These are just generalizations of both cats and dogs, and the people who prefer one over the other. There are of course always exceptions. Even to the point people have pets beyond the 2 choices of cats and dogs.
My 4 lb., seven months old female Yorkie, name is Prissy, is a house dog and smells sweet all the time and watches through the two glass doors to the outside and if anything moves, THEN she barks and runs to get me.
She also barks when we play, but that’s it. She is calm but playful. She and I live alone and we love each other. She always wears a pink bow on the top of her head to hold her hair back out of her eyes.
A Yorkie’s hair is more like human hair so it doesn’t smell like regular dog hair. She also goes to the beauty shop once a month to keep tangles out of her long hair and have a nice doggy bath.