I'm a little upset this morning.
You see we have had a history with Milo and his needing/wanting to roam outside. When we lived in Madison we would not let him out because of traffic. As you know we were at wits end with his constant howling wanting to go outside. We even put him on Prozac which had diminishing result as a last resort.
We had not had a full nights sleep for over 2 years - Honestly!!
So in the new house in the "sort of" country, after we discovered he figured out how to open up a sliding screen door without using his claws. We let him out to see what would happen.
He became a WONDERFUL cat. Very peaceful, very content, very loving and totally happy being an indoor/outdoor cat. He does not wonder far, normally sitting on the deck , laying on the porch or just wondering the yard . . . . and neighbors yard.
This morning I was taking Blake (Cardigan Corgi) for a walk and our neighbor was taking out the garbage and walked up to me asking if we let out CAT roam.
I said he goes out at times and she says she would like us to keep our cat indoors because he irritates their dog and sits under their bird house. Then there were $1000 threats of fines (there is no fine) and other thinly veiled words like how their dog could chase the cat and they can not control him. If we let Milo out we should put him on a leash. If the cat is kept indoors we will then have happy neighbors.
This was at 6:00 in the morning and I am barely awake and just nodding my head as she blah blah blahs.
This puts us in a tricky situation. Keeping Milo indoors is basically telling us we should put Milo down because he was on his last life with his howling, LITERALLY! And now he is a wonderful VERY smart cat (screen door was just one of his brilliant ideas). If you have read my blog you know of our problems.
My question is - do invisible fences for for cats? Milo can take most collars off (he probably left one at the neighbors house).
You see we have had a history with Milo and his needing/wanting to roam outside. When we lived in Madison we would not let him out because of traffic. As you know we were at wits end with his constant howling wanting to go outside. We even put him on Prozac which had diminishing result as a last resort.
We had not had a full nights sleep for over 2 years - Honestly!!
So in the new house in the "sort of" country, after we discovered he figured out how to open up a sliding screen door without using his claws. We let him out to see what would happen.
He became a WONDERFUL cat. Very peaceful, very content, very loving and totally happy being an indoor/outdoor cat. He does not wonder far, normally sitting on the deck , laying on the porch or just wondering the yard . . . . and neighbors yard.
This morning I was taking Blake (Cardigan Corgi) for a walk and our neighbor was taking out the garbage and walked up to me asking if we let out CAT roam.
I said he goes out at times and she says she would like us to keep our cat indoors because he irritates their dog and sits under their bird house. Then there were $1000 threats of fines (there is no fine) and other thinly veiled words like how their dog could chase the cat and they can not control him. If we let Milo out we should put him on a leash. If the cat is kept indoors we will then have happy neighbors.
This was at 6:00 in the morning and I am barely awake and just nodding my head as she blah blah blahs.
This puts us in a tricky situation. Keeping Milo indoors is basically telling us we should put Milo down because he was on his last life with his howling, LITERALLY! And now he is a wonderful VERY smart cat (screen door was just one of his brilliant ideas). If you have read my blog you know of our problems.
My question is - do invisible fences for for cats? Milo can take most collars off (he probably left one at the neighbors house).