Cats or dogs?

[pallister]

And every time they see you is like the first and best time they've ever seen you.

No matter how bad a day I've had, or how much of an asshole I've been that day (it happens), when I open the door to my apartment when I get home, my dogs jump up and down and run in circles like I've been gone for 5 years. You'll never get that kind of gratitude from a cat, most of whom couldn't give a **** if you're dead or alive on a given day.

 

[imjustagirl]

And every time they see you is like the first and best time they've ever seen you.

No matter how bad a day I've had, or how much of an asshole I've been that day (it happens), when I open the door to my apartment when I get home, my dogs jump up and down and run in circles like I've been gone for 5 years. You'll never get that kind of gratitude from a cat, most of whom couldn't give a **** if you're dead or alive on a given day.

Just because they couldn't give a **** if YOU'RE dead or alive, pall, doesn't mean they're that way with everyone.

 

[Flash]

This thread just got scary.

 

[BTExpress]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love. Is that a positive or a negative?

It's kind of nice to think that some being loves you for some reason other than the fact that you're breathing.

 

[Stoney]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love.

Exactly, we get enough of that **** with women. Now we've got a play that game with a frickin cat too? No thanks, I prefer a dog that'll give it up unconditionally.

 

[Hammer Pants]

I refuse to choose. I love both.

 

[JC]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love.

Exactly, we get enough of that **** with women. Now we've got a play that game with a frickin cat too? No thanks, I prefer a dog that'll give it up unconditionally.

Bingo!
Please don't compare earning a womens love with earning an animals love.

 

[sportschick]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love.

Exactly, we get enough of that **** with women. Now we've got a play that game with a frickin cat too? No thanks, I prefer a dog that'll give it up unconditionally.

Bingo!
Please don't compare earning a womens love with earning an animals love.

I'm OK with it.

Not sure why the dog people have to put down cats. I don't notice nearly as much of that from cat people. We explain why we love our cats, not why we hate dogs.

Oh, and my cats greet me at the door, cuddle with me while I watch TV, watch over me when I'm sick, walk on leashes when it's sunny, make absolutely adorabe squeaking noises when they're happy and play fetch with the little fur mouse.

I can't think of a more perfect pet for me.

 

[JC]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love.

Exactly, we get enough of that **** with women. Now we've got a play that game with a frickin cat too? No thanks, I prefer a dog that'll give it up unconditionally.

Bingo!
Please don't compare earning a womens love with earning an animals love.

I'm OK with it.

Not sure why the dog people have to put down cats. I don't notice nearly as much of that from cat people. We explain why we love our cats, not why we hate dogs.

Oh, and my cats greet me at the door, cuddle with me while I watch TV, watch over me when I'm sick, walk on leashes when it's sunny, make absolutely adorabe squeaking noises when they're happy and play fetch with the little fur mouse.

I can't think of a more perfect pet for me.

I'm not putting down cats. All I'm saying is if I had a choice I would take a dog. I love kittens, cats not so much. To each their own

 

[Flash]

Those of you think dogs love unconditionally are a little misled. Dogs treat some people differently ... they recognize their master and pack, however, and love them ... but not unconditionally. A dog's trust, appreciation and love must be earned just like any creature.

Dogs are just a little more effusive in their appreciation.

 

[Flash]

Why is one of the positives to having a cat that you have to earn its love?

You have to earn a woman's love.

Exactly, we get enough of that **** with women. Now we've got a play that game with a frickin cat too? No thanks, I prefer a dog that'll give it up unconditionally.

Your misogyny is so noted.

 

[sportschick]

Those of you think dogs love unconditionally are a little misled. Dogs treat some people differently ... they recognize their master and pack, however, and love them ... but not unconditionally. A dog's trust, appreciation and love must be earned just like any creature.

Dogs are just a little more effusive in their appreciation.

Big dogs know I'm scared of them. Animals, cats and dogs, are far more intuitive than we give them credit for. A cat knows you don't like him, and treats you accordingly. My mother's cat will come sit on the lap of cat haters, knowing that they can't do anything about it because they're at my mother's house. One of mine hides, the other glares from across the room.

 

[Flash]

Exactly. Cats somehow sense I'm allergic to them and force their existence on me. I won't pretend to understand it. It's some kind of evil chip in their neural system, I think.

There are dogs for which I don't have much time, too. It's usually the idiot ones who won't stop jumping and barking and yapping.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

Rather than choosing just one, I prefer the mixed grill of cats, dogs, rabbits and baby lambs.

 

[Write-brained]

Rather than choosing just one, I prefer the mixed grill of cats, dogs, rabbits and baby lambs.

KABOBS!

 

[Flash]

Ummmmm ... lamb chops ... yummy.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Rather than choosing just one, I prefer the mixed grill of cats, dogs, rabbits and baby lambs.

Korean BBQ?



If I had to pick one or the other, it would be a cat, preferably neutered. Don't really like dogs (little dogs annoy me and an encounter with a German shepherd when I was little left me with a distinct dislike of large dogs).

 

[pallister]

I had a German Shepherd bite a chunk of my lip off when I was a kid.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Took a chunk out of my forehead, supposedly, and bit the head off the soldier in my toy Army jeep. I don't remember it, but my family apparently remembers it vividly. But I was 2, and I suspect my subconscious blocks it out. still avoid large dogs like the plague, though.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Both.