Cats and Dogs - Which do you prefer?

JupiterKid

I've been considering getting a pet for my new place. A cat would be easier to look after, but I'd get more love and loyalty from a dog and exercise too as I would take it on frequent walks.

I like cats and dogs pretty much equally. I know there are a lot of people who like one but not the other. There seems to be a special hatred of cats for some reason.

So what do AHers prefer? cats or dogs? And why?

PandaPoo

Dogs. I love them so much!!

LizT

Dogs, I miss my dog so much
When I get home in the summer, she will sulk for about a week to let me know she was angry at me for leaving her :pac:

gossipgirl10

Cats definitely! Really have never been a dog person...

Don't get all this cat hatred at all I'm not a dog person but I would never say I hated dogs.

Cats are 100% funnier than dogs and I love the fact that they are jerks sometimes it makes for hours of entertainment watching videos on youtube

nullzero

Cat Stevens loves his dog... just saying.

seventeen sheep

Cats. Less needy and desperate for love. They have some dignity and self-respect!

BlaasForRafa

seventeen sheep wrote: »

Cats. Less needy and desperate for love. They have some dignity and self-respect!

Especially when they're licking their own anus.

seventeen sheep

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Especially when they're licking their own anus.

See, self-respect. Who wants to be going around with a dirty anus?

DoYouEvenLift

So what breed of dog would you like OP? You should get one from a shelter and give it the life it deserves rather than letting it be put down.

kneemos

My dog ate our cat,she was just after swallowing a fly.
Not sure if he'll live.

No_Comply

I saw a video on reddit of a dog chasing the ambulance his owner was in. They eventually stopped and let him in and he sat beside his owner in hospital.

Would a cat do that? Would they f*ck.

So, dogs for me. But I do like cats. Actually, anything that's not human gets a thumbs up from me!

crazygeryy

seventeen sheep wrote: »

dirty anus?

Great name for a band.

Dogs definitely. I wouldn't say no to the odd pussy though.

Crumpets

I love both. My cat hates my guts and my dog worships me but they're my babies and I adore them both. Cats are feckin' hilarious and dogs are super cute and loyal and all that. Just get both OP.

efb

Cat- this is the internet- Cats are #1

I'm in bed and she's just sitting on top of me on the duvet. Not over eager like a dog would be, just chilling.

seventeen sheep

No_Comply wrote: »

I saw a video on reddit of a dog chasing the ambulance his owner was in. They eventually stopped and let him in and he sat beside his owner in hospital.

Would a cat do that? Would they f*ck.

The cat would probably contact the solicitor to see what they were entitled to in the will, and contact the hospital to request a DNR for the owner.

That's what I love about cats!

anncoates

No_Comply wrote: »

I saw a video on reddit of a dog chasing the ambulance his owner was in. They eventually stopped and let him in and he sat beside his owner in hospital.

Moral of the story: never have a heart attack with dog biscuits in your pocket

efb

seventeen sheep wrote: »

The cat would probably contact the solicitor to see what they were entitled to in the will, and contact the hospital to request a DNR for the owner.

That's what I love about cats!

Oh the cat insisted on coming with me to the solicitor's office.

ZiabR

Having had both growing up I would have to say Dogs. They become part of the family whereas cats only stick around for food and shelter.

Valetta

A cargo plane chartered by Nissan in Tokyo was bringing spare gearbox parts to their depot in Manchester. When passing Birmingham the hold door burst open.

In Solihull, Merideth was hanging out the washing and ran in to the house:
"Tom, Tom- it's raining Datsun cogs".

Dogs FTW.

murpho999

Always preferred dogs to cats as I had more experience with dogs.

However, the wife always had a cat so now I have grown to like and respect cats.

The loyalty thing about cats is just not true and it is more a case of dog dependency in my opinion.

People think that cats are also unfriendly but our current cat defies all that, and has even amazed some cat hating dog owners.

Things he does?

Sits on your lap a lot of the time.
Sits behind me on the couch but puts his paw on my shoulder to keep some sort of contact.

When either of us gets home he hops up on the kitchen table to greet us. and then insists on being picked up and cuddled.

Goes to the bedroom when we do, basically loves being around people.
Gets excited when the doorbell goes as it means more people to greet and check out.
I have also thought him to sit on command like a dog and also not to go near dinner table when we are eating. (Cats are quite persistent so that was a feat).

He really is a great pet and it's no problem to go off for the day unlike with a dog, then again you can take a dog most places with you.

Cats are also a lot cleaner too and are usually toilet trained on arrival.

kneemos

Dog wins.

Rubberchikken

we have a rescue Westie. absolute dote.we also have 5 cats. 3 of them were strays. one of them gave us two kittens. all 5 are in our back yard happy, well fed and very friendly. average age is 9 years. doesn't look like any of them are going anywhere anytime soon;)

love them all:):)

AndyBoBandy

Dogs - Loyal, loving, a friend for life, will protect you, will know when is not a good time but will still cheer you up.

Cats - want to kill you.

ballinasloex

Dogs don't like cats at all to be honest.. Always had dogs was never a day I dident don't have much experience with cats except 1 or 2 bad ones usually I'm afraid a cats tbh :L..

amie lee

I like both cats and dogs always had dogs until I was 30 I've cat now for last 5 years like cat too I live in estate cat suits better neighbours terrible complaining with any dogs

anncoates

I prefer cats. We always had cats growing up and I had a pair until a few years ago. Haven't had the heart yet to get more since my two died.

I like dogs though. I'd rather live in a more rural area if I was to have one, I think.

Menas

I like the idea of dogs more than cats. Just not near me or in my house....allergic!

Mister Vain

I prefer dogs. Cats freak me out. There is this black cat that comes into my garden every day and sits in the exact same spot for exactly an hour, staring at the wall. Then it goes back to its owners house across the road and sits on the window sill for the rest of the day, looking over at me, taunting me.

Dangerous Man

Dogs all day long. It's not even close. I've lived with dogs and cats. Currently living with a cat that I am quite fond of - but cats just don't come close to dogs. Why we argue about this I don't know but anyway...

...cats are opportunistic. They will just up and leave at the drop of a hat and never return to their home. Dogs, on the other, rarely do that. Dogs are incredibly intelligent and emotionally attuned.

Cats want food.

Dogs work in medicine, law enforcement, mental health, military, entertainment, hospitality, disaster management / search and rescue,

Cats sleep most of the day.

Seriously I really like cats - they're great animals but they're a poor alternative to dogs. I can't take anybody seriously who thinks the two even compare.

Shenshen

I do like both, but when pushed I would have to say I would prefer cats.

Big dogs I'm rather scared off, I was attacked by one when I was little. A friend of mine ended up in hospital after being attacked by a dog. So where big dogs are concerned, I prefer a certain distance between them and me.

We've had cats since I was about 10, and I can't imagine a house without them. We're just back from a short stay in the UK, and our 2 are still all over me for cuddles and attention.
With cats, you get back all the love and attention you give them. With dogs, it doesn't really matter how you treat them, their nature forces them to be loving and affectionate. That does creep me out a tiny bit.

one man clappin

Dogs for me. Dogs won't do this:



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iDave

Well they never bothered to make a musical called Dogs did they.

Pumpkinseeds

I like dogs but love cats. We have 4 cats, 3 were strays that wandered in to the garden over the years, the other one was left behind in an apartment complex when the owner left. Just dumped in the car park to fend for herself. Smart girl ran up to me one day when I took a shortcut through there and happened to have a big packet of cooked chicken pieces with me coming back from Dunnes.:D

Our 4 are very affectionate and loving and they love company. They always come running to greet us when we come home and love to sleep on our bed with us. One of them races me up to bed every night as soon as we turn the tv off and insists on coming to the loo last thing at night for head boops and a drink from the bathroom sink. They are hillarious, entertaining, intuitive and loyal.

RhubarbCrumble

Cats for me personally. I have two myself.

I can't understand people saying dogs are loyal and cats just ignore you and don't care. Not true.

About three years ago my aunt had a stroke. She lives on her own and has a cat and a dog. It happened her when she was going to bed and she lay on the bedroom floor all night lapsing in and out of consciousness. Her cat sat with all night cuddling her and licking her, and when it started to get bright the cat set up a racket on the windowsill, yowling and banging until the neighbour came to see what was wrong.

As for the dog? He ran off downstairs and stayed there all night!

kinsy

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Dogs work in medicine, law enforcement, mental health, military, entertainment, hospitality, disaster management / search and rescue,

What about people who aren't as bothered that their pets have jobs?



Cats for me. I love most animals, including dogs, but I adore cats. They have great personalities and can be very loyal and affectionate. You can leave them on their own a lot which is important for my partner and I as we work full time. We leave our two cats at home to sleep (I see the fact that they sleep a lot as a bonus!) and then hang out with them when we come home. Like some other have said, they follow us into whatever room we're in and sit near us and usually sleep at the end of the bed.

blastman

I have a cat but I like dogs too, it just wouldn't really suit to have one. The cat left a present of a dead bird on the back door step the other day, there's one in the eye for people who say they don't care.

Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

WoollyRedHat

Both a Cat and a Dog.

I've had too many bad experiences with cats to invest in one. When I was growing up, the only cats I knew were feral cats. We don't know where they came from. We had little armies of feral cats arriving into our yard one at a time. I feel like the Irish countryside must be teeming with feral cats. Where's the source? Some little feral cat jungle in the Mourne Mountains? Where are they coming from. We should stop this.

folamh

I like doges and lolcats equally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5LwcvVAKDg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-zW2eUtMtg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzI4iRbrWno

murpho999

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Dogs all day long. It's not even close. I've lived with dogs and cats. Currently living with a cat that I am quite fond of - but cats just don't come close to dogs. Why we argue about this I don't know but anyway...

...cats are opportunistic. They will just up and leave at the drop of a hat and never return to their home. Dogs, on the other, rarely do that. Dogs are incredibly intelligent and emotionally attuned.

Cats want food.

Dogs work in medicine, law enforcement, mental health, military, entertainment, hospitality, disaster management / search and rescue,

Cats sleep most of the day.

Seriously I really like cats - they're great animals but they're a poor alternative to dogs. I can't take anybody seriously who thinks the two even compare.

Cats want food? What animal doesn't?

Also, do you think Dogs do the work by choice? No of course not...they are trained by humans.

Camels and Horses also do work for humans and it does not make them better animals or pets.

Rothko

Love both but I prefer cats

VinLieger

Had to put my 22 year old cat down yesterday, absolutely heartbroken.......... cats forever but it will be a while before I can bring myself to get another

the evasion_kid

I prefer dogs,there more loyal, a cat will take off if someone down the road is feeding it whiskas chicken and liver savory pate and your feeding it lidls own brand catfood... amazingly selfish creature

murpho999

the evasion_kid wrote: »

I prefer dogs,there more loyal, a cat will take off if someone down the road is feeding it whiskas chicken and liver savory pate and your feeding it lidls own brand catfood... amazingly selfish creature

A cat lapping up free food does not make them selfish.

People who dislike gets generally don't understand them in my opinion.

Dogs loyalty is down more to stupidity and dependence if you want the truth.

the evasion_kid

murpho999 wrote: »

A cat lapping up free food does not make them selfish.

People who dislike gets generally don't understand them in my opinion.

Dogs loyalty is down more to stupidity and dependence if you want the truth.

I have a house full of vagabond cats here,you might see them once a month, I know for a fact there's two or three other people in the local area feeding them as well,there a self serving creature.

I could post alot of stories about dogs I've had down through the years and there loyalty but seen this, this morning and a picture says a thousand words :

RhubarbCrumble

VinLieger wrote: »

Had to put my 22 year old cat down yesterday, absolutely heartbroken.......... cats forever but it will be a while before I can bring myself to get another

Oh that's rough VinLieger. Sorry to hear that

Tar.Aldarion

Love both and always preferred dogs until I got cats, they are amazing. loving, independent, don't give two ****s if they don't want to. They are also hilarious. People always think they are not loving, i think that is just the raising of them more than anything. We raised our cats from kittens and my cat adores us. She will come running to the door when I get home from work, straight up to be rubbed and is very happy when I'm about. Always hitting her head off me and rolling to show happiness etc. My other cat, who passed away recently would always wait in the bedroom window every day for me to come home without fail, would be so excited to see me, would hang out beside me on the computer and would run in to bed when she thought I was going to sleep. They always show concern if you are upset or hurt yourself. If both of us were sitting on the couch she would spend time on each of us to make things fair haha. Sometimes they just ignore you but as a cat whisperer :-p told me, cats like to take a message and get back to you whenever they want.

the evasion_kid

the evasion_kid wrote: »

I could post alot of stories about dogs I've had down through the years and there loyalty but seen this, this morning and a picture says a thousand words :

Oh gawd. Poor little bereaved doggy.

That's me in tears now.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Dog's.We have a 3 a Basset Hound,Bullmastiff and a Springer Spaniel crossed with a Sheepdog.

I don't like cats and I'm always very suspicious of someone who says they like Cats more than Dog's.

me0w

Cats because they are not as needy as dogs , they are affectionate and very cute. They don't roll in poop (or eat it!) and they dont need baths (unless they cant clean themselves due to old age etc.

I also like dogs, I used to own a lovely female doberman who passed away over 5 years ago.

squeekyduck

I was once in the dog camp and thought cats were self centered selfish creatures until we actually got one.

He is about 10 months old now and the funniest cat ever. He is highly human dependent and he has to be in the same room as us at all times. He sleeps with us every night and each morning I am gently awoken by his purring and wiskers poking my face.

Give a cat a box and watch the enjoyment, I have a shoe box that I use for storing files and when he was a kitten he could fit perfectly in it and now its just ever bulging but its still his box. When the printer comes one to print a page he will come running and he stares and sometimes pokes the pages as they emerge, he will teach those pages some day!! I could go on and on