I talk tough but I too, could never shoot a pet....unless it really had it coming (like a pitbull on a kid). The neighbors cat craps under my shop and their dog in my yard. Everyday. But the dog is a cute old yellow lab that is totally adorable and a gigantic goof ball and the cat catches mice and moles. I don't like that they poop in my domain, but my like for them is greater than my dislike of yard poop.