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Cockatoos are eating my new decking!

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Mechanical Menace:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 17, 2016, 09:09:20 am ---NO!  :scared:
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Just out of interest personal dislike of them, local laws/culture prohibitive of them, something else, some mixture of the preceding?

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 17, 2016, 09:16:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 17, 2016, 09:09:20 am ---NO!  :scared:
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Just out of interest personal dislike of them, local laws/culture prohibitive of them, something else, some mixture of the preceding?

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Personally don't like them. Every cat I've met wants attention when their ready to receive it, they pee on things (and they're good at being discreet about it), fur everywhere and those sharp claws when they stretch out on your lap...

I'm a dog person. I have two standard Poodles and they are the most affectionate, friendly and the closest thing to humans a pet can be. They don't leave fur anywhere and people with allergies can literally bury their face in them and not have a reaction.

That said, I back onto bush land and don't have a fence yet so I can't just let them outside to take care of the cockatoo problem. We've had a few red-bellied black snakes around the last few weeks and chances are the dogs will want to play.

AntiProtonBoy:
Cats go batshit because they are not de-sexed and owners are being irresponsible.

Mechanical Menace:

--- Quote from: AntiProtonBoy on March 17, 2016, 09:34:49 am ---Cats go batshit because they are not de-sexed and owners are being irresponsible.
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Totally agree. The only problem I've had out of what Halcyon mentioned was the fur. But TBH I'm also a dog person and Halcyon's chosen breed have a reputation of being bad with other breeds of dogs, cats, and people who aren't "their family" and I've never had that problem either.

Bad/inexperienced owners (and in the case of some dogs unscrupulous breeders) are the cause of a lot of animals bad reputations. A lot of the time not due to malicious actions but just because they treat them like people instead of dogs or cats :-\

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 17, 2016, 10:19:37 am ---Halcyon's chosen breed have a reputation of being bad with other breeds of dogs, cats, and people who aren't "their family"...

Bad/inexperienced owners (and in the case of some dogs unscrupulous breeders) are the cause of a lot of animals bad reputations. A lot of the time not due to malicious actions but just because they treat them like people instead of dogs or cats :-\

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Spot on. We have a huge off-leash dog park near here where the locals gather with their dogs. On weekends there can be anywhere up to 15-20 dogs running around chasing each other and chewing on sticks. We've let the Poodles go wild and they love it. Really sociable and never a problem. That being said, we socialised them from a young age with both people and other dogs.

I've seen some bad example of Poodles too that haven't had that exposure and they are difficult to handle. They are a smart breed, sometimes too smart and they need discipline and respect rank.

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