I have a new neighbour who got a kitten a while ago, who has become a real pain in the arse in the garden. Not only the peeing and pooing - though I do wonder how cat people would feel about my dogs doing that in their gardens - but it is chasing and bothering the old cronks.

I run at it, shout at it, clap my hands and it either stands it's ground, or hisses at me, and now the weather has picked up, and I have the back door open, the damn thing keeps trying to get in the house. This morning, I came out of my bedroom and it was sitting on the stairs, and the pointers were huddled together shaking! It sits at the front door, crying to come in. I've never fussed it, talked to it, or encouraged it in anyway, and if the Boerboels were still alive, it would be history.

I don't like cats, but I don't want to throw water over it, - yet - however, I don't want it bothering the dogs, they're old, not in good health, and are scared of it.

The law in the UK regarding cats is that they have the right to roam, so I can't do anything about that, and I don't want to fall out with the guy who owns it, because quite frankly, there's nothing he could do other than keep it locked up, and that's not fair on the animal.

Any proven methods for deterring cats that anyone has used will be gratefully recieved!

Pretty much the same thing over here about cats having the right to roam.

I think cats are beautiful animals to watch but not for my house.

One of my sisters is going through this same issue with her neighbor's roaming cats.

At my old house we had a "cat lady" in the neighborhood.

I had working terriers at the time and that didn't go well for any cats entering my yard.

One other neighbor took to poisoning them and I really hated that.

I started live trapping them and taking them to the pound in order to keep them from making the mistake of coming in the yard.

Hopefully others have better ideas, possibly about some sort of repellent that actually works.

Cats LOVE garden mulch to use as toilets and I do a lot of gardening so that stinks thing up...........I really need to use garden glove when I work out there.

It's always been cat central here, but the established moggys were smart enough to stay out of the back garden because of the Boerboels!

From what the other neighbours tell me, this new cat goes into everyone's houses, and confronts the cats that live in them, it's a damn nuisance.

I did say jokingly to my youngest yesterday, that I have an old puppy crate I could stick it in, and relocate it to another part of Norfolk

Can you trap it and take it to the pound?

I've see programs on Nat Geo about how harmful the cat population in the UK is when it comes to wildlife.

When this cat first started getting into people's houses, one of the neighbours took it to the vets to get it checked out, because she thought it was a stray as it was quite underweight. The vet scanned it and found a microchip, so they told the woman to return it to its owner!

I'd probably be in deep doo doo if I trapped it, however tempting that is

I looked at cat deterrents on Amazon, but it would affect the dogs too, as they are motion activated sonic things, so that's not going to happen either.

I nearly went for the water option yesterday afternoon when the damn thing was stalking Hoots again, and this was while I was getting the washing off the line. I chased it and it turned round and hissed st me again.

The bloody thing has no fear!

I got rid of a nuisance cat with a full bucket of water thrown on the bugger.
I would water hose the sucker every time you saw it in the yard.
A cat trap, would work, if you didn't mind being nasty, and soaked the bugger, than let it loose.
Amazon had awesome motion detectors you hook up with sprinklers that do the same, but your dogs may get nailed. Mind would play with it lol.
Why on earth they allow cats to harass people is beyond me.
I am a bit obsessive, and would prob lay in wait for the bugger, and make sure it knew my yard was bad news. I did that with the neighbor and her 2 horrid dogs .
How is the cat getting in?

The weather has picked up here, so on Saturday I propped the back door open while the pointers were in the sitting room sound asleep. I went upstairs to put laundry away, and when I came out of my room, it was sitting on the stairs! The poor old cronks were shivering on the sofa as they are scared of it!

I had the door open while I was weeding right outside the door on the patio, and it stalked straight past me and went into the kitchen! It really does not give a toss.

Back door is staying closed now, which is a shame because it's nice weather.

I've lived here for seven years, and never had this problem before lol.

Do the dogs have access out when the door is open? A scat mat might work, if they stay in until you go out.
I am a bit psycho when it comes to strays, and have been known to lay in wait just to catch the buggers. Pee on tires here mean flat tires, so I chase dogs off, but back in my town days cats ran at the sight of me. Add a bit of citronella to some bucket water, and they hated the smell, and douse the bugger.
Is there no fence?

The dogs are never on their own in the garden, and there are 6ft fences on 4 sides.

I thought about putting rubber spike strips on top of them, but only one line of fences is my boundary, so I can't put them on the other 3 as they are the neighbours property.

I could try the citronella bucket though .....

Thanks

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I run at it, shout at it, clap my hands and it either stands it's ground, or hisses at me. . . . . .I don't like cats, but I don't want to throw water over it, - yet - however, I don't want it bothering the dogs, they're old, not in good health, and are scared of it.

Surely, the law does not require you to allow it to come onto your property and into your home and terrorize your own pets?

I don't mind cats, and I am not suggesting that you injure it in any way, but if I were in the situation you describe with this cat behaving in such an intrusive way, I would up my game -- a lot! I think you are being far too kind. If it's going to challenge me by standing its ground and hissing at me on my own property, well, it's going to get swatted with a broom, have a bucket of water thrown on it, or any other of a number of more forceful means of making it understand your garden and home are not nice places to be.

As far as it getting in the house, I take it screen doors are not the norm in the UK? Here in the US, people commonly have a screen door in addition to a regular solid door, so in nice weather, we can let the breeze and the fresh air in and keep insects and pests of all kinds out.