Posted on 10/01/2018 7:03:27 AM PDT by C19fan
My cats have never once eaten a dog turd. I rest my case.
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Actually, the octopus is the most intelligent in invertebrate. They can show affection and have problem solving skills. That is why I get upset when I read stories about somebody mistreating an octopus.
There are dumb dogs out there, there are some smart cats out there.. but anyone telling me the average cat is as smart as the average dog, is lying through their teeth.
Owned many of both and this isn’t even a contest...
Ah, dogs vs. cats. Smartest? They are of two distinctly different ilks aren’t they? Many dogs irritate me and most cats don’t. Most obsequious and otherwise clingy people irritate me and most independent free spirits don’t. Sloppy people irritate me, fastidious people don’t.
Most dogs do what you want them to do and most cats expect the opposite. If a dog chooses you he is loyal. If a cat chooses you he is hungry.
If a dog gets hungry he will hang around the back door until you feed him. Cats go out and kill something to eat.
Our fur balls will sit on the bench outside the window near my chair in the evening until I turn out the lights then they slowly migrate to their barn. They aren’t hungry.
Actually, it’s the intelligence of so called “scientists” that is “over interpreted”.
I grew up with many different species of farm animals as well as dogs and cats. I believe there is a wide range of intelligence even within the same species and breeds, but their brains are hard wired differently. Some species like dogs are good at anticipating your next move and are mostly fairly easy to train.
Other types of animals are not very easily trained but are good at figuring out problems like how to get out of fences to get to greener grass, etc...
Brain size. That said, some dogs are shocked and baffled by their own farts. My theory is they think another dog has been around eating their food.
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I saw this and had to laugh. Over the years we have had a few animals. In my youth we had dogs and cats. Now we have just cats. In all that time we, like others, have wondered what they would say if they could talk. Only once have we had one that I wished could talk so I could hear what she had to say since she has so many expressions. She is a Gray Cat and if one could talk I would want it to be that one. She is consistently coming to get my attention about something she doesn’t mEow she just mOws, when one of the others is missing we go looking it, when I work on equipment in the shop or barn when I look up she is there watching every move and will until I finish.
My dogs have never eaten their own excrement that I have seen.
My cat drinks out of the toilet bowls. She stretches way down to the water line to do so.
Both are pretty dumb, though, except for the dog figuring out how to move concrete blocks to exit his pen or the cat shadowing us in the evening demanding we all go to bed so she can snuggle.
Dumbest dog I ever owned was a Basset hound. Smartest dog I ever owned is the one I have now: cross-breed between a dachshund and a rat terrier (he got more of the physical traits of a rat-terrier).
And how does one compare? the cat is smart in cat things. The dog is smart in dog things. Humans are smart in human things. Any basis for comparison is one chosen arbitrarily.
You haven’t met my furbabies. I’ve never seen a dumber dog. Just last night I was saying the cats have so much more personality than any dog we’ve had.
One of the cats just brought me a june bug. Yesterday, she brought me about 8 presents. The dog has never brought me any. The cats say hi when they come in and talk to me. The dog just stands there with a blank look in a puddle of drool. It took him the longest to learn to climb the back steps and about 5 years to learn to bark.
At night, the cats know to head to the bedroom so I can close the door on them so I can leave the outside door open to let the others in. The dog gets in their way to the bedroom or blocks the outside door. Dumb dog is constantly stopping in front of people and tripping them. Broke my foot, bruised half of my body and came within inches of going through the glass door when he did that last year. Half the time he doesn’t understand the word, “kitchen” where his bowl is.
I have a border collie, 2 GSD and 2 mutts. The BC is by far the smartest of the bunch.
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One of our cats likes to watch the toilet swirl but he doesn’t drink from it like the dog does. The cats cover up their poo in the litter box while the dog uncovers it and eats it.
Mr. b didn’t like cats until he brought our first one home.
Our cats figured out lasers right off the bat. Now, they’ll see the light and turn to look at us like we’re the dumb ones.
Ha, she just brought me another present. A grub this time. Those are not fun when you step on them and juice squirts everywhere, so to the trash when she’s not looking.
Don’t get me wrong. I had a Siberian Husky who was the smartest thing in the world. She even understood jokes. Still miss my best friend after all these years.
I like my pet donkey but does he ever make a mess of my house.
When ours were kitties, they would knock on the door. The doorbell was out of their reach. It’s almost out of my reach, bad bad contractor put it at the top of the door.
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