The difference between cats and dogs

Gearheadotaku wrote: overheard: "The cats run the house, I'm just here to pay the bills." I like cats.

another .... dogs have owners, cats have staff

Dogs are loud, obnoxious, filthy, and smell like crap; things they typically share in common with their owners in my experience.

yamaha wrote:

Flight Service wrote: http://youtu.be/XMIhL63KPxw Oh yeah

I'm sorry, but that cat would be dead......

I've seen a gif of the deathblow of that clip for a couple of years.

Parent should have pulled the kid out of the situation.

Kid will never hit a cat again. Dogs cower--cats FIGHT.

Cats aren't dogs and people need to understand that; and they are both awesome. For me, those who don't like cats immediately get assigned the same (lesser) status as those who don't like dogs.

My cat, as usual, met me at the door when I got home this afternoon. He followed me into the kitchen and ignored the food bowl so he could jump up onto the cabinet because it's a better launch pad to reach my shoulder. Yeah, I have a shoulder cat that also loves to play fetch. This damn cat has more canine characteristics than some dogs I've come across.

When I'm at the computer, he's either on the floor next to me or on my lap; when he's on my lap he's upside down so he can get a belly rub. Head and nose nudges are di rigeur with him; just like all those that preceded him.

No cat's aren't dogs but they are just as rewarding when you get into their little brains - just like dogs.

Exactly.

poopshovel wrote: Dogs are loud, obnoxious, filthy, and smell like crap; things they typically share in common with their owners in my experience.

My Basset Hound is quiet, respectful, and quite clean. I'll give you the smell thing, though... Sorta reminds me of corn chips...

The only time he makes any noise at all is when the doorbell rings (either ours, or one on television... He's kinda stupid. )

I have had a few cats that I enjoyed the company of, so I won't say I hate cats, but I am definitely a dog person.

My mother in law has a basset, named Fred from smokey and the bandit, awesome dog does have a little bit of the hound stink tho lol. I do like the one cat , catfface jones. Then there's one that is kind of special and one that was a stray off the street that still is afraid of all people.

Lesley wrote: Depends entirely on the cats. It's like making a blanket statement about children. My two siamese go crazy when I get home from a trip, trying to jump up into my arms, and wanting affection before they want food. When I'm working, they're either in my lap, under the desk, or sitting on my printer. If I get up at night to use the bathroom, one of them will follow me, and sit blinking in the light, then follow me back to bed. They fetch too.

I had a Siamese when I was a kid. Keo would follow me up to bed and sleep behind my knees. When I broke my leg in fourth grade, he'd go up a couple steps, wait for me to hobble up on my crutches, hop up a few more steps and wait, and so on. He was an awesome cat.

Later in life, Edgar the alley cat would do the same thing, following me up to bed and sleeping behind my knees. He'd be waiting at the door for me, too, when I got home from work.

Now, we have two papillons. They bark at me when I get up from the couch, come in the room, just being present in general.

I guess I'm not a dog person, even though I love those two.

RealMiniDriver wrote: I guess I'm not a dog person, even though I love those two.

Nah. Papillons are just foppish French chihuahuas.

The main thing is that people's perception of both cats and dogs is wrong. Everyone thinks that cats are aloof, when generally they are not, and people think that dogs are all mans best friend, when typically they just want to jump on you and take your piece of pizza.

Joey

poopshovel wrote: Dogs are loud, obnoxious, filthy, and smell like crap; things they typically share in common with their owners in my experience.

Up close dogs generally do not smell nice. Cats however generally smell up the whole home.

I go into roughly ten homes a week for inspections. I usually can tell right away when someone has a cat by the smell. If the dogs are put away hair in the tiled areas are usually the give away.

Cats fit in better with my lifestyle - since I'm on the road a lot. But I do love dogs too. Drove across Alaska a couple of weeks ago, doing cold weather testing in a Sprinter van. Stayed in Coldfoot, where the temperature reached -51. I don't like the cold, but couldn't pass up the chance to visit the resident musher's team of sled dogs. If you're a dog person, there is nothing that can top 20 dogs standing on their hind legs baying for some snuggles.

Yeah, I know, everybody's dog is quiet and clean and calm, which is weird considering in over 30 years, having lived in a couple dozen different places, every berkeleying next door neighbor I've had in every single one of those places had a barky berkeleying spazz of a mutt. And while you may think it's great that you don't have to clean up your dog's piss and E36 M3, it sucks for the rest of us who aren't trained to look for landmines every time we walk in the grass.

If you have dogs, your house smells like dog. Think maybe there's a chance you've been desensitized to it over the years?

poopshovel wrote: Yeah, I know, everybody's dog is quiet and clean and calm, which is weird considering in over 30 years, having lived in a couple dozen different places, every berkeleying next door neighbor I've had in every single one of those places had a barky berkeleying spazz of a mutt. And while you may think it's great that you don't have to clean up your dog's piss and E36 M3, it sucks for the rest of us who aren't trained to look for landmines every time we walk in the grass. If you have dogs, your house smells like dog. Think maybe there's a chance you've been desensitized to it over the years?

This.

If you can smell cats in someone's home, then it is the OWNER'S fault for being a shiny happy person who doesn't maintain the litter box.

I would argue that it's you who has been desensitized to the odor of your cats.

I own no pets. The nature of my job brings me in and out of multiple people's home everyday non-stop, he's dead on accurate. Most dogs I encounter smell up close, maybe the room if its real bad. "Cat houses" though, I can identify as soon as I walk in the door. Even if "the box" is down stairs and has a roof over it.

I have no side in the whole cat vs. dog thing. I'm just telling you my experience as a fire fighter/paramedic, in and out of houses, apartments and buildings each and every day.

I've always wanted to train mine to use the toilet. It's almost impossible to completely eradicate the smell, but an inch of baking soda in the bottom before adding the litter really helps. I empty mine completely almost every day.

Mine go in the woods behind the house. The cats and the dog. Problem solved.

The dog does smell more and he gets a bath regularly. Cats keep themselves pretty clean.

There are two neighbors I share a back fence with that have dogs. The good thing is that I sleep like a poleaxed mule and am deaf in one ear, because they bark a LOT. If I have to turn on the bathroom light to answer Nature's call at 2AM, barkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkbarkSHUT THE berkeleyUPYOUMANGYPILEOFE36 M3(not me, the owners)yipeyipeyipe...

poopshovel wrote: If you have dogs, your house smells like dog. Think maybe there's a chance you've been desensitized to it over the years?

Could be. Or it could be that the smell of dog (that is groomed once a month, and Ralph is due) smells like dog, whereas the smell of cat is urine, feces, and sneezing.

And not to be an shiny happy person... wait, no, that is exactly the reason! Didn't you smoke for... forever until you had the kid? You don't have any room to talk. Cause that smell is about 3871398392x worse than cats or dogs.

My cat, Steve, woke me up at 7 to be fed. He is curled up in a ball on my lap now. He plays fetch too. http://vimeo.com/23395841

nepa03focus wrote: You can tell if you died the cats would just be like damn who's going to feed us and clean up our poop

Now, see, that's exactly why I'm a cat person.

mtn wrote: I think that you have a couple of cat-shaped dogs.

I've had those. The one who lives with me now, though, will meet me at the door when I get home, and that's about it.

Also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3gzee1cps

I think the video should say "Dogs teach their young to trust, Cat's teach their young to not be chumps"

one of the few dogs that do not shed is the Bichon Frise. They have hair, not fur. Generally, because of that they do not smell as bad (no dander).

My bird is currently ontop of my head, getting comfy for a nice nap

oldsaw wrote: Cats aren't dogs and people need to understand that; and they are both awesome. For me, those who don't like cats immediately get assigned the same (lesser) status as those who don't like dogs.

I like both, but I agree with you with people that hate cats go beneath people that hate dogs.

Same is true about Chevy and Fords, I like both but the Ford haters go to the bottom.