Quote Originally Posted by bassin_bug View Post
Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
Neighbors cat used to climb up on my boat and drag its dead "catch of the day" up there for storage and safe keeping. Talked to the neighbor 5 or 6 times nicely to ask for help. No help. So I took mouse traps and set half a dozen on the boat, no bait in them, just little cat landmines, at the favorite spots the cat used to drop things at. Then put a big sign on the side of the boat facing the neighbors house that said "CAUTION, KEEP PETS AWAY, MOUSE TRAPS ON-BOARD".

Ready?

Next night the neighbor came by mad as hell, told me I was threatening his cat, demanded removal of the sign and the traps, and then recommended I "fence in my boat to prevent intrusion".

I could not contain myself, I was laughing so hard I almost lost my balance. Guy got real mad, left, and hasn't talked to me since. 12 years now or so.

So his cat, that climbs over his 4 foot fence, and enters my yard, is threatened by mouse traps that the cat would never get into if he was not:
a. in my yard
b. on my boat
c. out of his own yard, and not being controlled by the pet owner.

A week later, the cat was found dead, hit by a UPS truck, witnessed by several neighbors, 3 blocks from its home. I feft for the animal.....if the owner had controlled the pets visits out of his year and onto my boat, it may have saved the cat's life. Oh well.............