Posted on 06/26/2008 12:29:04 PM PDT by rface
Difference between cats and dogs: Dogs think, "Wowee, these people feed me, play with me, give me toys, clean up my mess and make me very happy. They must be gods!" Cats think, "Wowee, these people feed me, play with me, give me toys, clean up my mess and make me very happy. I must be a god!"
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People who have cats really want a dog but haven't got the time to keep one. So they settle for a cat which is vastly inferior because you can't take it for walks, it wont bring anything back to you unless it killed it first, and it will never ever treat you with anything less than complete contempt.
It is well known, in fact that cats ARE dogs, in spite of what those silly, left-wing inspired dictionaries, naturalists, scientists, and pet owners claim. We at Conservapedia face an uphill battle undoing several centuries of leftwing brainwashing that attempts to sell the notion that these domesticated, four-legged mammal carnivores are different animals entirely, and as soon as I find some scientists and naturalists who agree with me, I'll be sure to post them as cites. Honest. Cross my heart and hope to die.
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People who have dogs are emotionally insecure individuals who need the validation of constant, interminable, unremitting, unconditional affection, affection, affection. That is why Walt Whitman wrote:
I think I could turn and live with cats, they are so placid and self-contain’d I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth.
Also, dogs slobber.
Well, cats do, too, but at least cats have the courtesy to spread it thinly and discreetly all over their body in a dignified way, where it dries out and becomes invisible except for adding that subtle gloss to their coat.
Unlike our Newfoundland who flings great stringy arcs of slobber all over the house, leaving big dried strings of Newfie spittle on the couch, the television set, and as high as five feet up on our walls.
Cats have many uses of which I'll name just a few.
Cats can be: -Made into violin or racquet strings
-Eaten in fine foreign cuisine
-Taunted for amusement with yarn, feathers and the like
-Dropped upside-down from very high places, only to land rightside-up
-Made into effective scapegoats of superstitious belief
-Killed eight times and emerge unscathed
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From this short list, surely everyone can begin to see just how useful cats truly are!
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Cats are subtle, devious and very very egocentric. Cats treat humans as if they were other cats, whereas dogs attempt to become human. Cats will come to you to be stroked, but if you don't do it right, or they tire of you, you may find that you are suddenly grabbed by claws or teeth. It's what a cat would do to another cat (on friendly terms) to say 'ok, thats enough'. I have known cats to walk into a room, lie on a chair, and when asked to move pretend to be asleep, then behave as if they have been there for hours. Soem cats will even argue with you visibly and vocally. If you understand cat intelligence, you are in a world of subtlety, arrogance and individual need. It's like having the most determined and self-assured three year old imaginable.....
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I miss my dog. Kept the catbox clean.
Good site....when I start looking, I keep on and on and on! Its so addictive....
It certainly is addictive. Be sure to check out their sister sites too.
Oh, and before I forget...
I only got to glance at it a few minutes but it truly is a cute overload...saw some precious things...thanks much!
Well, how nice for you.
My pleasure - I love turning people on to those sites.
So do I, but not necessarily in tht order.
I have one who loves a little two-inch-square beanbag my wife made for him. As soon as we pick it up, he'll run out about six feet or so and wait for us to throw it over his head, he then jumps up, catches it, and brings it back for repeat performances.
You might want to try it sometime -- your's might pick up on it like our Smut did -- make him a little bean bag, and start throwing it slowly over his head, and see what happens.
I was a cat person for many years. I didn’t know or have dogs because when I was growing up my mother didn’t want one in the house, so I thought they were unappealing and smelly.
Then my kids talked me into getting a very small puppy about five years ago. The very small puppy grew up. As he did, I found out how wonderful it is to own a dog, especially a hunting dog. Now I have two, and I want more and more. I adore them.
Yes, I’m still fond of cats, but no cat is going to listen for my car and start calling for me when I’m still two blocks away; no cat is going to become hysterical with joy because I’m home, or want to go for walks with me, or follow me around because he loves being with me, or bring me rabbits for dinner. No cat is going to chew up anybody who tries to get into my house, either.
I did litter-train the dogs so I can be gone all day without worrying about messes in the house.
The down side is, no dog is going to drape himself across the top of my computer monitor and flick his tail in just the spot I’m trying to read. I used to enjoy that.
“I love cats. They taste like chicken.”
But dogs make better stew.
I love cats and other people’s dogs.
I have 3 and they will come when I call them too......
That is not a joke...it’s a sick mans way of instilling his hate of cats on others while trying to get away it.
That’s like trying to train a bird to stay off my property. It’s unnatural and ain’t going to happen.
Do you sleep better knowing there's a cat between you and whoever might try to break in in the middle of the night?
and besides...if a bug enters the house in the middle of the night...I'm going to know about it. Cats are very aware...they never sleep.
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