Cats or dogs??

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:56 pm

I have both. But i will admit dogs take a lot more TLC. But give soooo much love. the question is----what makes the better pet and why????

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:30 pm

I've always been more of a cat person although I have 2 dogs I could never give up.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:42 pm

southern yankee;1298426 wrote: I have both. But i will admit dogs take a lot more TLC. But give soooo much love. the question is----what makes the better pet and why????

I always wanted a Beagle or a Jack Russell, but over the years my love for cats keep piling on!:yh_rotfl

I have four now and wouldn't have it any other way.

and no pee trips outside in the cold!:wah:

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:42 am

Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:20 am

Don't much like either. When I was a wee snot a stray mongrel mutt adopted us and took up quarters under our corn crib. He tolerated us enough to accept food and we tolerated him enough to keep gramps from shooting him.

Mutt and gramps had a feud going since mutt arrived. Once, gramps was in the barnyard checking the stock tank. Mutt came boiling and snarling out from under his corn crib home like a lightning bolt. He latched onto gramp's ankle, biting down hard but doing no damage, thanks to high to leather work boots. Quick as a flash, that old man grabbed mutt by the scruff of his neck, picked him up and shoved him into the stock tank, holding him under for some time. Gramps would have drowned mutt had not dad stopped him.

Gramps threw mutt onto the ground and mutt slunk off to his corn crib, wheezing and coughing. He never took on gramps again.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:08 am

buttercup;1298515 wrote: Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you.

my cats don't look down on me, they only come when they want to!:yh_rotfl

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:40 am

Odie;1298560 wrote: my cats don't look down on me, they only come when they want to!:yh_rotfl the cats allow you to live with them, right??:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:43 am

You could also view it as a cat would be just as happy living next door to you if they provided the same comforts for it, a dog would always want home no matter what comforts were on offer next door.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:57 am

buttercup;1298575 wrote: You could also view it as a cat would be just as happy living next door to you if they provided the same comforts for it, a dog would always want home no matter what comforts were on offer next door.
Unless you have Persian Cats... Then they are too stupid to work out that there Is a world outside the door.

I find my cats time consuming due to the grooming of Persians. They were both rescue... I'd never have bought them other-wise.

My lot live In harmony mainly due to Persians having no aggression but also due to being too stupid to run away when Puppy decides to punce on them. They Just sit and wail for me to rescue them.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:25 am

southern yankee;1298572 wrote: the cats allow you to live with them, right??:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

they feel privileged to live with me.

:yh_rotfl

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:01 pm

buttercup;1298515 wrote: Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. TRUE:wah:;)

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:33 pm

I have had both over the years, sometimes together.

Cats are easier after they mature. Dogs need more attention.

I prefer a parakeet.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:47 pm

My wife had a cat when I met her and I grew to love her.

If shed had a dog Id have grown to love that as well.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:02 pm

We've always had dogs, except when one of the reps in our company came into our office with this poor apology of a young cat, barely out of kittenhood. He was black with a tiny splash of white on his black chest, and a tiny white tip to his tail. He had a runny nose and kept sneezing. I felt so sorry for the little bugger, and I knew he probably had cat flu, but just the same I packed him into a good solid cardboard box, put some breathing holes in it, strapped it on the back of my Vespa scooter and drove carefully home with him. Oliver was our first ever pet. I thought that a cat would be more practical and fairer than a dog, as hubby and I worked all day. Oliver improved, runny nose and sneezing wise, but was never really clear of it, and with tlc he had a good life for another 5 years. He absolutely adored the country life with all the fields to explore, and even as an unadulterated 'tom' he never went off for days on end. He was a hellova mouser, and if I had let him, he would have been a hellova bird catcher. He soon learnt that birds were just there for him to growl at and nothing more! He was a wonderful character, and we mourned his passing.

Even though we had such a pleasant time with a cat, we did prefer dogs.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:51 am

one of cats (Biily Bob) is a big bad lizard catcher, slayer:yh_rotfl. i found his prize in the kitchen this morning. stepping on it, ick!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:05 pm

LarsMac;1298767 wrote: I have had both over the years, sometimes together.

Cats are easier after they mature. Dogs need more attention.

I prefer a parakeet.

I love Parakeets!:guitarist

Ricky was his name, and every morning my mom would let him out of his cage to wake my up for school, he would jump up my stomach and nip on my nose.:-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:06 pm

southern yankee;1298895 wrote: one of cats (Biily Bob) is a big bad lizard catcher, slayer:yh_rotfl. i found his prize in the kitchen this morning. stepping on it, ick!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

say what sis?

he caught a lizard?

for real?

katanne · Post by **katanne** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:08 pm

i would really choose a dog. bec, they are not only man's bestfriend but also, they can protect you as well..=)

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:11 pm

Odie;1299089 wrote: say what sis?

he caught a lizard?

for real? yep. he is quite a small game hunter:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl the killer lizard was about 2"

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:14 am

southern yankee;1299118 wrote: yep. he is quite a small game hunter:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl the killer lizard was about 2"

awwwwwwwwwwww I love lizards, I wish we had them here.

killer lizards!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl