Posted on 06/19/2015 8:10:41 AM PDT by Altariel
Here are five (mostly) scientific reasons why dogs trump cats.
1. Exercise motivation
While dogs demand physical and recreational activity, all cats demand is food and a comfy sofa to sleep on all day. Great job being a role model, Felix!
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2. Give the elderly a purpose
Pets are wonderful stress relievers for people of all ages, but the elderly in particular benefit from owning a dog.
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3. Sniff Out Cancer
Cats have an attuned sense of smell, but they're difficult to train. The top cats also can't match the top dogs nose for nose.
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4. Smarter
Cats have more neurons in their brains than dogs, but by most accounts, dogs put theirs to better use, performing tasks like leading the blind or locating survivors of a disaster.
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5. Stronger Bond with Humans
Cats can be just as affectionate as dogs, but there's little question that the bond between a dog and its owner is stronger.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearscience.com ...
Unlike with dogs, you don’t have to bear witness to every, single, kitty bowel movement :)
A dog thinks “these humans feed me, and love me, and take care of me. They must be gods!”
A cat thinks “these humans feed me, and love me, and take care of me. I must be a god!”
funny
Cats are also not actionable. People sue each other over dogs all the time. Dogs attack people and other dogs. If two cats fight, who cares? Cats rarely attack people.
All of my cats are outdoor cats. Only one of them will venture off the property. Mostly they hunt things like moles.
Cats don’t have owners. Cats have staff.
We have a cat and a dog, and the cat is in charge. Haven’t you seen those videos of dogs afraid to pass by their cat ‘friend’?
I was recently at a point where I thought of eating a bullet. As I sat there, my dog walked up to me slowly, put his tennis ball in my lap and licked the tears of my face.
I still think that boy knew...
I prefer cats because:
1. I don’t want an animal jumping all over the place and scratching up my wood floor. I do not want to have to walk a dog daily, I’m busy.
2. I don’t need an animal to give me purpose. I already have that from other things.
3. I never want an animal to give me any inkling of a disease. I will see a doctor for that, early or not.
4. I’ve had both cats and dogs. I think cats are smarter but it takes a wiser animal owner to recognize that.
5. I have a much stronger bond with my cats than I had with our dogs. Our dogs, though very intelligent, did not have the same sort of human like thinking on more delicate matters.
Comparing apples snd oranges. It’s stupid to say that apples are better than oranges and it’s stupid to say that dogs are better than cats.
They’re different.
(Good boy, that's a good doggie.)
I like what Winston Churchill said:
I am fond of pigs.
Dogs look up to us.
Cats look down on us.
Pigs treat us as equals.
>>> 1. Exercise motivation
Speaking like some one never have to chase a cat upstairs/downstairs/all over the house. I have 5, currently. I have my exercise plenty. Daily.
That was the best thing I have read on FR in a long time. That is the best thing I have read anywhere in a long time. The author is either very talented or just hit a once-in-a-lifetime home run. I just sent that to 100 people which is way bigger than my usual distribution list because it is something almost everybody can enjoy.
Thanks. You made my day sharing that one. I keep reading it over again.
We use to have a cat that would wait for you to get all comfortable on the couch and then jump up on the kitchen counters. If you didn’t get up to shooh her away.. she would knock things off the counters to get your attention. So, you got up, chased her away, sat back down and creep, creep, creep.. here she would come... right back up on the counters.
Our geriatric retired lawyer neighbor had a half dozen cats. One of them was a big black tom who roamed the neighborhood impregnating countless female kitties until we had a huge glut of black cats. You could not leave or enter our neighborhood without one of them running in front of your vehicle.
At that time we had a beautiful 1941 Cadillac which was fully restored and our pride and joy. The big black tom cat liked it too and would sneak into our garage when the door was opened even briefly and piss all over the car. If we left the windows open it would get inside the car and do its dirty business on the genuine mohair interior. If the windows were cracked it would somehow pee through the cracks and also on the windshield. It would sneak out of the garage when the door was opened and often we would not even realize it had been in there until we found or smelled the damage. It was extremely stealthy.
I confronted our old neighbor about the problem and he refused to do anything about it. He said the cat had very good taste and that he would always be free to roam and that keeping him away from our car was our own responsibility.
I finally caught the cat. After quite a struggle I got him into a pet carrier and relocated him ten miles away in a nice neighborhood on the opposite side of a freeway from us. I wished him luck finding a new hopefully more responsible family. BUT HE WAS BACK THE VERY NEXT DAY. He was sitting in front of our garage growling at me and flicking his tail back and forth before running off. After experiencing nearly homicidal rage, I finally gave up; cleaned the car up and sold it on eBay.
Not long after that our recalcitrant old neighbor had a massive heart attack and died. His family took the cats they could catch to the pound. The house was sold and the new owners had to completely gut it to undo all of the damage the cats had done. Coyotes moved into the neighborhood and ate all the remaining black strays that were still running around. We are currently working on a 1942 Cadillac.
You doing OK now?
Dogs have more upside and more downside. Cats are lower maintenance but less rewarding. I know the cat only folks will disagree with that. I love both dogs and cats. They have their roles. Both can be hilarious entertainment at times. Both can be destructive. Both can be inconvenient. Both can be affectionate. I have had cats that were more affectionate than my German Shepherd Dog was. He was loyal to a fault and a constant companion, but not the touchy-feely affectionate dog like the rest I have had. Nothing like having a warm cat curl up in your lap in the dead of winter while you are reading a book. There is nothing like having a dog muzzle you when you are down, as if he can tell and is trying to cheer you up.
Both are wonderful pets, the best pets on the planet. No wonder they are so popular in this world of anonymous neighborhoods and broken families and distrustful society.
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