Dogs or Cats, which are better?

curlzy · 08-09-2011 09:42AM #1

This argument seems to come up here pretty regularly. One of the big arguments of the dog advocates seems to be that cats will eat you if you die whereas dogs never will. Just wondering if the following article will change their minds?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/abandoned-2-weeks-starving-dogs-indonesia-eat-owner-142541221.html

Just to add, I totally don't blame the dogs in this case.

syklops · 08-09-2011 09:46AM

curlzy wrote: »

This argument seems to come up here pretty regularly. .

So why start another?

Some people like cats and not dogs.
Some people like dogs and not cats.
Some people like both.
Some people like neither.

End of.

Mr Freeze · 08-09-2011 09:52AM

There's no poll.

After 3 or 4 pages of discussion, how will we know for definite which is better with no poll?

Well I know Dogs are better, I was thinking of everyone else on the fence.

Aodan83 · 08-09-2011 09:55AM

I say to settle the argument we chose one cat and one dog. We set them a series of tasks which will vary from obstacle courses to problem solving. In the end everyone learns to recognise their differences and get along.

flutterflye · 08-09-2011 09:55AM

curlzy wrote: »

One of the big arguments of the dog advocates seems to be that cats will eat you if you die whereas dogs never will.

I've heard of loads of cases where dogs eat their owners when they die.

There was a guy found half eaten by his alsation in the lane behind where I used to work years ago.

When you die, you lose your scent.
You're just meat.
So I don't see the big hoo ha with an animal eating meat.
They are animals after all.

Anyway, to answer the question - Cats are better.
Dogs are too much work.
And they're too energetic and needy.
Cats will do their own thing, and will love you in a less co-dependent manner.
(Although all pets are co-dependent, but you know what I mean)

Cats can look after themselves, and tidy up after themselves, and their brains are closer to ours than dogs brains are.

Snakeblood · 08-09-2011 09:56AM

Wait. This response was below even my low standards.

Icyseanfitz · 08-09-2011 10:00AM

flutterflye wrote: »

I've heard of loads of cases where dogs eat their owners when they die.

There was a guy found half eaten by his alsation in the lane behind where I used to work years ago.

When you die, you lose your scent.
You're just meat.
So I don't see the big hoo ha with an animal eating meat.
They are animals after all.

Anyway, to answer the question - Cats are better.
Dogs are too much work.
And they're too energetic and needy.
Cats will do their own thing, and will love you in a less co-dependent manner.
(Although all pets are co-dependent, but you know what I mean)

Cats can look after themselves, and tidy up after themselves, and their brains are closer to ours than dogs brains are.

i dont know about that, a few people around my town seem to have a similar intelligence level as my dog which isnt exactly the smartest of creatures poor fela, anyway dogs FTW

flutterflye · 08-09-2011 10:01AM

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

i dont know about that, a few people around my town seem to have a similar intelligence level as my dog which isnt exactly the smartest of creatures poor fela, anyway dogs FTW

We learned it in bio-psychology a few years ago - it's true.

amacachi · 08-09-2011 10:02AM

syklops wrote: »

Some people like cats and not dogs.

Those aren't real people.

mikemac · 08-09-2011 10:02AM

Cats are badass, not needy and just don't give a fook what people think of them

My cat has more self confidence then I do

Orando Broom · 08-09-2011 10:03AM

Dogs.

Cats are for sad twats.

Icyseanfitz · 08-09-2011 10:03AM

surely the best thing to do so is get a pet chimp

Aodan83 · 08-09-2011 10:04AM

mikemac wrote: »

Cats are badass, not needy and just don't give a fook what people think of them

My cat has more self confidence then I do

That's because he's not smart enough to realise he's naked!

Apanachi · 08-09-2011 10:04AM

I love both, but:

in terms of work - cats are better as they are more independent and don't need to be taken for walks etc..

dogs are more loyal - cats are opportunists

smash · 08-09-2011 10:10AM

I have 2 cats, 2 dogs and 2 big fish... cats are easier to manage as pets.

amacachi · 08-09-2011 10:15AM

Cats are pets? By that logic I have hundreds of pet birds. I see them a few times a year in the garden and I leave food for them now and then.

orourkeda · 08-09-2011 10:17AM

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

Toby Take a Bow · 08-09-2011 10:23AM

amacachi wrote: »

Cats are pets? By that logic I have hundreds of pet birds. I see them a few times a year in the garden and I leave food for them now and then.

Unless the birds are coming in to your house and occasionally sitting on your lap and demanding food, they're not pets.

I love both, although it depends on the particular cat and the particular dog.

fricatus · 08-09-2011 10:25AM

As Edith Wharton once remarked "a cat is a snake in furs".

Dogs FTW... Woof!!!

Azureus · 08-09-2011 10:36AM

Dogs>Cats for sure.
Cats are nice and low maintenance though-if a little arrogant. I had an awesome cat...got another when he died and she was a right lil..well not bitch cuz thatd make the dogs v cats argument even more confusing but you know what I mean!

Breadcrusts · 08-09-2011 11:23AM

In comparison to cats every dog just looks stupid.

phasers · 08-09-2011 11:27AM

Breadcrusts wrote: »

In comparison to cats every dog just looks stupid.

You've never met my dog.

Cats are the lazy man's pet.

syklops · 08-09-2011 11:27AM

Breadcrusts wrote: »

In comparison to cats every dog just looks stupid.

I knew it wouldn't be long for the sweeping generalizations to start.

funloving · 08-09-2011 11:27AM

cats all the way!!!!!

FloatingVoter · 08-09-2011 11:27AM

I was going to say something clever but I've forgotten what it was. Cat walking across keyboard on way to disconnect printer distracted me.

TheZohanS · 08-09-2011 11:30AM

Cats are vermin.

Dogs are great craic, always happy to see you.

Big Nasty · 08-09-2011 11:34AM

Cats for me, don't really like dogs all that much.

gcgirl · 08-09-2011 11:35AM

Have both and they are both brilliant

Breadcrusts · 08-09-2011 11:37AM

TheZohan wrote: »

Cats are vermin.

Dogs are great craic, always happy to see you.

My point exactly.

Karona · 08-09-2011 11:38AM

Cats are ok but dogs definitely win it for me.

RichieC · 08-09-2011 11:40AM

Cats are a lazy mans pet, which makes them better... the cat in my house is his own man, seriously, you dont even have to worry what will happen them after you die. they certainly don't.

Dogs or Cats, which are better?

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