Cats or dogs

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Dogs hands down!  NO CONTEST!

[dynamobt]

Definitely Dogs!!

[maul]

People who choose dogs like to exert power over submissive, small-brained creatures, likely because they don't have any other form of power. Kind of like forum moderators.

[j_menz]

Are we talking lunch or dinner?

[ted]

I like both and have no particular preference. Dogs are more dependent and the more demanding of time and resources, but the rewards in terms of loyalty are probably greater. Most cats will settle where the food is, but of course there are always exceptions. The readiness with which people acquire cats and dogs and then abandon them when they become inconvenient is very sad.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

People who choose dogs like to exert power over submissive, small-brained creatures, likely because they don't have any other form of power. Kind of like forum moderators.

Lol?

[quantum]

Dogs!!!!

[birba]

Dogs adapt to you, you adapt to your cat.  But that doesn't make one better than the other.  They're just different.  When i see my dog play and cuddle and hump (!) my cat i don't think i could ever make the choice!

[costicina]

CATS!!!!
But I've never had a dog. I guess I could change my mind

[ahinton]

Cats. No question. No contest. As the oft-quoted expression runs, "dogs have masters - cats have servants".

Best,

Alistair

[m1469]

Well, the way I figure it, either way you will sometimes knowingly wear and even occasionally digest animal fur, so I say whichever looks the best on you and whichever tastes the best or has the most nutrition.

[birba]

Leave it to  to turn an inoccuous thread into a 'meaningful' consideration of animal rights.  I could go one further and protest the sacrifice of countless animals that go into dog and cat foods...

[j_menz]

I could go one further and protest the sacrifice of countless animals that go into dog and cat foods...

What else are you going to do with dead racehorses. 

Oh, wait. Europe has solved that, haven't they.....


 

[birba]

As if it's only horsemeat...

[birba]

And you're still avoiding the issue.  Cats or dogs?  I would guess dogs, for some reason.  I absolutely knew hinton was a cat person.  And  ?  Catwoman!!!

[j_menz]

I would guess dogs, for some reason. 

If you mean me, you're right. The reason? Sanity.

Not that cats don't have their uses.

[birba]

 

[birba]

OK.  Speaking of cats and dogs.
This morning Titania (see below - the one on the right - last year, mind you) caught a little red-breasted sparrow.  I thought she had killed it, but it was still alive.  So I chased her away and put it in a secluded part of the garden when Titania wasn't looking.  I never learn from my mistakes.  What would YOU have done?  My proud sense of being a saviour to all helpless beasts always gets the best of me.  I just can't stay out of situations that are no business of my own....#@§%!!!!


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[ashlin]

Aahh I would love to have an animal! But it's a huge responsibility and I don't have time. When I'm old and retired for sure! A dog! I also find cats quite independant. They are really nice to watch though! Funny and misterious creatures!

But wow you should see my granny's dog! When he wants to eat he comes to the kitchen and lies down in the middle of it. And my poor granny keeps tripping until she gives up prepares him food and puts it into the living room. If she puts it outside he's not going to eat it but keep lying in the kitchen which is my granny's favourite place. He likes to eat in a fancy room although he's a FARM DOG!

And he used to pee on the bed and my granny and grandpa had to hit him quite a few times to stop doing that. He did. Then grandpa left with another woman. It was fine they separated they're still friends he just didn't like farmlife he's more of a city person. After he left the dog started peeing again. But only on grandpa's side of the bed!!! And guess what? No matter how many times my grannny beats him up he's going to keep on doing it! He doesn't give a ...

I think there's a little bit of a cat in that dog!

[patrickd]

Cats, but I never had a dog so my preferences may change.

[iansinclair]

cats, no question.  I have had, and will have, dogs as well.  And horses.  But for companionship around the place, cats.  Dogs are OK, mind, but I dislike being uncritically worshiped -- something a cat will never do.  Accept you, yes.  Be actively fond of you, yes (even some of the barn cats!).  But worship you, no.  They know better...

In order of preference of the critters of various sizes I've kept and worked with -- cats, horses, dogs, cattle.

[outin]

cats, no question.  I have had, and will have, dogs as well.  And horses.  But for companionship around the place, cats.  Dogs are OK, mind, but I dislike being uncritically worshiped -- something a cat will never do.  Accept you, yes.  Be actively fond of you, yes (even some of the barn cats!).  But worship you, no.  They know better...

Exactly!

In order of preference of the critters of various sizes I've kept and worked with -- cats, horses, dogs, cattle.

Mine would probably be something like -- cats (nature's best trial on perfection and make great companions), rats (small but smart), pigs (smart as dogs), cows (not that smart but sweet and I just like them), dogs (some of them are ok), mice (very easy to handle and interesting genetics), reptiles (pretty and interesting), little cute critters like insects and spiders (such diversity and interesting applications by nature), fish (have to admit I like them mostly as prey, but have had a couple of tanks as well), other farm animals and horses (they have their use), birds (don't care that much for birds for some reason) -- did I cover most of the life on the planet? 

[costicina]

Dogs: "He/she feeds me, takes care of me, nurses me ...no doubt, he/she is God!"
Cats: "He/she feeds me, takes care of me, nurses me...no  doubt, I am  God!"

And Birba, it happened often to me to receive that kind of  pityful  "hommages" from my cats: lizards, mices, etc., not dead but horribly wounded. As cruel as it can be, it's a sign that Titania loves you, in spite of the stupid cliché that cats are incapable to give you affection.

I could adduce millions of reasons to love cats, first of all that they are BEAUTIFUL  
 

[birba]

Churchill:  Dogs look up to us,  cats look down on us,  pigs treat us as equals.

[costicina]

 

[ted]

Here's another photo of Catch, my son's cat. He is independent and affectionate as it pleases him. Another cat in the house lets my son spin him around on the floor by his tail. Try that with Catch and your arm would be shredded.

[costicina]

See what I mean?  Catch is smiling!!!

[birba]

Does he also go by "Dracula"?   

[m1469]

And  ?  Catwoman!!!

Well, probably both.  I had only cats growing up, and now we have only a dog.  I loved my cats, I love my dog.  We had a cat while I was growing up who would *love* when I played the piano.  He would come over and sit on the bench with me and purr, or lay by my feet and he was just so happy looking.  It looked like he was smiling.  And, it really made an impression on me to feel like I had somebody to play for, especially somebody who loved it!

My dog is definitely one of my best friends.  He's amazing and I've appreciated so much that he's been a part of our lives.