"That is a dog award with the word 'dog' crossed out and the word 'cat' written in, in crayon." pace Monty Python
Posted on 01/26/2017 7:30:43 AM PST by C19fan
The dog was put down.
BTWay, Every time I see a story about a dog mauling or killing a person, I wonder if that’s because they’re “smarter.”
Cats are not aloof at all. It’s a big misconception. I have one cat, a female, who literally worships me. When I’m home she’ll jump in my lap, climb up on my chest, and sit there with her head near mine, purring away. If I ignore her she gently reaches out her left paw and touches my face until I respond. If I stop petting her she reaches out again.
Another female dashes to sit in my lap in the early morning, purring madly, only to run away as if her life is in danger by mid-morning if you try to pet her. By the evening she’s all lovey dovey again. It’s a cycle that repeats every day.
Our older male is a sweetheart. Fluffy, friendly, and a little clown who is as mellow as can be. Usually up for a tummy rub and while he’ll kick and claw in response, its ever so mild and he never breaks the skin.
The younger male, techically just a foster right now, is hell on wheels, and very smart. We have to keep the bathroom faucet handles covered because he quickly learned how to turn on the water and will do so any time he feels like it. He wants to play most of the time, much to the chagrin of he older cats. Yet like most felines he’ll go to whatever room you’re in, and every night he’s already in bed when we get there, ready to snuggle through the night.
Yes, we have four cats right now!
Our cat is smarter than our dog, in a nefarious way.
Dogs have owners, Cats have staff.
(On a somewhat related note, whenever we are both out in public and one of us tries to push a door marked "pull" - or vice-versa - the other one always says, "Midvale." Yeah, we're weird.)
Mr. niteowl77
I’m a “dog” person. I have had several cats that I loved. (none at the moment).
This is apples and oranges. Dogs and cats are so different that you can’t say which is smarter. Smarter at WHAT? It depends. They don’t think alike.
It’s like Donkeys and elephants. They are just “different”.
The most memorable “cat fud” Farside cartoon that I recall was a dog hiding in a laundry room, with a scribbled sign placed on the washing machine door, “cat fud,” as a cat sauntered by. The caption was “Please, Oh Please!”
may not be guilt- may be just a submissive gesture- nothing to do with guilt- but knowing it crossed a line- Dogs always test the boundaries to see how much dominance they can have and get away with it- dogs are driven by only a few things, food, and pecking orders- as well as a few others- It’s really just an appeasement look- not actual guilt- a nubmer of studies have concluded that
Your post filled me with sadness just now.
My cats are VERY smart! They understand voice commands and gestures. One of them promptly obeys, and the other cat laughs and says, “Rules? Rules are for other people!” That little rebel is, of course, Zizu. But her daily antics make me laugh so much, you have to forgive her that impudence!
Yeah right. Dogs are more intelligent than cats.
Cats voted for Hillary. Dogs voted for Trump.
Maybe so, but my chocolate lab will go to the end on my driveway and fetch the newspaper. I’ve never seen a cat do that.
The Midvale shirt was the favorite of one of my kids until he wore it out.
Cats dogs and rabbits all have roughly the same intelligence levels when fully grown, and it is on average estimated to be somewhere around the levels of a 5-7 year old child. Of course each one is different and will vary.
“cats rule, dogs drool!”
(now That should stimulate the postings here, ha ha)
“cats rule, dogs drool!”
(now That should stimulate the postings here, ha ha)
Anyone who has worked with monkeys and apes will tell you that they're very difficult to house break - they crap where they want to. In contrast, cats and dogs are very easy to house train, yet nobody would claim that cats and dogs are smarter than chimps on account of being more trainable.
Similarly, the fact that dogs are more trainable than cats tells you more about their social nature and ability (as social animals) to respond to our emotional cues than it does to learning ability.
Brave, smart dog
"That is a dog award with the word 'dog' crossed out and the word 'cat' written in, in crayon." pace Monty Python
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