cat person or dog person?

[Zebra]

do you prefer cats or dogs?

I am a cat person.

 

[martybegan]

do you prefer cats or dogs?

I am a cat person.

Dogs. and I mean Dogs, not "dogs"

as Ron Swanson said: Any dog under 50 pounds. is a cat, and cats are pointless.

 

[Darkwind]

Cats.

Pound for pound, they are every bit the apex predator that their huge cousins are.

I love dogs, but let's face it. They're pretty much just a big, bumbling idiot eager to please.

 

[martybegan]

Cats.

Pound for pound, they are every bit the apex predator that their huge cousins are.

I love dogs, but let's face it. They're pretty much just a big, bumbling idiot eager to please.

I get enough indifference and disdain from people at work and in public, I don't need it from an animal when I get home.

 

[Zebra]

Cats.

Pound for pound, they are every bit the apex predator that their huge cousins are.

I love dogs, but let's face it. They're pretty much just a big, bumbling idiot eager to please.

so can vote for the cats here

 

[bluzman61]

I'm a cat person, but I DO like dogs as well.

 

[lg325]

Dogs
neutral on cats

 

[Anomalism]

I like other peoples' dogs.

Dogs are the closest thing you can have to a child without having one. It loves you. It needs you, constantly.

A cat? A cat could take it or leave it, come or go. A cat doesn't automatically love you, like dogs, who are kind of willing slaves to be honest. You have to earn a cat's respect.

I love dogs. They are sweet and loyal, but I respect a cat a lot more, because love isn't guaranteed. They have agency.

 

[Darkwind]

I like other peoples' dogs.

Dogs are the closest thing you can have to a child without having one. It loves you. It needs you, constantly.

A cat? A cat could take it or leave it, come or go. A cat doesn't automatically love you, like dogs, who are kind of willing slaves to be honest. You have to earn a cat's respect.

I love dogs. They are sweet and loyal, but I respect a cat a lot more, because love isn't guaranteed. They have agency.

The thing about a cat, if you permit them and an indoor/outdoor existence, a cat will be able to feed itself.

A dogs single greatest attribute that leads us to love them is their loyalty and bonding. You can litterally see the moments when a dog will bond with a young kids and be with that kid and family literally for their entire life.

A cat is very much an independent entity, but they do experience love, demonstrate love, and affection. It's just more on their terms.

 

[Mr Natural]

Cats are OK but they’re not dogs.

Dogs are special.

 

[mudwhistle]

I get enough indifference and disdain from people at work and in public, I don't need it from an animal when I get home.

Cats are cool and beautiful.
Once they get a certain age, they spend most of their time sleeping if you feed them.
If you don't feed them....they won't be with you for long.

 

[martybegan]

Cats are cool and beautiful.
Once they get a certain age, they spend most of their time sleeping if you feed them.
If you don't feed them....they won't be with you for long.

I think the last part works for goldfish as well.

 

[mudwhistle]

I think the last part works for goldfish as well.

A goldfish can't keep you warm at night.

 

[martybegan]

A goldfish can't keep you warm at night.

That is true, but I'm sure the Japanese will work on that, right after they perfect sex robots.

 

[mudwhistle]

That is true, but I'm sure the Japanese will work on that, right after they perfect sex robots.

They'd have to work on a heater....because otherwise it's like ******* a corpse.

 

[Zebra]

They'd have to work on a heater....because otherwise it's like ******* a corpse.

sounds eerie .... corpse ...

 

[TNHarley]

**** a damn cat. They are selfish assholes.
Dogs are great. Humans dont deserve dogs.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

I've had cats most of my life. They are more independent with attitude, but can also be just as loving with plenty of snuggles and form emotional bonds with humans. They can also be good protectors.....when they wanna be.

I've had a few dogs over the years. As a kid, a half standard poodle, not sure of the other half but probably poodle as well considering he did have papers and where we got him from.....a friend that bred poodles for show. Very intelligent and loyal.

Jack Russell Terrier......was absolutely fearless of anything or anyone and would go up against much larger dogs without a second thought, but he was never aggressive to start anything, he just held his ground and never backed down. Lived a good life of 15 years before I had to make the dreaded call.

GSD/Lab/Pit mix......big oaf when it came to his people, loving, loyal and wanted to please. Because of his unknown background beyond having been thru 4 or 5 other homes, that included abuse with possible neglect by the time we got him when he was about 18 months, he didn't like men. Women and kids were fine, but older teen males or grown men would get a good growling at. It took more than a month before he'd accept my husband wasn't the enemy and eventually became best friends. Best damn chicken herder ever and overall good dog. Lived for 12-ish years before he got really sick and made another dreaded call.


Currently have one cat that's a real ***** ALL THE TIME.. She doesn't fit any mold of 'normal', but we love her anyway.

Then there's the dogs........2 Pit Bull mixes, male & female litter mates. 85lbs and 75lbs respectively. We have no idea what the mix is beyond the 'big bumbling idiot' description above, times 2. No professional training.....not sure they'd figure it out anyway. They can be very smart on how to do all the wrong things, but dumb as a box of rocks to do anything you want them to. They are afraid of everything from the vacume, to bubble wrap, to RC cars, to a jumping frog in the yard. Whatever the mix of breed, it's definitely not a water dog since they run from the squirt bottle, garden hose, bathtub and kiddie pools. Not to mention going for a ride in the car.......they run and hide. Ever try carrying an 85lb squirming, whining, whimpering dog to the car and shut the door before they run back to the house???? Then there's those tails......please don't get them excited or you will have bruises from the whipping.

Best thing about them??? They are the best entertainment with their antics Disney and Hollywood could never hope to duplicate and we love them dearly.

 

[toobfreak]

Dogs. and I mean Dogs, not "dogs"

Dog are great. I love dogs. Just that dogs are a lot bigger, need taken out for walks, need room to run, and tend to destroy homes, and are dirtier.

Cats are less eager to please, less wrapped up in the owner, but make much better house pets, and are just as loving and affectionate and fun, in their own different way.

 

[Muhammed]

I like both. But until recently I didn't have either in the house ever since my old faithful coonhound Sphinx died several years ago. There's just a bunch of feral barn cats on some rural property I own out in Anabaptist country.

About a six weeks ago the kids brought home Zoey, a little feral black cat with sinister green eyes that thier uncle had been feeding.

Of course it immediately scurried into the basement and hid inside of my couch in my den and wouldn't come out. Then the first time it saw daylight it was gone like a bat out of hell.

I put out an animal trap baited with fresh fish. The first night, I caught a racoon. The second night I caught a neighbor's cat, then another neighbor's cat. The third night I caught a skunk. But the 4th night I caught Zoey.

The vet says he's a juvenile about 14 months old. He's well habituated here now. And he seems to have bonded with me the most because we are both creatures with nocturnal tendencies.