Dogs or Cats, which are better?

smash · 08-09-2011 11:44AM

TheZohan wrote: »

Cats are vermin.

Dogs are great craic, always happy to see you.

Breadcrusts wrote: »

My point exactly.

Are you that insecure or lonely that you need a hyper dog to make you feel wanted?

I think a cats reaction can tell you pretty quickly what a person's personality is like.

BQQ · 08-09-2011 11:53AM

Cats don't maul toddlers, so they're better.

Allison91 · 08-09-2011 11:59AM

Cats are better dogs are too needy.

TheZohanS · 08-09-2011 12:05PM

smash wrote: »

Are you that insecure or lonely that you need a hyper dog to make you feel wanted?

I think a cats reaction can tell you pretty quickly what a person's personality is like.

My dog is not hyper, he sleeps for most of the day. He's the laziest dog you will never meet.

But thanks for your concern, have a cookie.

swordofislam · 08-09-2011 12:07PM

Cats aren't pets. They are wild animals that tolerate you for warmth and food.
They kill songbirds and their feces has horrible diseases.
They are like automatons there is no 'there' there.

Cats should be banned.

Cats have no personality.
Cats are stupid.

Your cat doesn't give a darn about you.

God I hate cats

Das Kitty · 08-09-2011 12:09PM

BQQ wrote: »

Cats don't maul toddlers, so they're better.

Yeah they can, and sit in the crib on top of a baby.

Personally I love both but if I could only have one I would choose a dog.

I really don't get the hatred for cats that you hear, I mean it's the type of venom usually reserved for war criminals and Fianna Fail governments. The torture fantasies I've heard coming from seemingly rational people about what they would do to a cat are bonkers.

headmaster · 08-09-2011 12:09PM

It's better to have a dog, because he'll eat the cat. Problem solved.

AllYourBass · 08-09-2011 12:10PM

flutterflye wrote: »

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

Bike-ology?

Oh, and Dogs.

flutterflye · 08-09-2011 12:14PM

AllYourBass wrote: »

Bike-ology?

Oh, and Dogs.

Huh?
Was that you being 'funny'?
I don't get it, sorry.

Kash · 08-09-2011 12:16PM

BQQ wrote: »

Cats don't maul toddlers, so they're better.

That depends on your cat

I like both - but it depends on the individual pets I think.

My dogs are great for energy, exuberance and waggy tails, plus they make excellent burgular alarms and personal body guards, but they also excitedly punch me in the stomach roll is evil smelly, fox musk, eat my playstation controllers and occasionally puke up half digested socks/grass/unidentifiable crap.

My cat is fab for entertaining me (and the dogs) with crazy antics, being a hot water bottle when it's cold, and for being such a 'people-person' cat. But he also likes to surgically extract rodent organs and leave them on the floor for me to walk on, or to wrap mouse intestine around my windshield wipers or to rub himself up against my bare legs when he's soaking wet.

So, sometimes the dogs are better than the cat - and sometimes the cat reigns supreme. I couldn't decide.

Run_to_da_hills · 08-09-2011 12:19PM

My mate has seven cats, four outdoor and three indoor.

Each one of the indoor cats finds a bed for itself during the day. If this was my place each of the three would get a size 9 if they went near any of the beds.

Sky King · 08-09-2011 12:20PM

Get a savannah cat. Looks like a cat, behaves like a dog - It's happy to see you, gives you attention like a dog and you can put it on a leash and bring it for walks, teach it to fetch etc etc!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI68kb9e7U

joseph brand · 08-09-2011 12:21PM

RichieC wrote: »

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.

Cats are for indoors types. Handy.
Dogs are for outdoors types. Hassle.
That's it.

BTW Either pet doesn't care about bringing their own sh1te into the house, which I have a major phobia about. So no cats or dogs for me.

I grew up in a house with cats, and they have a tendency to drag their dirty bums all over the tables and counters, which my mam didn't give two sh1ts about, pardon the pun.

Oh yeah, cats are (I think) the only animal to carry Toxoplasmosis, which is actually harmful to us humans. Yikes.

Kash · 08-09-2011 12:25PM

swordofislam wrote: »

Cats aren't pets. They are wild animals that tolerate you for warmth and food.
They kill songbirds and their feces has horrible diseases.
They are like automatons there is no 'there' there.

Cats should be banned.

Cats have no personality.
Cats are stupid.

Your cat doesn't give a darn about you.

God I hate cats

Is this an irrational hatred, or did some cat hurt your feelings in the past?:D

But, to be fair, all faeces has potential for horrible deseases, cats, dogs and humans too. At least you never walk in cat poo.

Plus, they only catch the slow birdies... and the fast ones are so happy to be alive they sing all the more sweetly

krudler · 08-09-2011 12:25PM

I like some cats and some dogs, not all of either though. I adopted a cat from the animal shelter recently but had to give him back as I didnt realise I'm allergic to cat hair, felt bad for the little guy but he got rehomed with a nice family so it worked out for him.

joseph brand · 08-09-2011 12:25PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

My mate has seven cats, four outdoor and three indoor.

Each one of the indoor cats finds a bed for itself during the day. If this was my place each of the three would get a size 9 if they went near any of the beds.

Ahahahaha.
My sentiments exactly. Cat hair and God knows what else on your pillow. Sometimes they wipe their bum on your pillow and sneeze on your duvet. Lovely.

RichieC · 08-09-2011 12:35PM

http://youtu.be/7RwttT3EyP8

RichieC · 08-09-2011 12:38PM

swordofislam wrote: »

Cats aren't pets. They are wild animals that tolerate you for warmth and food.
They kill songbirds and their feces has horrible diseases.
They are like automatons there is no 'there' there.

Cats should be banned.

Cats have no personality.
Cats are stupid.

Your cat doesn't give a darn about you.

God I hate cats

Do you hate dogs too, Sword of islam? I thought you lot loved cats.

RichieC · 08-09-2011 12:40PM

joseph brand wrote: »

Ahahahaha.
My sentiments exactly. Cat hair and God knows what else on your pillow. Sometimes they wipe their bum on your pillow and sneeze on your duvet. Lovely.

They don't have a lot of regard for hygiene and couldn't give a f*ck about health and safety either.

kkdela6 · 08-09-2011 12:42PM

Cats are sound out

Kash · 08-09-2011 01:28PM

joseph brand wrote: »

Oh yeah, cats are (I think) the only animal to carry Toxoplasmosis, which is actually harmful to us humans. Yikes.

All warm blooded animals can carry toxoplasmosis, but cats and raw meat are the most common means of transmission to humans. It's only really harmful to pregnant women, or those with a weakened immune system (AIDS, transplant patients, etc).

But you can only get it by ingesting fecal matter, typically by not washing your hands after emptying your cat litter, or gardening - which is highly unlikely for most people.

Dogs can give you Weils disease, and both animals can be a source of roundworms, hookworm, rabies and Lyme disease.

If you take good care of your pet (vaccines etc) and wash your hands before you eat, you're unlikely to suffer any ill effects. Plus, the health benefits of owning a pet outweigh the dangers in my (never humble) opinion

OneArt · 08-09-2011 01:34PM

Sky King wrote: »

Get a savannah cat. Looks like a cat, behaves like a dog - It's happy to see you, gives you attention like a dog and you can put it on a leash and bring it for walks, teach it to fetch etc etc!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI68kb9e7U

Those cats are awesome! I want one. It's really odd to see them panting though... Only ever saw my cat pant once. Then again she's as fat as f*** and never really ran her life.

I do like dogs, especially Rhodesian ridgebacks. But if I were to choose I'd get a cat over a dog simply because they're clean, bury they're sh!t and can be hilarious when they get the evening crazies and try to do those ninja-style moves on people.

Kash · 08-09-2011 01:43PM

OneArt wrote: »

when they get the evening crazies and try to do those ninja-style moves on people.

That is by far the best part of owning a cat

Especially when he does it to the dogs... the youngest dog loves it, and they play tag a lot. Visitors often tell me "Your dog is chasing your cat!!!" and I tell them to give it a second, and sure enough, 10 seconds later, it's the dog fleeing and the cat chasing (often with the swallows dive-bombing the cat) - it's a great sight to see!

Run_to_da_hills · 08-09-2011 02:20PM

joseph brand wrote: »

Ahahahaha.
My sentiments exactly. Cat hair and God knows what else on your pillow. Sometimes they wipe their bum on your pillow and sneeze on your duvet. Lovely.

I called into my ex a few years back and complained of the cat smell in the sitting room, she denied it, a week later she discovered 10 cat sh*its hidden behind the TV stand, some were encrusted which ment that they would have been there for weeks. When she removed them the crusts broke and the smell got so sickening she puked. She got rid of it immediately after.

Celly Smunt · 08-09-2011 02:30PM

who'd get a cat when you could have a border collie?

ScumLord · 08-09-2011 02:30PM

flutterflye wrote: »

and their brains are closer to ours than dogs brains are.

Where did you hear that? Dogs have really bonded with humans to the point they are the only other animal on the planet that understands pointing like we do, they actually read human faces just like we do and in a different way to how they read dogs and other animal faces. They understand our emotions and even seem to understand human humour. There's evidence they understand symbolism to the point you can show them a picture or a miniature version of the object and they can go and find the real object that your referring to. They have been shown to understand just as many words as a chimp that's been thought sign language.

flutterflye · 08-09-2011 02:35PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Where did you hear that? Dogs have really bonded with humans to the point they are the only other animal on the planet that understands pointing like we do, they actually read human faces just like we do and in a different way to how they read dogs and other animal faces. They understand our emotions and even seem to understand human humour. There's evidence they understand symbolism to the point you can show them a picture or a miniature version of the object and they can go and find the real object that your referring to. They have been shown to understand just as many words as a chimp that's been thought sign language.

Already said where I heard it.

Icyseanfitz · 08-09-2011 02:40PM

an irish wolfhound would be a pretty cool pet to own id say

Immaculate Pasta · 08-09-2011 02:44PM

I like both and have a cat and a dog.

Cats are easier to look after and are fun when they're young but my cat is 16 now and sleeps about 20 hours a day so it's as if you don't have a pet at all tbh. I find cats are much more attached to the house than to you. Dogs are harder work but if you train them right, you can get much more back from a dog. Depends what you want in a pet really.

Don't like small dogs though, big dogs are where it's at :cool:

ScumLord · 08-09-2011 02:45PM

OneArt wrote: »

I do like dogs, especially Rhodesian ridgebacks.

That particular breed is a terrible example of people breeding genetic abnormalities into dog breeds and killing the normal puppies to keep the ridge.

flutterflye wrote: »

Already said where I heard it.

What makes cats so similar to us?

Dogs or Cats, which are better?

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