Cats or Dogs the age old debate

[oryx]

I love both, but cats win - for convenience.

I can never agree with those who say a cat is not as loving or devoted as a dog.

Although I wish they'd breed cats and dogs that do your washing up, laundry, vacuuming etc. while you're at work & earn their keep, instead of increasing your housework by 50%.

 

[Rohen]

Dogs do eat shit this is true but hey they wouldnt be dogs if they didnt

Cats have claws sharp ones which are never filed down by their owners.... Yes well....

 

[crass_kitten]

I'm a cat person.

 

[Pingu]

I love both, but cats win - for convenience.

I can never agree with those who say a cat is not as loving or devoted as a dog.

Although I wish they'd breed cats and dogs that do your washing up, laundry, vacuuming etc. while you're at work & earn their keep, instead of increasing your housework by 50%.

some dogs do part of what you ask

http://www.endal.co.uk/

not a spoof site btw, endal is very real.

 

[Skim]

Poll!

Dogs are best – you can't get close to a cat for a good cuddle and a roll around the floor 'cos they just don't want to know

 

[CharlieAddict]

and when did dogs become basic?

you can't teach a cat to sniff out bombs or lost children trapped under rubble.

dogs win it for me.

 

[Jessiedog]

Heh!



Woof

 

[northernhord]

hiya charlie
Dogs are basic precisely for the reason that they can be trained, a cat would laugh at you if you asked it to fetch, cats aint mugs like dogs, but cats are sly I think and selfish, if you were paralysed on your kitchen floor a dog would try and help where as a cat would hope that you died quick so it could eat your liver

 

[tarannau]

Dogs are basic precisely for the reason that they can be trained, a cat would laugh at you if you asked it to fetch,

<Ahem>

Cats can certainly be trained. It's just that most cat owners are lazy and rubbish at training them...

 

[ngeru]

cats also dont sniff crotches

... & they don't try to mount you from behind either!

As a child I've always been a bit nervous of dogs but I'm slowly warming to them with age. I reckon we'll probably get a dog when we move back to NZ... although I'd be a bit fussy over what type. I don't think I could ever put up with a huge dog. LDR's family used to have a vicious Great Dane/Black Lab cross which used to scare me shitless.

But as for cats... well they're a different story entirely. They are by far my fav animals! I love their quirky personailities & ime they give a lot in terms of affection & companionship. (*) The fact that they're also independant, low-maintenance animals means such a pet is more suited to my (current) lifestyle. They're also beautiful & imo a lot more intelligient than given credit for. But then I would say that!

(*) This goes for the type 1 cat which is people-orientated. A type 2 cat is generally more stand-offish & aloof. Iirc such types exist according to one of the books I've got on cat behaviour. (Yeah I'm really *that* obsessed! )

 

[LDR]

... & they don't try to mount you from behind either!

Another negative points for cats then.

 

[EastEnder]

... & they don't try to mount you from behind either!

I'd have thought you'd be used to that sort of thing, what with being married to LDR......

I'm guessing he does the crotch sniffing thing as well....

 

[ChrisFilter]

Cats rule. Dogs suck.

End Of.

Agreed.

 

[ChrisFilter]

This has been done before a few times... cats always win by quite a long way.

 

[Pingu]

i am sensing though that on this thread dogs are looking quite good

 

[twistedAM]

dogs yes

cats come in somewhere down the line after pigs

 

[LDR]

Cats are for people with intimacy issues who can’t grow out of baby talk. It makes me sick.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Cats are for people with intimacy issues who can’t grow out of baby talk. It makes me sick.

Dogs are for people with dependency issues, who need something that clings to them in order to feel loved.

 

[Pingu]

Dogs are for people with dependency issues, who need something that clings to them in order to feel loved.

cats are for people who like the smell of cat wee wee



cats are ok tbh.. i just prefer dogs

 

[blamblam]

Dogs are for people with dependency issues, who need something that clings to them in order to feel loved.

Still on this old chestnut, eh, despite your humiliating defeat on that big thread last year?

To paraphrase Slipknot: cats = shit

 

[Agent Sparrow]

Still on this old chestnut, eh, despite your humiliating defeat on that big thread last year?

What? Mate, think you've got it all wrong. I remember the dogs losing by a complete landslide on that thread!

But I know, denial is a powerful thing.

Cats might kill birds. Dogs kill children. Remember that guys. Uh huh!

Btw, sorry for hardly talking to you and innit on Saturday, feel really bad about ignoring you both after inviting you!

 

[Agent Sparrow]

cats are for people who like the smell of cat wee wee

Dogs are sooooo much more smelly than cats.

 

[Orang Utan]

Dogs are so much better. Cats are wimps for wimps.

You don't often see a cat chasing a dog, do you.

Yes, you fucking do!

 

[Pingu]

Dogs are sooooo much more smelly than cats.

not according to that font of wisdom for all things comparitive

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1="smelly+cat"&word2="smelly+dog"

 

[EastEnder]

Cats might kill birds. Dogs kill children. Remember that guys. Uh huh!

Absolutely!

And thank God for those mountain rescue cats, and those search cats that find people trapped in buildings, and guide cats for the blind/deaf, the list is endless!!!

I only hope and pray that when I'm trapped down a well with a broken leg, a trusty cat hears my cries and goes off to find help.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Couldn't get a cat in the city mind. There's something a little inherently selfish for me about letting an animal out unsupervised to shit in other people's gardens, make horrendous noises at night and kill a variety of native wildlife. It's a low maintenance pet, but it's not really fair in my book - particularly when there are an ever growing number in the city.

Training to poo indoors and a collar with a bell takes care of two of those problems and dogs make just as horrible a racket and usually keep it up for much longer.

And re: the dog-human bond being stronger - not so sure - my cat follows me everywhere like a dog does - she even waits outside the toilet crying until I come out again

 

[EastEnder]

And re: the dog-human bond being stronger - not so sure - my cat follows me everywhere like a dog does - she even waits outside the toilet crying until I come out again

Surely she crying about the smell?!?!

 

[May Kasahara]

My cats wait outside the bathroom for me too (and can't possibly be complaining about the smells I produce when their own turds are so eye-wateringly beefy). My old cat (RIP) used to wait at the end of the path for me every day after school as well.

Oh, and the reason that you don't often see cats chasing dogs is that cats prefer to terrify with more subtle means than dopey brute force. My grandma's cat regularly used to scare her giant golden labrador into a state of incontinent terror by doing...nothing at all apart from sitting in its way.

 

[Orang Utan]

Surely she crying about the smell?!?!

But she tries to come in with me! I'm not too comfortable about my cat watching me have a shit.

 

[Pingu]

But she tries to come in with me! I'm not too comfortable about my cat watching me have a shit.

your cat is just into scat...

cats are weird like that aparantly. German kitty porn is banned in most civilised countries