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**maxsobq** · 08-18-2009, 07:13 AM

With the cat incident my MIL was in the yard with the dog and she told me the cat literally jumped the fence into my yard almost on top of the dog. The cat only got 1 or 2 feet before my dog got it. The cat was caught within 2 seconds. The 1st time, when he got a possum, I was at work and my wife opened the side door to let him go to the bathroom and the possum happened to be right outside the door and couldn't run away on time. The 2nd and 3rd times, I was with him and he was leashed during walks and while we were walking, he snatched up 2 muskrats who thought they could hide in the tall grass instead of running away. My leash is only about 3 feet. Nothing long. He was too fast.

My point of this is that I don't "let" my dog get animals, he just did it on his own. My yard is securely fenced and he cannot escape although in reality he is never in the yard without one of us being there anyway. From a NY State legal point, I am not liable if someone's cat jumps into my enclosed yard and my dog gets it. Nor do I encourage such behavior from my dog. I'm sure those of you who live in the country have stories of your well-secured bulldog getting some animal or another. It happens.

08-18-2009, 07:13 AM	#8
maxsobq Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	With the cat incident my MIL was in the yard with the dog and she told me the cat literally jumped the fence into my yard almost on top of the dog. The cat only got 1 or 2 feet before my dog got it. The cat was caught within 2 seconds. The 1st time, when he got a possum, I was at work and my wife opened the side door to let him go to the bathroom and the possum happened to be right outside the door and couldn't run away on time. The 2nd and 3rd times, I was with him and he was leashed during walks and while we were walking, he snatched up 2 muskrats who thought they could hide in the tall grass instead of running away. My leash is only about 3 feet. Nothing long. He was too fast. My point of this is that I don't "let" my dog get animals, he just did it on his own. My yard is securely fenced and he cannot escape although in reality he is never in the yard without one of us being there anyway. From a NY State legal point, I am not liable if someone's cat jumps into my enclosed yard and my dog gets it. Nor do I encourage such behavior from my dog. I'm sure those of you who live in the country have stories of your well-secured bulldog getting some animal or another. It happens.
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