Dog or cat person?

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  • dogdogdog
    dogdogdog Online Community Member Posts: 9 Listener
    I'm a dog person :smile:
    I love all animals, but dogs are the best 
  • deadtired
    deadtired Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    leeCal said:
    Although I like cats well enough I prefer dogs generally. 

    With a dog you have an excuse to go for a walk and not look suspicious wandering about.
    Also you can have a rough and tumble with a dog, not so easy with a cat.
    Also if you have a dog sit on your lap they don’t tend to extend their claws in delight and scratch your legs.
    Additionally they bark if there’s an intruder, and they are less independent which makes you feel needed.
    And generally speaking they seem more sympathetic if you have troubles. 

    How about you, which do you or would you prefer given a choice?

    i love dogs we have a lab hes so dopey but hes ours . <3
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    I prefer cats but I like dogs too. Cats seem to be more independent and stubborn which can make them really interesting pets. My cat Monty is very affectionate. He has a few funny quirks like standing at the top of the stairs and yelling at me to clean his litter box as soon as he has used it?❤️
  • snailpace
    snailpace Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor
    @nannymaroon, I like all animals, though I have 2 part Bengal cats, who are really interesting. They talk to me when they are hungry, when they want to play, when they want to go to bed or just that I haven’t spoken to them for a while. They are house cats and are very affectionate and love kisses.
  • Dempseym
    Dempseym Online Community Member Posts: 36 Contributor
    Cats are just adorable, I love all animals too, my cats talk also, amazing how they communicate and I understand exactly what they want, priceless!  
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Cats can show real intelligence. Years ago we had a cat which would jump up onto a window sill by the front door and lift the knocker once or twice to come in, honestly it was quite a revelation. I thought it was clever at the time when I was eight years old but now I think it was astounding! ? ? 
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    leeCal said:
    Cats can show real intelligence. Years ago we had a cat which would jump up onto a window sill by the front door and lift the knocker once or twice to come in, honestly it was quite a revelation. I thought it was clever at the time when I was eight years old but now I think it was astounding! ? ? 
    There are videos online of cats and dogs ringing video doorbells and reacting to the owners voices. But lifting the knocker twice is quite a feat.
  • TheAlien
    TheAlien Online Community Member Posts: 228 Empowering
    I've had both and like both, but on balance and for practicality as a disabled person, it has to be cats.  I can't get out in the winter months or when the weather is bad so walking a dog would be impossible.

    I lost my last cat a few years a go to heart failure, she was 20.  I would love another one and I'm sure one will find me when the time is right.

    Now I keep degus.
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Degus as in rodents @TheAlien ?
  • TheAlien
    TheAlien Online Community Member Posts: 228 Empowering
    @leeCal yep!  I have four.  I've had them since before I lost my cat, so I know they are safe around them.   Three of my little ladies.
  • Kaddy
    Kaddy Online Community Member Posts: 11 Connected
    I like both dogs and cats, had two beautiful Maine coons who have since passed, also a hedgehog called Hector I miss them all, pets bring such pleasure 
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited September 2021
    How old were the Maine **** cats when they passed @Kaddy if you don’t mind me asking?
    the hedgehog looks amazingly cute I must say!
  • snailpace
    snailpace Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor
    @Kaddy, Hi, I love all animals but I have cats. My mum had an hedgehog last year, she called spiked. She went out and bought some proper hedgehog food and it came everyday. Then one day she could hear a noise outside and when she went to look there was 2 hedgehogs. My mum said it was his girlfriend. Though, after the time that 2 came, he hasn’t been back since. Secretly I think my mum loved seeing him every night and feeding him ?
  • snailpace
    snailpace Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor
    @TheAlien my situation is similar to yours. Which is why I took on 2 10 month old part Bengal and part feral house cats. They are now 12 years old and they are my world.
  • snailpace
    snailpace Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor
    @Dempseym, I 100 % agree with you.
  • Kaddy
    Kaddy Online Community Member Posts: 11 Connected
    Leecal they both passed when they were 12, one was older than the other, they both developed spinal problems which started then to lose the used of their back legs and tails, they were beautiful gentle giants, Hector was an African Pygmy with such character 
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    Main c**ns are my favorite breed of cats, so big, fluffy and full of character.
  • csno01
    csno01 Online Community Member Posts: 424 Empowering
    Hi Everyone,

    I am a fan of both cats and dogs and my family have had both animals when I was young. They brought a lot of joy to us all. 

    The pros of owning a cat: They can look after themselves.
    The pros of having a dog, you get people wanting to start a conversation with you when you take your dog for a walk. :-) 
  • GeoffN
    GeoffN Online Community Member Posts: 178 Contributor
    Catman. My sister has 2, my Niece had them from a resue centre and named them Thomas and Donald. My landlady won't allow them as I rent and as I don't have a garden it would a little unfair. Family had Burmese in the past.

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