Dogs vs cats

[Koldo]

I prefer cats. They have far better hygiene than dogs, and I find them cuter.

That said, I still feed both hungry stray cats and dogs when I can. I view both as deserving of kindness regardless of which I would prefer as pets.

Far better hygiene? How so?

 

[Valjean]

If cats were people, they would be sociopaths.
We don't keep people as pets, though.

Maybe your cat is poorly socialized...
Cat's would just be average Joes, friendly, but with their own opinions.

 

[Father Heathen]

Maybe your cat is poorly socialized...

If I had a cat...

 

[Audie]

Cats are sociopaths

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

My favourite pet of all time was my dog, named Babe -- part German Shepherd, part Gold Lab, and part Whippet (you can picture it -- a small lab with a brindled shoulder and deep chest/narrow waist -- and energy coming out of nowhere). But I've also had many cats.

I voted for cats for only one reason -- I'm 75 now, and don't walk as easily as I used to. Living with an active dog takes a huge amount of dedication to getting her out, exercised, socialized with other dogs and people. All of it is wonderful, but I no longer have the energy.

Cats can be very good companions -- so long as you don't mind getting your own way very often. (But that's the case with lovers and spouses, too, so no biggie. ) My last cat, who sadly had to be put down at 17 because of heart failure, was a wonderful companion to me -- less so to my partner. Though, I confess, when he was sleeping, she often didn't mind lying beside him and dropping her tail into his snoring mouth.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Far better hygiene? How so?

Cats frequently groom and clean themselves, and with some exceptions (e.g., if they get especially dirty while playing or need to be rid of fleas), it is best not to shower them often. Dogs don't clean or groom themselves as often, and they need more showers as a result.

If I owned a pet, I wouldn't rely on its self-grooming either way and would still shower it when needed, but you can look up this specific aspect of cats' and dogs' behaviors if you want to check the difference in hygiene between the two.

 

[Koldo]

Cats frequently groom and clean themselves, and with some exceptions (e.g., if they get especially dirty while playing or need to be rid of fleas), it is best not to shower them often. Dogs don't clean or groom themselves as often, and they need more showers as a result.

If I owned a pet, I wouldn't rely on its self-grooming either way and would still shower it when needed, but you can look up this specific aspect of cats' and dogs' behaviors if you want to check the difference in hygiene between the two.

I don't count being covered in saliva as being clean... but that's me...

 

[Koldo]

Cats frequently groom and clean themselves, and with some exceptions (e.g., if they get especially dirty while playing or need to be rid of fleas), it is best not to shower them often. Dogs don't clean or groom themselves as often, and they need more showers as a result.

If I owned a pet, I wouldn't rely on its self-grooming either way and would still shower it when needed, but you can look up this specific aspect of cats' and dogs' behaviors if you want to check the difference in hygiene between the two.

I wouldn't count being covered in saliva as being clean... but that's me...

Perhaps you meant they look more clean than dogs in general?

 

[Debater Slayer]

I don't count being covered in saliva as being clean... but that's me...

I couldn't afford that either: the saliva of cats contains the allergenic proteins (along with their skin and fur), so if I get exposed to their fur for too long, my allergy flares up to hell and back.

... which is a shame, because I'd get one and snuggle with it all day otherwise.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Perhaps you meant they look more clean than dogs in general?

No, I meant cleaner in general. There are a lot of things that could get on their fur and be worse than saliva. Their tendency to groom themselves is one of the most salient aspects of their behavior.

 

[Koldo]

No, I meant cleaner in general. There are a lot of things that could get on their fur and be worse than saliva. Their tendency to groom themselves is one of the most salient aspects of their behavior.

Since I don't count cat saliva as being any cleaner than... anything else in general... I just don't agree...

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Father Heathen]

I love animals but to be to honest my choice of pet would be a house plant.



A plastic one.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

There's also the pooping, peeing, and puking all over the place and destroying furniture while leaving litter boxes and scratching posts untouched.

Because dogs are not known at all to munch up shoes and/or hide them in a hole in the garden or whatever.

My cats very quickly learned to do their business outside though.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

If I had a cat...

To tell you the truth.... I've always thought that cats likely are delicious.
I couldn't bring myself to eat them though...
Still, I think they'ld be delicious. I imagine the meat to be similar in texture as rabbit.

 

[VoidCat]

I love animals but to be to honest my choice of pet would be a house plant.



A plastic one.

I can't have any pets in the group home. So i now have 38 stuffed animals.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

I couldn't afford that either: the saliva of cats contains the allergenic proteins (along with their skin and fur), so if I get exposed to their fur for too long, my allergy flares up to hell and back.

... which is a shame, because I'd get one and snuggle with it all day otherwise.

They make special cat food so that people with allergies can have them as pets.

 

[Valjean]

They make special cat food so that people with allergies can have them as pets.

Link, please.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Link, please.

There are many brands, can find it with a google search