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.
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Yep, more or less. I used to always tell people cats were smarter - so smart they knew better than to do every stupid thing they were told. It is not true cats are smarter, but it makes for a fun line.
I liked it.
My rule of thumb is....those who like cats usually also like dogs.
But those who adore dogs do not always like cats.
My two cents.
My dogs have been more destructive tearing curtains, jackets, comforters, shirts. Rescue dogs often were never trained to behave so you often get bad behavior from them. But I once had 2 kittens and a $3,000 leather corner group. When the kittens were around the year, they would chase each other around the cat like a heat seeking missile on the tail of a fighter jet hard at evasive maneuvers. I thought it was quite funny until I found all the deep pinholes and surface scratches on the white leather of the sofa and love seat. Then again, they never took a dump on my master bed like the dog did. Both can be destructive.
Other than that, neither cats nor dogs are capable of human-like thinking. Humans just have a terrible tendency to anthropomorph their pets. What you believe with a cat sort of having human-like thinking in delicate matters, isn’t true. Not even close.
I generally prefer dogs, but my single favorite pet ever was a cat, and she was by far the smartest pet we’ve ever had.
When she was alive, she ruled the roost. My old lab, maybe the dumbest dog on the planet, was no competition.
My current kitty is the son of a huge orange tom who impregnated many generations of local female kitties. He was a cool old man kitty, with a bad habit, he continually hosed my front porch with cat pee. One day our home was invaded by one of his numerous kitten sons after days of freezing rain. Little fellow just strolled in and made it clear that if we would take him in, he would work hard to be the best behaved cat ever, so we kept him. One day a few months along his daddy was doing his thing on our porch when his son got up in the window and pleaded his case for respecting his property rights. The old boy never peed on my porch again :)
Cats promote exercise. Every 2 hours at night you need to get out of bed to either let them in or let them out. Otherwise, you are going to have to lie awake and listen to the complaints.
That’s funny. I’m going to email it to my cat owned friends.
Dogs come when called.
Cats take a message.
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!
I named my dog ‘Five Miles’ so I can say I walk five miles every day.
My female Yorkie understands what we are saying to her to an amazing degree. He can say, “Go ask her” and she will come where I am and put her paws on me.
She is so bonded to us, she keeps tabs on where each one of us is in the house and sits between those two places, waiting for one of us to move. I do computer work in the library of this house and he does computer work in his office at the other end of that section of the house. She sits in the middle of those two places.
She also has a fit of barking to alert us if she hears anything outside the front or back of the house.
She sleeps on our bed at the foot of the bed. It’s a California King Size bed which is longer than a regular King bed, so there is plenty of room for her there.
If he leaves the house, she sits on the carpet at the end of the wood Kitchen floor and watches the door he will enter when he gets back. He can be gone for hours, and she still sits there waiting.
As small as she is, four pounds, it appears she thinks it is her job to guard/protect us and stays as close to us as she can.
Her groomer picked up new customers last month when they saw her being groomed. They have Yorkies and wanted theirs to be groomed like her. They said she was beautiful and asked the groomer if the owner would allow her to be mated to one of their Yorkies. The groomer said no, the owner wouldn’t do that. The groomer says my Yorkie is the favorite dog she grooms. She was talking to those people like she owned my Yorkie. She said to me when I came to pick her up, “You wouldn’t want her to have babies, would you?” I said no, you were right to tell them that.
Dogs are “people” in a different form. By that, I mean they think, and take definite action based on their thinking and conclusions they make. When someone writes, “They are just dogs”, I know they don’t know much about dogs.
I have and 85 lb. Pitador, a 110 lb. Great Dane, and one 5.5 lb. kitty. Each dog, through the claw treatment, has learned not to screw with the kitty.
>>> Cats rarely attack people.
You must not be aware of the show “My Cat from Hell” on the Animal Planet channel.
Dogs and cats are skilled at finding their way back to their homes and territories.
It’s a shame your neighbor was not responsible enough to have his cat neutered and keep it from wandering the neighborhood.
>>> My cats are wimpy.
Bwahahahaaaaa .....
your cats are wiser and smarter than the human owner giving them credits for.
Love it!
I’m more of a Dog person anyway...For the record...;-)
She also knows that I am the one to give her treats!
Not true. Someone stole my ragdoll cat. She was an awesome little personality, too. Never knew a cat to fart and then smile like she did.
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