Next doors cat...
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So next door has a nice cat. It can hop on their patio, up on the fence and into our garden. It's friendly and the dogs made more than good friends with it.. however, the cat can't get back over. No patio my side. However there was a small gap made at the end of the fence for the cat that our small dog can now escape from. I'm away home at finishing time to fix that part, and put bricks etc along the fence line underneath as he dug under another time to get the cat..
What i need is ideas for the cat to get back over, that the dog cant use. He's funny as he hops over, comes to the patio door, paws it to get the dog out to play.. i should post a video really as its unbelievable and makes me laugh but obviously I need the dog safe as he can escape next doors garden once in. He will follow that cat anywhere and use all his will to attempt it. I can't emulate next doors patio style via wood etc as the dog would follow it over and the dog fits in a cat flap, I'm pretty sure the cats bigger haha.
What i need is ideas for the cat to get back over, that the dog cant use. He's funny as he hops over, comes to the patio door, paws it to get the dog out to play.. i should post a video really as its unbelievable and makes me laugh but obviously I need the dog safe as he can escape next doors garden once in. He will follow that cat anywhere and use all his will to attempt it. I can't emulate next doors patio style via wood etc as the dog would follow it over and the dog fits in a cat flap, I'm pretty sure the cats bigger haha.
Edited by hotchy on Sunday 27th April 11:50
Sounds like you need to utilise the cat’s ability to jump, and provide it with some kind of plinth right next to the fence so that it can jump onto the plinth, then jump onto the top of the fence.
Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
hotchy said:
So next door has a nice cat. It can hop on their patio, up on the fence and into our garden. It's friendly and the dogs made more than good friends with it.. however, the cat can't get back over. No patio my side. However there was a small gap made at the end of the fence for the cat that our small dog can now escape from. I'm away home at finishing time to fix that part, and put bricks etc along the fence line underneath as he dug under another time to get the cat..
What i need is ideas for the cat to get back over, that the dog cant use. He's funny as he hops over, comes to the patio door, paws it to get the dog out to play.. i should post a video really as its unbelievable and makes me laugh but obviously I need the dog safe as he can escape next doors garden once in. He will follow that cat anywhere and use all his will to attempt it. I can't emulate next doors patio style via wood etc as the dog would follow it over and the dog fits in a cat flap, I'm pretty sure the cats bigger haha.
A couple of ideas: Put in a cat flap labelled "cats only" or, because cats are more intelligent than dogs, fit it with a code lock. A dog will never crack the code.What i need is ideas for the cat to get back over, that the dog cant use. He's funny as he hops over, comes to the patio door, paws it to get the dog out to play.. i should post a video really as its unbelievable and makes me laugh but obviously I need the dog safe as he can escape next doors garden once in. He will follow that cat anywhere and use all his will to attempt it. I can't emulate next doors patio style via wood etc as the dog would follow it over and the dog fits in a cat flap, I'm pretty sure the cats bigger haha.
Edited by hotchy on Sunday 27th April 11:50
I can probably think of some more ideas if you like.
Dr Mike Oxgreen said:
Sounds like you need to utilise the cat’s ability to jump, and provide it with some kind of plinth right next to the fence so that it can jump onto the plinth, then jump onto the top of the fence.
Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
This is the right idea I think. Perhaps one or two small shelves attached to the fence. Something that can take the weight and footprint of a cat but no more. Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
Also: good on the OP for being so accommodating!
BlackTails said:
Dr Mike Oxgreen said:
Sounds like you need to utilise the cat’s ability to jump, and provide it with some kind of plinth right next to the fence so that it can jump onto the plinth, then jump onto the top of the fence.
Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
This is the right idea I think. Perhaps one or two small shelves attached to the fence. Something that can take the weight and footprint of a cat but no more. Perhaps a section of tree trunk, about 3 feet long, placed vertically. The cat could easily jump onto that and use it as a half-way point to get over the 6 foot fence, but if the trunk provides a small enough landing site then there’s no way a dog would attempt it.
Also: good on the OP for being so accommodating!
BlackTails said:
Perhaps one or two small shelves attached to the fence.
Yes, that’s a good idea.Cats are amazing at jumping surprisingly high and landing neatly on a surprisingly small landing pad. Most cats can jump 4 feet without problems, but I’d future-proof the idea by limiting it to 3 feet to accommodate the cat as it gets older. And it only needs a landing pad the size of a dinner plate or A4 paper.
Skyedriver said:
A place near us, think it's an upside down house with living area upstairs has a "cat ladder" from ground level to the upstairs balcony.
Length of timber about 150mm wide with cross pieces 20x20mm maybe set at 300mm centres.
Iv went and ordered exactly that, since my diy skills arent the prettiest to look at. Until then iv moved a patio chair against the fence. The cat managed to escape, without the dog so jobs a good one. Length of timber about 150mm wide with cross pieces 20x20mm maybe set at 300mm centres.
Cats can do stuff dogs will never do
Some ideas of what you could add to give the cat a route home that the doggo couldn't follow
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zHCA0kALewI?feature...
Some ideas of what you could add to give the cat a route home that the doggo couldn't follow
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zHCA0kALewI?feature...
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