Glenn R wrote:
Dogs are good working animals for rescues, mauling felons, etc.
That's true and explains the uselessness of cats.
But for a companion animal cats are far superior.
That's patently false. Cats are great companions when they're in the mood. The loyalty of dogs is unmatched anywhere in the feline world.
Dogs are stinky, potentially highly violent (even lethal), and much more stupid than cats.
Wrong on every count. Typical cat owner prejudice. Dogs CAN BE stinky, but if they're clean they smell just fine. Dogs are not potentially violent any more than cats. Do you know how many birds are killed by cats every year? And if you think cats are even one-tenth as smart as dogs you've been living on a different planet. Cats DO NOT DO ANYTHING! They're cute, fuzzy, okay, cuddly sometimes, but let me know when there is a cat show with trained cats. I want to see trained cats. I want to see cats catching frisbees, jumping through hoops, running up and down ladders, through tunnels, dancing with their owners, etc. I could go on and on. Okay, they kill small rodents. Yippee for cats.
Pit bulls (sorry, "pibbles") kill hundreds of people per year. Including many many children.
That is not only a flat-out lie, it's also a flat-out misstatement of facts and statistics. I won't say that dogs don't sometimes kill people, but the numbers are not even close to that dramatic. It's a total fiction, a made up statement by someone who dislikes dogs.
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I don't need Mr. Whiskers to sniff out bombs or attack people like K9s do. I need them to demand kisses and scritches and be snuggly wugglies. Cats excel at that if nothing else.
That's what I said. They are useless little fur babies, cuddly, cute, with no redeeming qualities other than cuddly and cute, and their very being is mostly aloof unless fed. FEH! Oh, my girlfriend has at least 4 cats. So I qualify as knowledgeable!!!
