so i just recently moved into a new house (by recently i mean like 2 weeks ago) and there are a lot of cats in the neighborhood - at least 5, some of which are kittens. they all just wander around everywhere and poop on the sidewalks
this is extremely annoying especially considering i have a dog who is bad with cats and there's been multiple times where he's run into them
first was when he was on a walk and there was a black-and-white cat across the street, when he saw the cat he just froze there and would not move. which already was bad but then it actually started coming towards him and he still just stood there
eventually he was able to be pulled away from it and i tried distracting it but it ignored me, then proceeded to hide under a car
luckily neither one attacked the other but it was p scary
then yesterday there were three cats in our backyard just walking about and my dog decided to look out the window (my bed was under it) and he started shaking really fast and whining and he wouldn't move (again) then he pushed me off the bed and moved because my parents distracted him with treats
afterwards he was still shaking and freaking out and he jumped over a cardboard gate blocking his access to a room
and most recently, just tonight, he was coming home from a walk and froze while "pointing" (head down low, staring and leaning, with one front leg lifted off the ground) at something
i went to see what it was but there was nothing, he then lunged under the car and a cat darted out from under it and across the street
this is a somewhat long post so tl;dr: cats are tormenting my dog and i'm upset
what should i do and has anyone else lived in a neighborhood like this
