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microchick said:
I wish our young cattle dogs would love our cats. Ain't gonna happen. But then I blame the Amish people for the 'eat the kitty' behavior that was set in them by feeding them small game and kid goats when they were just 3 months old or younger. No joke. Those who have been on the Old Folks Home thread know the story.

After two cats being injured we gave up trying to break that behavior and now keep them separated. Unfortunately our cats are just complete idiots, tho. The cattle dogs are in their outside fenced in back yard with a doggy door in my utility room and a see through barricade separating the utility room from the kitchen when they aren't in the house with us. When they are in the house, the cats are upstairs.

Stupid stupid stupid cats will see how close they can get to the young dogs before the dogs go completely psycho. It's like they have death wishes.

Only one of our 7 dogs loves cats and she has a little grey kitty that is her soul mate. So much fun to watch them together. Our first cattle dog loved cats. He would play and wrestle with our biggest 19 pound tom cat. Sure do miss that dog.
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I don't think I want to know. 😢
 
ValerieJ said:
I'll have some Good Earth. It's already naturally sweet, so no honey needed, thanks!

I wish I could find a handyman around here...even a bad one. :lol:
That is sad!!! I'm sure glad he didn't run over a cyclist or dog!!! We had some hot rodders around here too, although on our cobblestone road that means 35 mph. :rolleyes: Still, with all the twists and turns and local hand fed deer, it upsets some of the folks. Last year a sheriff moved in and one kid got a ticket for going 63 on the paved road. :lol: That cooled their heels!
NO. Just NO. Okay, I wont say there are no happy cows in CA, but the happy ones in the ads are not. I just could not believe all the happy cows I saw when I visited Illinois and Wisconsin! And here in WA they are pretty happy too! One of my favorite views anywhere is cows wandering large pastures, grazing on grass and hay. Or just laying around chewing their cuds. Such graceful giants.

Now I'm going to get lectured on how stupid they are, I suppose. 😁
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It is a dangerous place here for pedestrians and cyclists. More so for pedestrians though
 
CluckNDoodle said:
They're not stupid! They actually can be big sweeties. I have a lot of farm friends around here though I have yet to ride a cow...it's apparently possible. :lau 🐄🤠
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I am so happy to hear someone say that! So many people who have cows say I would change my mind if I raised them myself.
 
@microchick while their past probably does contribute some, I think the pack mentality probably plays a huge role too as does the strong prey drive most cattle dogs have. I think that combination is causing issues but I bet if the dogs were separated and interacting one on one, they could learn to tolerate or even love the cats. :) dogs act very differently in packs than they do alone and they likely egg each other on.
 
ValerieJ said:
I wish I could find a handyman around here...even a bad one. :lol:
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Well if he would come back and finish...even a bad job...but this is what I'm looking at right now. 😭 It's so bad...

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ronott1 said:
It is a dangerous place here for pedestrians and cyclists. More so for pedestrians though
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It's very frustrating to have people like that in the neighborhood. I can't even see the road from my house, but I have a neighbor who sits right on it. She is the one who talked to the Sheriff and asked him to watch the kids. That seemed to work here. Perhaps you need to request some patrols in your neighborhood.
 
CluckNDoodle said:
Well if he would come back and finish...even a bad job...but this is what I'm looking at right now. 😭 It's so bad...

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Oh yeah. I would be quite unhappy.

Look how pretty your raised beds were!! I love that you don't have to have a fence around them. We do because otherwise we would just be growing deer food. :lol:
 

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