My mind is still spinning from your diatribe.
Posted on 01/31/2016 7:33:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Are you a dog or cat person? Does a dog's eager friendliness make him superior to an elegantly aloof feline, or vice versa? It's a debate that has divided animal lovers for generations.
Now a new BBC documentary is seeking to resolve the question by discovering definitively which species has the edge: Britain's eight million cats, or its nine million canines.
In Cats Vs Dogs, animal experts Chris Packham and Liz Bonnin team up with scientists and vets to put our two favourite pets to the test in a host of different categories.
Think you know which one will win? Don't bet on it. Here are some of the findings . . .
Dogs: Almost everything dogs do, from excitedly greeting their owner at the door to lying loyally at their feet, seems to be indisputable evidence of their love.
Cats, on the other hand, are more inscrutable and independent. They decide when their owners are granted a stroke or cuddle. Most owners, however, are convinced their puss loves them but just isn't as demonstrative as a dog.
But are they right? Scientists have already discovered that dogs do seem to love their owners -- studies have found that both produce the 'love hormone' oxytocin when together. It's the same hormone that pregnant women release during birth and breastfeeding to help them bond with their baby.
But cats have never been tested for this. So the show asked U.S. neuroscientist Dr Paul Zak to test both types of animal to solve the eternal question.
'We have pretty good evidence that dogs actually love their humans,' he says. 'A couple of small-scale studies have shown that when owners interact with their dogs, the human and their dog appear to release oxytocin.
It's one of the chemical measures of love in mammals.
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I’ve had 6 cats so far in my life. Each one was sweeter than the next. You have to understand “cat”, which I do. Even my vet marvels at how much my cats obviously love me, and how well behaved they are. Wouldn’t trade my current 2 for the world, little purr machines.
Crap! Now my screen has gone all blurry.
Yeah we set ourselves up everytime. My 17 year old, Oreo, yes he is black and white, is in great shape. But like our grandparents you see their bodies are getting older, sleeping more, body changes. But despite this I will not give up animal guardianship ever. Owie once you get to know him.......LOL
Our cats and dogs are so close to us that truly they all behave like dogs. My large white cat, his name is Nimbus got a nick name this weekend: CRACKER BARREL. Now that is funny. I think he hates it. LOL
Thanks Catsters for brightening up my monday!
LOL!
My cat will fetch a ball and bring it to me, repeatedly, until I get tired.
She’ll bring her ball and drop it on my pillow, first thing in the morning.
Wake up, human! Come play ball!
Wonder if I can teach her to walk a tightrope. LOL.
My mind is still spinning from your diatribe.
Thanks. Now we’re good.
Most of the time, though, you just have to shake your head at their cat ‘parents’ and “what the heck were they thinking?!?!!?” comes to mind all the time.
As Jackson Galaxy (and other rational beings) would have said, those ‘demon cats’ behaved normally as cats would. [Not all, but almost all.]
I do remember that episode, those two put two cats together and think “peace and harmony” amongst human and animal; and their infamous ‘buttering up their cat’ act. (*roll eyes*)
>>>> My kitty Mao definitely understands the word “No!” And she knows the “look” too.
My cats know, but they still do ‘bad stuff’ anyway.
Sometimes they just rather take some ‘punishment’ for their devious satisfaction.......
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