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Cats and Dogs Living Together
WhenWeAreQueen ^ | December 14, 2008 | pharmamom

Posted on 12/14/2008 2:11:33 PM PST by pharmamom

He will not stop making biscuits on my belly. I shoo him away; back he comes. I smash him down flat on my lap; he pops back up and starts kneading. He is purring loudly enough to wake the dead, too. Maybe I smell bad or something. Cats are truly inscrutable. Which is probably why Jonah Goldberg doesn’t like them. You always do know where you stand with a dog. The Goldberg household is getting a feline inhabitant; Jonah is going to do a contrast and compare of Cosmo and the cat. Well, I can give him a few points right now:

Dogs are collectivists, with (unsurprisingly) the most important members of the collective getting the best stuff. Cats are individualists and entrepreneurs (Tiger is always out making his own way in the world).

Dogs are always hanging about, wanting to know what you are up to. Cats are libertarians; they don’t care what you do, so long as you don’t interfere with their business.

Dogs are populists; they like everyone and everything. Dogs want to share everything. Cats are particular and discriminating.

Dogs enjoy the welfare state. You have to wash them, feed them, clean up after them, pet them and constantly reassure them that they’re loved. Cats are frontiersmen, pioneers. They find their own food, bury their own poop, bathe themselves and enjoy their own company.

And the last word, and really, the only thing you need to know: Dogs eat cat poop.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: catvsdog; dogs; humor; kitties
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To: Joe 6-pack

I just know that this border collie not only felled and decorated that tree, he probably also chose and wrapped the presents himself!

He's probably waiting for Santa

Mark

21 posted on 12/15/2008 4:37:42 AM PST by MarkL
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To: MarkL

Indeed. Borders are among the very, very few breeds I will willingly admit are as smart as, if not even somewhat smarter than, my beloved German Shepherds.


22 posted on 12/15/2008 4:43:48 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: MarkL
BTW, I was playing around with the effects on some of my photos from New Skete....tell me what you think....


23 posted on 12/15/2008 4:52:37 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: pharmamom; All

I believe it’s just the oppposite......cat lovers are usually Republicans....they don’t need anyone to fuss over them and give them constant attention and constantly feed or let them outside they can go to the bathroom. I’ve also noticed that people who need to be needed and are outgoing and needs lots of people around them are dog lovers...
People who are more intellectual, not needing constant companionship or approval, are cat lovers. All makes logical sense too!


24 posted on 12/15/2008 5:14:01 AM PST by Fawn (I want my bailout too!!!!)
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To: pharmamom

Glad someone else sees that cats are actually closer to libertarian philosophy than dogs for a change! Usually here we get “cats are socialists”.

Each may have components of socialism/libertarianism, but overall I think cats are more libertarian. It’s dogs who have to be watched after constantly, don’t take care of themselves, and are better (somewhat) at being bossed around.


25 posted on 12/15/2008 5:23:27 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: pharmamom

LOL I agree.

I don’t understand people who are “haters” 1 way or the other.

They’re different on the surface.

But the truth is, they’re also very much the same. To rebuff the cat-haters here (which there always are), there are many bad dogs (including the kind who just couldn’t care less about you), and many wonderful cats (who follow you everywhere “like dogs”). I’ve had some great cats, and known some others. Many are flaky, but many are not. And it’s actually the same for dogs.

Plus, when dogs are bad - they’re really bad. Everything from damaging property to killing you. Cats tend not to make messes at all.


26 posted on 12/15/2008 5:30:21 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

A whole flock of them in their own house couldn’t outsmart my young new-to-their-house GS 20 years aog. ;-)


27 posted on 12/15/2008 5:34:19 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Did you see my New Skete Pics?
28 posted on 12/15/2008 5:37:22 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack
That little girl must have been taking lessons from MY little girl -- she can't hold her licker either.

It's enough to make me want a Shepherd . . . and that breed was my second choice, but it just wouldn't have been fair to a Shepherd to introduce her into a house full of rowdy kids and insane Siamese cats. I mean, Shepherds take life too seriously to tolerate THAT sort of chaos.

Labs thrive on it. They're natural clowns and they are always right in the middle of the uproar, contributing to it with glee.

29 posted on 12/15/2008 5:51:56 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
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To: Joe 6-pack

Yes I did! Very cool. Do you happen to know their policies on getting pups?


30 posted on 12/15/2008 6:47:26 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: MarkL; JoeSixPack
He is scary smart.. I swear he knows what I'm going to do before I even know it!

I was listening to CoasttoCoastam with Ian Punnett last night.. He had a Very interesting author Dean Koonz on for the first hour.. They had an interesting exchange of thoughts and stories about dogs and life. I'm thinking of getting his new book Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life to read to my little nephew.
31 posted on 12/15/2008 7:00:47 AM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hmmm. I don’t know about all those chickens. I think chickens are apolitical; they just vote for whomever won’t kill them. Or you could see them as similar to we few taxpayers who are left—having our eggs stolen and our necks wrung in order to satisfy the masses.


32 posted on 12/15/2008 7:17:42 AM PST by pharmamom (Queen. http://www.whenwearequeen.com)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL!


33 posted on 12/15/2008 7:20:29 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I know; I don’t understand the socialist-feline meme. Our cats are total libertarians, catching their own food, minding their own business, engaging in intellectual conversation when warranted...the dog just wants, wants, wants...feed me, pet me, put me out/let me in/put me out/let me in, feed me, pet me, more, more, more. Complete welfare state animal. I love him, but boy, is he needy.


34 posted on 12/15/2008 7:23:07 AM PST by pharmamom (Queen. http://www.whenwearequeen.com)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Kitty Sad
35 posted on 12/15/2008 7:38:53 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Every few generations the really, really bad ideas come back around for another go."--Howard Tayler)
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To: pharmamom

36 posted on 12/15/2008 7:40:24 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("I love democracy. I love Free Republic")
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To: Cyber Liberty
Love my kitty. Actually I have two, and there are two more begging to be part of my family...They are outside the front door, and they go in for shots tomorrow.

You're hooked!!!! That's exactly the way we got most of our 9.

37 posted on 12/15/2008 10:40:50 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. H.L. Mencken)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

I love that cartoon! LOL, (knead-knead-knead) OOO-OO-OWW-OOWW-OOOO-OOWWW!


38 posted on 12/15/2008 10:57:29 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: pharmamom

“Cats and dogs, living together...mass hysteria!”


39 posted on 12/15/2008 10:58:41 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Now I’m totally confused! I have two dogs, two cats and 50 chickens. Just which political party am I supposed to belong to? ;)

You are a member of the Partie Liberal du France. The 50 chickens was the giveaway :)

40 posted on 12/15/2008 11:02:57 AM PST by PasorBob
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