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Cats vs dogs: Which pet is smarter?
Daily News ^ | January 19, 2012 | Kate Greene

Posted on 12/04/2017 3:15:54 PM PST by mairdie

Posted for Daffynition:

Researchers at CanCog Technologies, a private institution in Toronto that studies behavior and aging in companion animals, have tested dogs and cats on the same tasks, using cats that show the same level of interest in food rewards as the dogs. They found that cats make more errors than dogs and require more trials to learn the same tasks.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; dogs; intelligence
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To: 21twelve

Our wolfhound used to reach DOWN to take the roast off the kitchen counter.


61 posted on 12/04/2017 5:19:58 PM PST by mairdie
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To: OldMissileer

Absolutely wonderful! Now THAT’S what I call a smart dog!


62 posted on 12/04/2017 5:20:53 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Fawn

Definitely!


63 posted on 12/04/2017 5:24:37 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians aren’t born, they’re excreted.” - Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: 21twelve
That dog was also apt to eat any of their sandwiches that they left down low on the coffee table, etc.

When my son was about six years old I gave him a roll for a snack. It was the last roll. He was standing in the Family Room smiling at me in gratitude when our dog, now sadly departed, walked by, and without slowing down or changing stride turned her head and cleanly snatched that roll right out of my son's hand. Not to be mean but the look on my son's face was priceless and I couldn't stop laughing.

64 posted on 12/04/2017 5:25:57 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: mairdie
Absolutely wonderful! Now THAT’S what I call a smart dog!

Actually it is our male cat. The only time our dogs care about the TV is when there is a dog barking so they have to answer.

65 posted on 12/04/2017 5:27:53 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: mairdie

PI R SQUARED! :)
66 posted on 12/04/2017 5:39:47 PM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: mairdie

I’ve long felt and accepted that dogs are smarter.

I just prefer cats.

Now, if I wanted a really smart animal, I’d get a pig.


67 posted on 12/04/2017 5:42:13 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: BigEdLB

I love him! Please give him a hug from us. Great, alert eyes.


68 posted on 12/04/2017 5:43:56 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Crucial
That’s very imaginative and very well written. You have talent!

I wish I could claim credit, but it was largely stolen from an anonymous source. I do have a talent for keeping good things.

69 posted on 12/04/2017 5:48:41 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: This_Dude
Until I see police walking around with drug/explosive/cadaver sniffing cats, dogs win.

Sniffing out explosives? Me thinks that cats are smarter than dogs for that reason alone.

70 posted on 12/04/2017 5:52:20 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: mairdie

That is not a fair question to ask, if I say dog I will get
Sued by the worm lovers but if I say worms
I might get sued by the fish lovers.


71 posted on 12/04/2017 5:55:26 PM PST by ravenwolf (If the Bible does not say it in plain wordsView Replies, please don`t preach it to me.)
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To: mairdie

My Rat Terrier sits on my cat almost daily. They play fight and the Rat Terrier always wins then sits on the cat.


72 posted on 12/04/2017 6:00:48 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: BigEdLB

Ugly son of a gun.


73 posted on 12/04/2017 6:01:06 PM PST by ravenwolf (If the Bible does not say it in plain wordsView Replies, please don`t preach it to me.)
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To: mairdie

They were closed-circuit security cameras mounted on the houses.


74 posted on 12/04/2017 6:11:26 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Catmom

Smart, and also apparently uptight about the least little thing.

Squealing loudly is a pig thing, at the least little disturbance. Makes for annoying pets.


75 posted on 12/04/2017 6:12:34 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: mairdie

cats are smarter: no one can MAKE them do anything they don’t want to do, and they they get pretty much everything they demand. I wish I was smart enough to get away with all of that ...


76 posted on 12/04/2017 6:14:23 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: yarddog

Some canines can learn over 400 commands. Cats don’t even come close. Both learn commands reinforced by treats. Dumb Border Collies are way beyond the smartest cat.


77 posted on 12/04/2017 6:14:58 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: mairdie

Reb is right, the surface area of the cerebral cortex is largest in man due to the folded architecture.


78 posted on 12/04/2017 6:19:11 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: mairdie

Reb is right, the surface area of the cerebral cortex is largest in man due to the folded architecture.


79 posted on 12/04/2017 6:19:53 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: freedumb2003

That sums it up perfectly!


80 posted on 12/04/2017 6:24:34 PM PST by EdnaMode
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