Dog or cat person?

[+ WilliamM]

I’ve found that to be far more true about humans....

 

Most cats are smaller than dogs

Perhaps one "hosts" a cat, but a dog is more like a child.

 

For me, true for female cats, male cats are a bit more loveable.

[+ poolboy48220]

Perhaps one "hosts" a cat, but a dog is more like a child.

I even avoided "My dog" for a while, until I realized that one says "my sister/brother/parents", or "my hand", for that matter. "My" doesn't always imply possession. I'm "her human".

[Monarchy79]

Growing up we always had cats because my dad's maternal grandmother told him when he was a child that cats scared off evil spirits. I've always presumed that people who hate cats are no good and I avoid those people as much as possible.

 

As for cats being uncaring, that is simply not true. One cat stayed with my mom on her deathbed and would only move when a hospice nurse came to see her. On the morning my mom died he was licking her hand as if to comfort her as she took her last breaths.

 

I feel like cats and dogs are perceptive of “reading”, people, but cats have an innate “sixth sense” with it.

[Monarchy79]

Also, just like dogs, cats can be very protective of those they care about... especially children:

 

 

[Monarchy79]

I wouldn't hire a dog OR cat if they rejected me at the pet store or pound.

 

If they aren’t interested at all when I attempt to talk to them then they have already ruined the fantasy element of hiring.

 

 

I’m the same way with men... lol

[Monarchy79]

I'm a dog person. I don't dislike cats, I just don't relate. After dogs have been taken through something a few times they get it. Cats you can tell the same thing a thousand times, and the one-thousand first time it's as if they have never heard it before. ?

 

Many people say the same thing about their spouses.... ???

[+ WilliamM]

I wouldn't hire a dog OR cat if they rejected me at the pet store or pound.

 

If they aren’t interested at all when I attempt to talk to them then they have already ruined the fantasy element of hiring.

 

 

Harsh. Some older cats are shy and even confused (well a little confused) in a shelter

[orville]

I don't know of any cats that can:

• Be of Service/Assistance.
  
• Do Police work.
  
• Go to War.
  
• Detect Drug Trafficking.
  
• Search and Rescue missing people.
  
• Do water rescue.
  
• Do cadaver detection.
  
• Herd livestock.
  
• Pull sleds in the snow.
  
• Guard your home and family.
  
• Detect cancer.
  

All of these are UNPAID jobs. Dogs only ask for food and affection.

Edited September 7, 2020 by orville

[jonnychgo]

I am allergic to cats and my mother and sister were both terrified of cats so never had one around. I did cat-sit once before my allergies started. I was told by the owner "now when you go to sleep, Donald will elongate to your entire leg, sleep right against it and suddenly weigh 100 pounds." I laughed, that night she was right! He also loved to jump from my bed to the top of my armoire at 4 in the morning, so I put him out of the bedroom and closed the door. The wailing and throwning himself against the door was horrible, so after 5 minutes I let him in and the leaping began again. The final straw was one time I was peeing and a hand pushed through the shower curtain. I thought a burglar was in the shower, yelled, and pissed all over the floor. Damn cat was in the shower playing hide and seek!

 

I LOVE dogs though and would love to get one but not sure I am up to walking it many times a day and at the crack of dawn during a Chicago winter so still on the fence so to speak. I would get a cat, but for the allergies and worries that I would get one not as affectionate.

 

So long story, guess I am 80% dog, 20% cat.

[Rudynate]

I love em both. I prefer cats because they are easier to care for than dogs - that's the only reason though. Last night, we had dinner at a nice eat-outside place in Golden Gate Park. The dog lovers were all out in force. The dogs were all so sweet and well trained - they were a pleasure to be around.

[marylander1940]

 

It was posted years ago and it's realistic but I've met lovely cats.

[Monarchy79]

I don't know of any cats that can:

• Be of Service/Assistance.
  
• Do Police work.
  
• Go to War.
  
• Detect Drug Trafficking.
  
• Search and Rescue missing people.
  
• Do water rescue.
  
• Cadaver detection.
  
• Herd livestock.
  
• Pull sleds in the snow.
  
• Guarding your home and family.
  
• Detect cancer.
  

All of these are UNPAID jobs. Dogs only ask for food and affection.

 

So you’re basically saying that you like dogs better, because they’re cheap labor....

[+ bashful]

Last night, we had dinner at a nice eat-outside place in Golden Gate Park. The dog lovers were all out in force. The dogs were all so sweet and well trained - they were a pleasure to be around.

 

 

Reminded me of a time a group of us were in Mexico, and we went to dinner in a local (possibly expat) area of either Ixtapa, or Zihuatanejo. Not anywhere close to being a tourist spot. We were at a restaurant sitting in an open patio area in front. A dog walked up to our table from the street, and sat and stared are one of the women. She got scared and asked us to make the dog go away. One of the guys across the table looked at the dog and said, in a firm voice, "go away". It left.

[Mo Mason]

I love both... but I prefer dogs, especially large dogs - they make great cuddle buddies. Mine always have anyway.

 

But cats are hilarious.

 

http://thumbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Funny-Cat-Pictures-with-Captions-31.jpg

LOL

[Walker1]

Dog, never did like cats.

[orville]

So you’re basically saying that you like dogs better, because they’re cheap labor....

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[Becket]

Meow bitches!

[+ poolboy48220]

Dog-friendly restaurants are a favorite of mine, more and more it's a major factor in where I choose to eat (or chose, since I haven't done anything but carry-out since lockdown). I was on the restaurant patio with my dog, and she was straining towards a couple at the next table with a baby spilling food on the ground. I told the couple "She's not aggressive, she's just interested in the food on the ground". They got embarrassed and started to clean it up, I said "The dog will clean it up if you want", and we ended up having a great time, with the baby deliberately throwing food for my dog.

[+ g56whiz]

I’m allergic to all cats and most dogs. And I’m not really sympathetic to “service” animals since I had to quickly exit a restaurant mid meal when one was seated beside me. The restaurant owner refused to reseat either of us and insisted on payment in full. I liked the food but never been back. I’ve had to flee wonderful dinner parties because I suddenly couldn’t breathe only to discover my gracious hosts were concealing their pet cat or dog in the basement. Wish it were not so but alas.

[JayCeeKy]

Fun Facts about cats:

 

-- cats sleep 70% of their day

-- A house cat's genetic makeup is almost 97% tiger and they share many behaviors with their jungle ancestors. These behaviors include scent marking by scratching, prey play, prey stalking, pouncing, chinning, and urine marking.

-- Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don't taste sweetness

-- Cats have an extra organ that allows them to taste scents on the air, which is why your cat stares at you with her mouth open from time to time

-- Cats have the largest eyes relative to their head size of any mammal

-- Cats are crepuscular which means that they’re most active at dawn and dusk

-- Cats can spend up to a third of their waking hours grooming

-- Cats mark you as their territory

-- Many cats like to lick their owner’s freshly washed hair

-- When your cat sticks his butt in your face, he is doing so as a gesture of friendship, much as an escort might do.

[+ poolboy48220]

When your cat sticks his butt in your face, he is doing so as a gesture of friendship, much as an escort might do.

My dog will walk through my legs and stop halfway, with her butt in front. it's the best position for butt scratches. She does it to others too.

[Rudynate]

There was a very old cartoon that I tried to find but I just couldn’t. In the first frame, a man was giving praise to his dog. The thought bubble for the dog was “I I I I I I Rover I I I I I I “. The second frame was the same man praising his cat. The cat’s thought bubble was “________________________ “.

 

Some days I think that’s true.

 

 

I wonder about that all the time. What, if anything, is going on inside our cats' heads?

[BasketBaller]

There was a very old cartoon that I tried to find but I just couldn’t. In the first frame, a man was giving praise to his dog. The thought bubble for the dog was “I I I I I I Rover I I I I I I “. The second frame was the same man praising his cat. The cat’s thought bubble was “________________________ “.

 

Some days I think that’s true.

[BasketBaller]

Love them both, have had both in my life. In recent years we have had two cats, an elderly male who died last November (very traumatic, the boys had known him most of their lives), and a young female who now rules the roost. Terribly affectionate although not much for being held. Still, it's a rare night when she doesn't sleep with me, or as often as not, on me.

Edited September 7, 2020 by BasketBaller

[BasketBaller]

I don't know of any cats that can:

• Be of Service/Assistance.
  
• Do Police work.
  
• Go to War.
  
• Detect Drug Trafficking.
  
• Search and Rescue missing people.
  
• Do water rescue.
  
• Do cadaver detection.
  
• Herd livestock.
  
• Pull sleds in the snow.
  
• Guard your home and family.
  
• Detect cancer.
  

All of these are UNPAID jobs. Dogs only ask for food and affection.

True, cats do none of these things. But we invited them to live with us for another, very important reason. When humans began to shift from being hunter-gatherers to living in settlements, the storage of food became important. Especially as civilization developed toward a division of labor instead of everyone hunting, or finding food, we needed to safely maintain stocks of food (think of Pharaoh's granaries in the Bible). One of the chief obstacles to that need was the widespread presence of vermin, mice and rats mainly, who ate and despoiled stored grain. It was cats who kept their numbers low enough that we could continue to diversify and grow as a society. In order to do that, cats' natural independent hunting instincts were needed. Dogs safeguarded humans and hunted with them. Cats made civilization as we came to understand it possible.