So sorry for your loss. I hope that now you're rethinking how you let your dogs roam for their sake. I mean knowing that there is someone putting out poison you need to take care to protect your other animals. I live is a small close town where the homes are only a few feet apart. We've had people purposely put out poison for cats. We have a large elderly population here and they put out cat food for the strays because well that is their source of entertainment. Most elderly don't leave their homes and watch the stray cats from their window. So some fool got tired of all of the cats and added antifreeze to cat food. Its a horrible way to die. Eventually they find out who did it and press charges but then it happens again a few years later in another part of town. We also now have a skunk problem because what the cats don't eat the skunks then finish off at night. My husband and I had talked about how to get rid of the skunks but would never ever put out poison for them. Besides the fact that poisoning is cruel we would worry about other animals eating it or children getting into it some how. There are so many things that could happen you just can't take that chance. At this point, besides contacting your local police and ASPCA to report it, you'll have to take better steps to protect your pets. As I tell our children, you can never be too careful. Dogs, cats etc. tend to get into things they're not supposed to. We wouldn't put poisonous plants inside our house if we knew our cats could chew on them and get sick or worse just as we don't allow our cats outside period because one we live close to a road, 2 there are stray dogs around that could kill them, 3 there are people who put out poisons or would take our cats, and 4 house cats live longer and have fewer illnesses than cats that go out. Our dogs only go out into our fenced yard and walk on a leash. We would be fined and or lose our dog to the law if we let them run free. We have leash laws here. Again, sorry for your loss. I hope none of your other pets get sick.

Oh my gosh. I saw this last year and loved it. Happy it has resurfaced. Thank you!

I also had pavers installed and was worried about them sinking so I wet them every day to see if they settled. They held up until the first heavy rain and they sank in some areas. I was able to get the PB to fix them and give me a year warranty on them if they sank. Since then I have let it over flow and they are rock solid after a couple of areas sank. I'm glad that I was able to test the pavers before I finished paying the PB. I knew once I paid him and had problems he would of fixed them but at his convenience. Since I owed him money, he took care of them the next day.

A "self-cleaning" box didn't work for Miss Tina. She didn't like the machine and found a way to tear out the wires. It's a wonder that she didn't get a nasty shock. If kitty has any issues with not using the box, a cover is likely to make things worse. Feline noses are far more sensitive than ours. Imagine how you'd feel about having to eliminate in a space where you had limit options about body position and couldn't flush. I've had 3 cats with chronic renal insuffiency. Monitoring litterbox content will tell you a lot about the course of the disease. Peeing outside the box may be related to any number of stresser including a dirty box. It can also mean that kitty's health is changing.