Poll: Are you a cat person?

[Robspeire]

Kinda

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[wundudnee]

I like most cats and really loved some. Right now we have two feral house cats that we adopted. My wife can sometime hold or pet them, me not so much. I can pet them sometimes at bedtime. Oh well it's only been a couple years. Someday I would like to have a real cat again.

 

[arjay]

I was never a "Cat Person" until one morning I walked out on my back deck and felt something rubbing on my leg !! I looked down and discovered a young cat. The cat was very quiet and loving and I thought that It problely was a neighbor's. The cat stayed around the deck and I put a ad in the local paper as I was sure that the cat was lost. NOPE, no response from my ad. After a couple of days I finally gave the cat some water and later some food. This darn cat considers this is her home and gets fed twice a day when my two dogs are fed. I guess now I am a "Cat Person".

They are sneaky little devils

 

[PeterJ]

We love cats and have always had one. One of the things that I love about them is their eyes,,, how their pupils can change depending on what they intend to do. Always a giveaway when they are ready to pounce. I am also amazed how they can stare you down as I have had to look away many times when they make their mind up not to be intimidated. Love our Smokey.

 

[Puller]

No cats at our place.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

My cat is on my lap as I type this.
Five years ago she disappeared in the first week of December. After two weeks I started looking for another cat, a week later she showed up with a very well fed look.She'd been mooching off neighbors down the row.

 

[7tenz]

Love all furry friends. Even if you don't like cats, for whatever reason is festering in your soul, they are the best vermin control you can have. Should keep one or two around anyway just for that.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

A Poll without a Poll is meaningless, but you knew that

I'm sorry but I just don't get why people like cats. Dogs yes. But cats? Dogs truly want to please you and make great pets. But cats? In my less than humble opinion cats serve no purpose. They only care about themselves. They dig up your furniture and leave fur all over the place and don't even get me started on those smelly litter boxes. If you have a rodent problem on a farm yes, but if you don't have a farm or a large property with rodents can anyone make a legitimate argument on the reason to have cats?

Well I feel better knowing you guys like your cats.
Dogs are kinda dumb. More like me I guess.

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Creating a thread just to tell nearly half the country that what they hold dear you see no purpose in, and that's smart?

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[oldbrownhat]

Kinda...

"Last edited by Robspeire; Yesterday at 05:57 PM. Reason: Added more dos. "

No fair adding more pics when we can't add another "Like"!

 

[oldbrownhat]

Creating a thread just to tell nearly half the country that what they hold dear you see no purpose in, and that's smart?

Hmmm... perhaps "crafty". Gives us a chance to share more cat & dog pics and stories.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

About 15 years ago I was walking through a nearby town, saw this big old fat pale orange cat, reached down to pet him....you talk about an instant friend, the next thing I know he was rubbing against my legs, weaving in and out. I couldn't get rid of him.

 

[kmyers]

We like both cats and dogs. Both animals are so often personality wise how they were treated in the past good or bad, but our experience is to be a bit wary of folks that a cat, or dog, doesn't seem to like. We are most likely to trust the animal and not the person.

 

[oldbrownhat]

 

[oldbrownhat]

If Carl Sandburg had cats...

... he might be this person.

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on
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[2tall79]

Dogs come when you call them.....cats take a message and get back to you.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie after I'm gone...

 

[Echo40]

I'm pretty much the polar opposite of the TC.

I like Cats, I like that they're more emotionally independent, not requiring constant attention/affection, that they're more quiet, relaxed, and don't require exhaustive training.

Yes, cats will claw furniture, but anyone who adopts a cat without knowing this when it's common knowledge, fails to purchase scratching posts, and doesn't cover/pad their furniture has only themselves to blame.
It's no different than getting a breed of dog that is known to dig holes, then getting upset when they leave it out in their yard and it, well...digs holes.

Over all, the whole Cats vs Dogs argument is entirely subjective and depends upon the personality/quirks of the individual. Personally, I don't like loud repetitive noises, getting jumped/slobbered on, hyperactivity, or having to make time to play with an animal. So for me, a Cat is better because they don't make loud repetitive noises, (bark) when they do jump on you it's lighter/less clumsy, are more relaxed, and are happy just to sit on your lap.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Dogs come when you call them.....cats take a message and get back to you.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Another fav...

 

[oldbrownhat]

...So for me, a Cat is better because they don't make loud repetitive noises,...

True. That ominous barfing noise at 3:27am can't be described as loud and repetitive. Possibly worse is the one you don't hear but which is quickly found by bare feet a couple of hours later.

As to shredding the furniture, my cat has various items to scratch but he is still intent on continuing the destruction of the Ikea couch begun by a previous feline companion many years ago. When I finally get around to replacing it, I'm thinking of preserving the two shredded arms and putting them on stands in the hope that he will be lured away from the new one.