but all the excitement (the bag, the dog, all the yelling) has got her all hunkered down until she feels less anxious.

Your dog didn’t mean to scare Shiva. Please don’t take it out on her; she didn’t mean to scare the cat or make you mad. Is there some way to keep your dog restrained or indoors, long enough to find a way to encourage Shiva to come back? Is there a particular food Shiva likes best, that you could entice her with?

This afternoon as it is starting to get dark, sit outside with some really smelly wet cat food and see if you can sweet talk her to you. She will probably be hungry by then and ready for her nice warm house.

owlwatcher…I’m glad the neighbors dogs can be trusted. I guess it depends on the area & the type of people that own them. I’ve never come across pitbulls that didn’t show overly aggressive behavior. We have a neighbor right now in our park that has been seen dabbling in drug-dealing since they’ve moved in(they’ve been here less than 4 mos.). They have brought an adult pitbull in which they keep tied up to their deck railing when they aren’t at home(the park once had a ban on owning pitt bulls in the park). In order for half the residents to check their mail,they must pass by this person’s yard to get to the mailboxes. That pittbull hears anyone on the other side of the bushes walking by & it lunges & beats up against the fence,scary the begeebies out of you. I & others feel it’s only a matter of time before the dog breaks loose & injures someone. Our city has just passed an ordinance against keeping your animals chained or tied in the yard for more than 3 hrs. This family leaves the dog tied up upwards of 10 hrs. So you can see what I mean when I speak rough of the breed. Didn’t in any way mean to offend anyone. I’ve just seen nothing but travesties in & around where I live.

Exactly what our new neighbors are doing with their pitt bull. It’s anchored down outside. They have no business owning it if it’s out there more than they are home. Because of his questionable behavior since moving in,quite a few of the neighbors(including myself) believe he has something to hide within the house. Drugs,cache of money,etc. A visitor of one neighbor even saw him walking out late one night with a gun in his hand. Because of that,this visitor no longer comes to see her friend in the park out of fear. The manager refuses to report them to the property owners(she really is uneducated in management field). And alot of the neighbors,tho they’ve seen themselves what’s going on, are intimidated & afraid to report them. So alot of them put blinders on,& the bad guys win. It’s sad,but,is happening in society all the time these days. Sorry for the long post you guys.

owlwatcher, glad to see that Shiva came back. She must have been as scared as you were, is she an outside cat all the time?

Yea!! Happy ending to a scary episode. Thank goodness.

My daughter works for animal control, and although pits have a bad rep, it has been her experience that rotts are much more dangerous.

It’s all in how they’re trained and treated. Even the gentle Great Danes have been known to turn aggressive.

Yeah! Shiva’s home! I’m glad,I know how hard it is to have a missing furrbaby.

Okay I’m just getting back in…since yesterday..and I’m so happy to hear that Shiva is back home…I understand the stress involved in these things..I once caught one of my fur babies out playing in a yard with about 12-15 racoons..and he was having the time of his life..and I couldn’t get to him..I was so scared..anyway..happy to hear your happy ending..

Congratulations about Shiva coming home! This is wonderful news! Please give her a kiss for me.

About cats and dogs: when I was growing up, our next door neighbor had a boxer and a Jack Russell terrier. Our neighbor kept his dogs in his well-fenced back yard, and they were never allowed to run loose. However, these two canines tormented and killed any and all cats who went over the fence into their yard.

Until we got a large black cat named Junior.

Junior had Siamese blood, a scar across his face, a vicious temper, and weighed 22 pounds. He loved my father and he loved me, and that was about it. Junior was an inside/outside cat (we simply could not keep him inside), and it was only a matter of time before the neighbor’s dogs met our cat.

One Saturday morning, Junior climbed over the high fence into the yard. The two dogs attacked him. Junior ripped the boxer’s left ear off, and seconds later the Jack Russell terrier was screaming in terror and trying to climb the chain link fence to get away from our cat.

Our neighbor called my dad, and said, “I don’t think my dogs will ever bother another cat again.”

After that day, Junior would stroll through their yard with impunity, and the dogs would run screaming to hide in their dog houses.

I think the two dogs were huddled together, praying the rosary.