What do you say to an unwanted animal: "Git," "Shoo," or something else?

I’ve found that for cattle of European persuasion stand up,hold out your arms horizontalyfrom your body and swing them inwards while walking forward.
Cows live a boring life so if they detect a new entity in their field they ALWAYS go over and have a look,so if your hunting for an escaped convict for example in a rural area always check out the part of the field where the cattle have congregated first

And if you are the escaped convict yourself make sure that you fuck off any cattle in your vicinity.

I also fucked off a nosy dog in an Irish border area by eyeballing it and snarling and growling at it .
If the dogs a bit of a hard case though it may well have a go at you so I wouldn’t recommend this in all cases .

I say “HOI!!” and then click my tongue, loudly. It’s very commonly used in Karnataka in India, which is where I’m from. The tongue-clicking is particularly useful for cattle, because they’re used to being herded that way. The yelling works on stray dogs and other undesireables, especially when you’re holding a stone in a clearly threatening manner.

Go on. Off. Get OFF. GO. Get…get…STOP. STOP licking me. NO! That’s disGUSting. No one wants…EW. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S IT. GET off me!!! God dammit! Ugh. You’re just repellent.

Stupid golden retrievers.

For cats, it’s usually “Koshka! Hisht?” Which is Russian for cat and some nonsense Yorkshire word for come here.

Dogs usually get “go away, bye.” Grew up on a farm with sheeps.

Horses get “Who’s a big horsey boy, then. Yes, you are, come here for your halter.”

Cows and sheeps are too dumb to understand spoken language and so get yelled at.

Dogs, I usually clap and tell the wandering animal to ‘Go Home!’. Sounds less harsh, and less likely to hurt the animal’s feelings. :slight_smile:

Unwanted cats I hiss at. I do a good pissed off sounding hiss.

Git now! (Born and raised in NE Ohio.)

Works on stray dogs and cats. Cows, not so much. The walking with arms out and talking is needed to guide cows back to their home. And sometimes, actually the words, “Hey boss!” actually work.

If it’s my dog and I’m trying to get her to move her lazy old rump, usually a sharp “Scoot!” will do, or, if I’m trying to get her outside, “Outside!”

If it’s any other not-mine animal (other peoples dogs, mostly), a real loud “NO!” If anyone’s made an attempt to train them, the animal will know that word, and even if not, the issue is be loud and scary, not verbose.

If it were a non-cat-or-dog animal, like a cow, I’d probably scream like a little girl and kind of cry.

Born and raised in the immediate Philadelphia region (the part that doesn’t really have many cows).

Usually I say " Come here, baby. Do you want something to eat?" Which is a bad thing, because once I’ve fed it, it’s mine. (5 dogs and 4 cats presently) If it’s the neighbor’s dog I say “Go home, Blackie. My dogs have to eat dinner.” If it’s the other neighbpr’s pack of dogs, or something in the night I open the backdoor to let out me dogs and say in a loud voice “Kill the Bad Thing”. I’ve never actually had a burgler or anything, but I’d think 450 pounds of assorted dogs might make one leave hurriedly.

StG

Yes, and for unwanted humans as well.