Poll: Are you a dog person, or a cat person?
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Take the biggest dog in the world, a Saint Bernard. Pit him against the biggest feline in the world, a Bengal Tiger. See who wins. The giant slobbering hairy mess, or the 8 foot long 350 cat with 3 inch razor sharp blades for fingers? And also a bite that has enough strength to crush steel.
Cats rule, dogs drool.
Plus, my cat has many uses that a dog would be unable to do. It keeps the rodents out of my hotel, it rides on my shoulder though the place sometimes, and it doesn't need to be cleaned once a month. Also, cats are far more intelligent than dogs.
A dog looks around itself and says; my owner gives me a warm place to stay, loves me, feeds me, and makes sure I am happy, they must me a God.
A cat looks around itself and say, this human feeds me, pets me, loves me, gives me shelter, I must be a God.
Cats rule, dogs drool.
Plus, my cat has many uses that a dog would be unable to do. It keeps the rodents out of my hotel, it rides on my shoulder though the place sometimes, and it doesn't need to be cleaned once a month. Also, cats are far more intelligent than dogs.
A dog looks around itself and says; my owner gives me a warm place to stay, loves me, feeds me, and makes sure I am happy, they must me a God.
A cat looks around itself and say, this human feeds me, pets me, loves me, gives me shelter, I must be a God.
I think it has something to do with how their DNA is structured, it is amazing how different they are and how easy it is to manipulate breeding to get traits (I suppose their enhanced genetic diversity could do with domestication, but I'm not sure)Mr Cwtchy said:
I can't stand cats. Dogs are a bit better, I'm not really a pet person, my brother on the other hand is unable to stand animals with fur. Otherwise, his skin would explode with rashes.
On the whole, I like cats more.
I miss my cat...
He wasn't just a pet, he was pretty legitimately my Wizard Familiar or Druid Animal Companion.
Little dude would sense when I was in a horrible mood and he'd come find me at 1am standing in a yard, looking at the moon half-way down the block from our house, and he'd just meow at me once to say hi and then sit down next to me and look at the moon with me for like half an hour...and then he'd quietly follow me all the way back home and go about his business playing in the yard when I went inside.
I still honestly can't make reasonable sense of that little cat.
But, I do love my goofy-ass little American pit bull terrier puppy. She's like a battering ram tank of a little kid hyped up on a bucket of Pixie Sticks.....and she's scared of eeeeevvvveeeerrrrryyyyttttthhhhhiiiiinnnnggggg she's not familiar with....
I've had something like 7 cats, like 9 dogs, 3 rabbits, 2 mice, some birds, some fish, and a "pond" with some turtles (currently 1 old calico cat, 1 Rottweiler, 1 German Shepherd, and 1 APBT).
Just in general, I've been slightly more fond by default of most cats I encounter.
I kinda think it's because several of my cats have been hilariously intelligent and human-like:
* assuming the doorstop knob was a cat-doorknob and mimicking the way people use doorknobs to open doors (cat used to come in and the door would fling open like an invisible Kramer burst into the room)
* knowing how to open the pull-tab cat food but simply being too weak to actually pull it off
* sitting like a person in a chair at the dinner table when everyone came to eat (even though he never got food at the table)
* being terrified of the vacuum cleaner....but only when it was plugged in (otherwise the vacuum was ignored like furniture)
* swatting roaches to death and then nudging them over to the trash can
* training German Shepherd puppies to be terrified of them (yes, really)
* etc
* etc
* etc
/ramble
I miss my cat...
He wasn't just a pet, he was pretty legitimately my Wizard Familiar or Druid Animal Companion.
Little dude would sense when I was in a horrible mood and he'd come find me at 1am standing in a yard, looking at the moon half-way down the block from our house, and he'd just meow at me once to say hi and then sit down next to me and look at the moon with me for like half an hour...and then he'd quietly follow me all the way back home and go about his business playing in the yard when I went inside.
I still honestly can't make reasonable sense of that little cat.
But, I do love my goofy-ass little American pit bull terrier puppy. She's like a battering ram tank of a little kid hyped up on a bucket of Pixie Sticks.....and she's scared of eeeeevvvveeeerrrrryyyyttttthhhhhiiiiinnnnggggg she's not familiar with....
I've had something like 7 cats, like 9 dogs, 3 rabbits, 2 mice, some birds, some fish, and a "pond" with some turtles (currently 1 old calico cat, 1 Rottweiler, 1 German Shepherd, and 1 APBT).
Just in general, I've been slightly more fond by default of most cats I encounter.
I kinda think it's because several of my cats have been hilariously intelligent and human-like:
* assuming the doorstop knob was a cat-doorknob and mimicking the way people use doorknobs to open doors (cat used to come in and the door would fling open like an invisible Kramer burst into the room)
* knowing how to open the pull-tab cat food but simply being too weak to actually pull it off
* sitting like a person in a chair at the dinner table when everyone came to eat (even though he never got food at the table)
* being terrified of the vacuum cleaner....but only when it was plugged in (otherwise the vacuum was ignored like furniture)
* swatting roaches to death and then nudging them over to the trash can
* training German Shepherd puppies to be terrified of them (yes, really)
* etc
* etc
* etc
/ramble
This.Realitycrash said:
Both cats and dogs are high maintenance and messy. Dogs are more fun though IMO but more messy as well. Also I'm single and I live in an apartment so keeping a cat or dog in here all day while I'm at work would just seem cruel to me. So last Thursday I bought 2 rats, and they are so cute. I just hope they respond as well to training as my last rat did. They are as smart as dogs you know. Rats that is. Hamsters are lazy idiots.
I used to have a dog and now I have a cat. Cats are much easier, though my cat is fairly high maintenance. He loves company and could play forever. I still like dogs, but I think nowadays I prefer a cat.
Cats are intelligent and at least my cat loves me. Follows me around and waits for me to come home. He even fetches toys better than my friends dog. We go for walks, but if the weather is bad, we're both happy and warm on the couch I can also take him where ever I go.
If not, now you have.
Cats are intelligent and at least my cat loves me. Follows me around and waits for me to come home. He even fetches toys better than my friends dog. We go for walks, but if the weather is bad, we're both happy and warm on the couch
I can also take him where ever I go.
If not, now you have.
I ticked Deathclaw but I love dogs.
You never see stories of cats staying and howling by their owners once they are dead. Cats don't see you as a part of the pack, they see you as an overly large can-opener.
You never see stories of cats staying and howling by their owners once they are dead. Cats don't see you as a part of the pack, they see you as an overly large can-opener.
I fucking love my cat, mostly because I don't have to take it outside three times a day. I's a matter of taste, really. Do you want a loyal companion that needs a lot of attention, or an occasional hugtimefest from an animal that pretty much handles itself. I choose the latter.
My avatar would be too obvious so I'll go with the more traditional Wobbegong, loyal creature of the ocean.
What?Hateren47 said:
Okay, dogs, yes. Most dogs are messy and high maintenance, but cats???!??!
Cats are just about the most self-sufficient, neat and orderly creature that people keep as pets....
They don't eat the furniture, they don't crap in the house, they clean themselves, they can be let outside and you can rely on them to find their own way back... Even if you can't let them out, they can very easily and almost effortlessly be trained to use a litterbox and they can keep themselves endlessly occupied indoors.
The only issues you might have with cats is them clawing the furniture, which is easily fixed by declawing them, or cat hair getting all over stuff if you happen to have a cat who sheds a ton. ....but even the cat hair often isn't a problem since cats constantly clean themselves and just make it into an easily handled hairball....and my cats have always done that outside too.
Allergic to both, especially cats. If I had no allergies and was given a free choice, I'd probably go cat: quiet, relatively tame, independent, requires no walking. Plus they rule for the lawlz.
Tigers are solitary creatures, they need to be like that in order to survive.Bradeck said:
Dogs are pack animals, and a pack could easily kill a Bengal tiger.
I have a Weimaraner, a dog bred for hunting and killing bears in packs.
I love them both because I love pretty much all animals.
I prefer puddy tat's though, they're less hard work, cute, and not too affectionate like dogs.
I do love doggies though, I only prefer cats to a landslide.
I prefer puddy tat's though, they're less hard work, cute, and not too affectionate like dogs.
I do love doggies though, I only prefer cats to a landslide.