I prefer dogs to cats as pets because:

[BikeWriter]

Please share your own reasons with us.

[BikeWriter]

1. To a properly trained dog their master is their God...

I like that in a pet. :)

[hfojvt]

3. I never train my dogs

they are more like buddies, but I do get to be leader of the pack. Vrooom. Vrooom.

[BikeWriter]

5. That is the most important facet of their training anyway. ;-)

[democracyindanger]

2. ...if I wanted indifference, I'd just call home.

[BikeWriter]

4. ROFL! I've thought that before at times...

Dogs don't diss the master, do they?

[Floogeldy]

6. Dogs can learn and respect . . .

. . . what you are saying to them and what you are asking them to do. They may eventually come around, understand and become your buddy.

Cats, on the other hand, never care about what you want them to do.

:)

[Hissyspit]

16. Not true. More mythology from cat-dissers.

My cats do A LOT of things I ask them to do. My cats are my buddies, they seek out my company, they understand many things I say to them. They know who their friends are, so if you are not looking for those things in cats, you will not find them.

[Floogeldy]

18. Wrong

Try to teach a cat to respond to verbal commands. Try to teach a cat to do tricks. Try to teach a cat to run an obstacle course as in a dog competitions.

Name one thing your cats do that you ask them to do. Name one thing you say to them that they understand. And drop the "friends" ruse.

[Hissyspit]

21. They respond to verbal commands ALL THE TIME

They don't run obstacle courses. Who the fuck wants their cats to run obstacle courses!? I don't have cats because I want a robot slave.
Actually they can be trained to run obstacle courses, they can be trained to go in a human toilet and flush it.

IF YOU ARE NOT LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS YOU WILL NOT SEE THEM. IT IS CALLED CONFIRMATION BIAS.

Dogs are nice, too.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. They're not slaves, but they know when they fucked up.

For example, Midnight has a tendency to start knocking things over if she wants attention. You can scream at her and she'll just meow back. It doesn't mean she's dumb, it just means that she has her own personality.

One day, Midnight (feeling needy or something), starts walking along my dresser knocking things over. She pushes a full glass of orange juice off my dreseer. I jump up and SCREAM, "GET OUT NOW!!!!!!!!" She knew that she fucked up and she had for practically a day. I've screamed at her plenty of times and had no reaction. I swear that she just looked at all the spilled juice, knew she FUCKED up and decided to hide till it blew over.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. My cats understand several commands...

UP (and they jump up)

Down (and they get off the goddamn kitchen counter)

NO (and they stop whatever they are doing...{and then usually continue after looking at me like 'whatever'}

I like a pet with a mind of it's own. :)

[mikeytherat]

37. Cats are generally food-centric and not difficult to train.

The "Sit, Stay, Come" general dog-ish commands are easily taught with small food rewards and patience. My cats also bring toys on command (they love to play fetch).

mikey_the_rat

[BikeWriter]

25. My last Great Dane worked cows with us...

He was damned handy when you had a calf roped doctoring it and a range cow attacking!

[DBoon]

7. walking a dog...

is a great way to meet your neighbors.

And whoever heard of arranging a play date for your cat?

[BikeWriter]

26. LOL! My Great Dane had a fan club! He rode in my truck...

and would sit in the back of it. Women in the ice houses would ask could they pat him. If it was okay with the bartender one word from me would bring him to me, another would send him back.

[Digit]

8. I prefer cats, so I believe people who prefer dogs don't know any better

:+

[hfojvt]

10. and you prefer cats why?

because they are better mousers? or for the thrill of the litter box?

[Digit]

15. Because

She comes when I call her, and she is extremely affectionate.

I don't have to worry about her peeing on the carpet, or chewing up furniture.

Never once have I had to empty out her anal gland, and she doesn't drink from the toilet.

Oh, and so far, she has not tried to hump my leg....

:P

[hfojvt]

22. dogs are known for the first

I have two female dogs and one male and the male has never tried to hump my leg. Except for the rat terrier it has been fairly easy to train them not to pee on the carpet. They make messes sometimes, but no worse than the cat puke my sister has to clean up from time to time. Cats will scratch up furniture if they have not been de-clawed. Our cat almost took my eye out once with his claws. My dog is more into destroying my clothes, but I am afraid that I trained her to do that. As a janitor I picked up a piece of meat from the floor to give to her. Put it in my pocket, wrapped in a napkin, then forgot it was there. She, however, could smell it (and did I mention that I often (err, almost always) leave my dirty clothes on the floor?). Since I am constantly picking up candy and nuts at work she recognizes a consistent source for snacks.

[Digit]

24. Mine is not declawed, and she does not shred anything

I don't know many cats that claw the furniture....guess I am lucky.

Oh, and one more thing I like is that I don't have to send her to the groomer all the time.

My last dog had a double coat and it was hell trying to keep her from becoming matted.

[BikeWriter]

29. Oh shit, I think I'm in love...

[BikeWriter]

13. You have a right to your opinion, but that was not my question.

:shrug:

[FuzzySlippers]

9. You're a brave man to ask this question in the Lounge.

:scared: :nuke: :scared:

I like cats OK, but dogs are simply the most wonderful things on earth.

[BikeWriter]

11. I've been shot at and missed and shit at and hit...

There's not too much I am afraid of, Fuzzy. ;-)

[FuzzySlippers]

12. But dissing cats in the Lounge

is in a league by itself.;-)

[BikeWriter]

14. My first post is about preferences. Everyone is entitled to theirs.

[TheBaldyMan]

32. you can run, hike and swim with them

play fetch and football(soccer) with them.

I know they are filthy and have rather unpleasant habits but they always lift my spirits

[chookie]

17. Dogs are more portable

Dogs are generally more sociable OUTSIDE the home. You can take your dog to a place to meet friends and he will behave himself, but cats freak out when they are in such outside of the home activities.

[BikeWriter]

20. I used to take my dogs most places with me...

A Chow or Great Dane in the back of a truck is a great deterrent to thieves.

[Straight Shooter]

19. I prefer dogs because I simply love dogs more.

Don't know why. I have always loved dogs. Especially big dogs. Some people are dog people, some people are cat people. I'm a dog person. I wish I had the space, and the money, to have 10 dogs. :)

[BikeWriter]

23. I love big dogs. Big dogs like Danes and Saint Bernards...

There's something about having an animal that powerful that worships you. :-)

[pokerfan]

27. You need that assurance?

You prefer an emotionally shallow animal? You see, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do.

:)

[BikeWriter]

28. Hee hee hee! You haven't met the dogs I have raised...

You should have seen my Great Dane scrapping with a 1,200 pound cow to keep her from fighting us over her calf we were doctoring. The exe's Saint Bernard bitch broke the front leg of a wild cow that was charging the ex. Dogs can be magnificent creatures.

[Submariner]

36. An ex-girlfriend woke to find a man straddled over her on her bed

holding a knife who said "If you make any noise (while I'm raping you) I will kill you". So my ex-girlfriend naturally thought, well "FU", and started screaming and hollering and fighting off the attacker who then fled back out the bedroom window. The only others in the house (near Tulane Univ.) were her room mate with her boyfriend in the next room who shouted "Whose there!!" which probably helped scare off the cockroach who broke in.

During all of this commotion, "Gordo" the Great Dane was silently cowering under the bed in the next room where he still was when the police arrived. So I guess the moral of this story is; just because Rufus is big that does not necessarily mean the courage is there to back it up. Otherwise, Gordo was a cool dog. We were just surprised that he did not spring into action and at least start barking.

[BikeWriter]

41. If a dog is big enough he doesn't have to be mean...

One of mine distracted four men long enough for me to gain control of a situation.

[Arkansas Granny]

43. If a dog is loud enough, it doesn't have to be big. A barking

dog of any size can call attention to someone who wants to remain unnoticed. Even a little dog can be a great watch dog. And we all know about the infamous yapping ankle biters.

[Digit]

30. Ouch, ouch, ouch, that is GOOD!

Cats NEVER cower.
Oh, dogs can be nice, for people who need, um, approval.
:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. They make mailmen think twice about messing with OUR house!

HA!

[Broken_Hero]

34. Dogs...

First off, I like how they are attentive, and play around with me. In my experience dealing with my friends cats, and what not, they are shy, timid, and never come around, and when they do, they are just in their own world.(plus my friend Waldos cat, clawed me in the face, and the claw stuck, and before I knew what i was doing i ripped the cat from my face, with a part of my FACE)

I also like dogs because I can take them walking with me, and they are a alarm system for the house...if someone new or damn, anyone comes up to our house, our little Pom barks and growls, lets me know someone/something is out there. I dont' see cats doing that....

I can't stand the smell of cat piss. I cannot get the stink out of the couch or floor, i have tried many things, but they never seem to get the smell out, i don't notice that as much with dogs(i have only had a pom, a collie, a few other coon hounds)...and most of those bigger dogs were outside anyways. The pom is hard to break, but my mother says the smaller dogs never fully become potty trained...8 times out of ten they will pee/crap in the right place, but every now and then, they leave you a little surprise.

Plus, my dad is allergic to cats, and I like my dad and get along with him, and if i had a cat, he would never come around to visit...but, those are my reasons...basically...:)

[xchrom]

35. a dog is the best friend you'll ever have.

i'm not big on training my dogs past sit -- and i prefer muts over breeds.

there's nothing like a day spent playing with your dog -- throwing the disk or ball -- swimming -- hiking -- going for a ride to the store, even ...

dogs just want to be with you -- it's an event for them every time.

there's just nothing like the company of a good dog.

[BikeWriter]

45. Dogs can put most Moms to shame on unconditional love...

can't they? Your dog doesn't even care whether you're wearing clean underwear when you get sent to the ER.

[Fox Mulder]

38. Cats are too "stuck-up" for me.

I don't like that. They remind me of stiff-assed republicans. :hide:

Also, after about six months to a year, they quit playing with their toys and become boring and sleep all the time. I hate that. With my two dogs, they are still running around and playing with their toys and one of them is six and the other is eight.

Plus, cats shed. I hate having to use a lint roller on all my black clothing.

Edit: I (my parents, actually) have to pekigneses (sp?). I prefer a big dog like a husky or a retreiver.

[HughBeaumont]

39. Cats are assholes.

Heee hee hee.

:popcorn:

[GalleryGod]

40. Are you talkin' to ME?

Because of that "Morris" character on TeeVee.

[Arkansas Granny]

44. I have a dog and I have two cats. The two species are so

different that I have preferences for each one for different reasons.