The Difference Between Dog and Cat Owners

I don't dislike dog's - I just don't understand them. It's not that they are pack animals (I actually believe in working together), but more because they are so irritatingly indulgent and submissive to their masters. Also they smell ugly and foul the pavement. I know it's the fault of the owner, not the dog, but still... 😉

I was raised with cats. My father was a market gardening farmer and our cats had an important job catching mice, usually presenting the kill to my mother, who fed them. But besides their practical value, my parents really cared a lot for cats and taught us children how to interact with them.
Actually I think the reason my father never had a dog was that he had been badly bitten as a child. He passed that on to his four children, because all of us have or have had cats in our grown lifes - and no dogs.

I used to tell people my hair was Cocker Spaniel red. Now its closer to Boxer Bulldog brown. Maybe I do look like my dog.

This is great Im forwarding it to all my friends that have dogs.

Very interesting Michael !I enjoyed reading yours,Gails,Joyces,and Rudolph's thoughts too.
My late mother loved cats and always had them when she was at home with her father(her mother died young) My late father said he hated cats, yet on old photos of his mother there is a cat sitting with her, so there must have been at least one cat in the family.
But he was very strict and the boss of us all so my mother wasn't allowed to have cats, the family pets were always dogs. I loved dogs too but I yearned for cats around. So is loving cats an inherited trait ? From when I was very small I'd run to any cat I saw outside.
When my father died at only 55 years old,I was working at the vets and brought my mother her first kitten,she's come in covered in candy floss and had been used as a football. Over the years I brought more home or they turned up at our door and my mother had 20 happy years with her beloved cats, before she died.
My sister loves cats as much as I do !
I find that most people who truly love cats are kind and compassionate people, yes some are neurotic but so are some dog owners.
I don't think people can be 'typecast' as in Stanley Coren's research ! But I do know some people who look like their dogs lol and see many of the uncaring about the environment type who don't clean up their dogs mess, have aggressive looking dogs !I'd like to challenge them but both men and dogs stare fiercely and I like living too much to do so !lol
I'd love to look like a cat but as near as I can manage is my fancy dress ears and tail I wear for fund raising for them lol

Read this article in the "Times of India" newspaper and now on a very private form in "P.O.C". I have owned dogs from 1976 to 1994 and cats from 1995 to the present day. Ultimately, it was circumstances and personal way of living that made me a cat owner since i am a bachelor, living alone after the demise of my parents.Unlike dogs, cats are easier to maintain for people living alone or busy outdoors most of the day. Dogs can't be left to themselves for long hours, they tend to turn neurotic, besides dogs, unlike cats have to be taken outdoors for their daily walks. In "Apartment living(Flats)" as is prevelant in Mumbai, it is more easier and convenient to keep cats if they are properly "Toilet trained" as are mine.I was always a "Dogman" prior to owning cats and my late dachshund bitch "Lucky" won numerous awards at the local dog shows in Mumbai during the 1980's and 1990's.If i had a "Human family" staying with me then i think i would still be owning dogs, as i love entering my dogs for "dog shows" and even now make it a point to attend "Dog Shows" whenever time permits. There are no "Cat shows" in Mumbai or in India since cats are still not considered as "Professional Pets" and thats a big discouragement to a person like me, yet, hope that "Cat Shows" are a regular feature in the near future.Ultimately, i personally feel that it is just circumstances and situations that make us humans adopt a particular pet, suiting our living conditions and life-style. Today , i am happy and conteded with my pet Alexandrine parakeet "Mittoo", and persian cats Matahari" amd' Matata".A total "Cat man" in 2010!

I was raised with 1 family dog at a time. My experience ended with cats at age 4 because mama wouldn't keep a cat inside and she was tired of them being hit by cars. In the 1980's I began with 1 cat and always had at least 1 cat until 2004. Between 1993 and the present I've had 2 dogs until 2008 I have three. Dreyfuss adopted me in 2000. He is a boxer/lab?mix who followed my every move the day I got him at 6 weeks old. His sibling had no interest in me. He is an indoor dog, smart, intelligent and trained. Darla came next in 2007. She's a little white mutt who had been beaten. She's mouthy, won't mind and will run away if let outside without a least. Try chasing her down 2 weeks post hysterectomy. But when she lays in my lap I feel like the most important person in the world. Cody came in 2008. She's some kind of huskey/shepherd/wolf? mix, is clumsy, and not too bright. She was left to starve as a puppy but her favorite thing now is belly rubs and sleeping in my bed. In the summer of 2009 my daughter got Lola. She was a 3 month old outdoor kitten and since I didn't want a cat my daughter agreed to her care. I didn't want to deal with the cats jumping everywhere issue because I have a lot of collectables.

THEN CAME FURBY. Everyone knows about him. He's a feral who came into my home and took charge of my heart and my dogs. I found him on my way home from my boyfriend's funeral. He is the ruler of my home. He sleeps with Dreyfuss. The dogs respect him and Lola is active as stepmother to him. Everyone get along great.

As for me I'd an extrovert and a workaholic working with the public and a hermit at home.I'm described as friendly, outgoing and crazy. I'm highly artistic and enjoy writing, photography and geneaology. On the other hand I'm lazy.

OK everyone-analyze ME.

I wonder if the good doctor owns either a dog or cat? Hmmm...

We are, of course, more intelligent for having cats (rather than dogs) since we all know how independent cats are; therefore, we are also free to pursue our own independence!

Sure, dogs are pack animals which only goes to show that they go along for the ride...without considering other options. Dogs may be happy-go-lucky creatures; however, they're also drooly, sloppy, (can be) dirty and smelly...PEE-YUU!

Cats are (mostly) stoic, clean, meticulous in thought and deed, and generally take life in stride and decide what they want, when they want and know how to get it...rather than BEG like the lowly dog, LOL!