[Ravenholme]

Not only are cats useless, they're an anagram of scat. Which we all know is bad.
 
Cats utilise apparant cuteness to appeal to some innate need to care for non-contributory members of a species who's only purpose in life is to spray cat fluids over everything you own.
 
Cats smell.
Cats don't have any ability to learn.
Cats smell.
Cats would rather lick themselves than defend the home.
Cats smell.
 
Dogs are smarter than a cat will ever be, there is no argument for cats being smart because their owners are too stupid to realise they're being used.
 
Cats smell.

Well, if a house start to smell like Cat, it'd be time to clean up the litterbox.

Cats do learn, they are intelligent and strongwilled enough not to do stunts like a dog would (although there are exceptions).
A dog treats his owner as "boss", a cat treats you as equal in best case and as underling in all other cases.
The cats the ruler, the human's the subject.
And as Ruler, you don't defend home, you have minions that do that. 


ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR OF CATKIND!!! 

I don't think you've been around dogs either. Dogs treat you like "boss" as you put it only if you establish dominance over the animal (in pack terms), it's an essential part of training a dog. And even then, the dog will sometimes attempt to bump up it's own position in the family pack hierarchy. Dogs are, certifiably, more intelligent than cats. Intelligent enough to realise for the most part that it's best to cosy up to the hand that feeds.

[Kosh]

That is valid only in 100% urban environments. Test the differences between dogs and cats in a garden, and you'll see. Going for a walk with dogs is a pleasure.

My family spent most of its time living in the suburbs, with a large greenspace behind it (a forest, complete with some wildlife including deer). Our cat was an indoor/outdoor, when the weather was nice she liked to go outside and wonder about the forest and the cul de sac, but when the weather would turn (the winter) she would become lapcat delux. Her wonderings did a good job of keeping rodents that lived in the forest away from the house. Her wonderings also had the side effect of keeping feral cats away from our property, not once did we ever have problems with them. The good side of cats being territorial. Of course at night she would be kept inside.


As for cats being untrainable? Total hogwash. Housebreaking them is a breeze. The problem is people try to train them like dogs, even though they are not dogs and dont think like dogs. The problem is the person, not the cat.

I don't think you've been around dogs either. Dogs treat you like "boss" as you put it only if you establish dominance over the animal (in pack terms), it's an essential part of training a dog. And even then, the dog will sometimes attempt to bump up it's own position in the family pack hierarchy. Dogs are, certifiably, more intelligent than cats. Intelligent enough to realise for the most part that it's best to cosy up to the hand that feeds.

Here's the difference: Dogs are pack animals and by nature require a heirarchy to function. Cats are not. That is not a question of intelligence, it is a question of nature. If anything you could say dogs are certifiably more stupid than cats because they can't think for themselves.

[Angelus]

Not only are cats useless, they're an anagram of scat. Which we all know is bad.
 
Cats utilise apparant cuteness to appeal to some innate need to care for non-contributory members of a species who's only purpose in life is to spray cat fluids over everything you own.
 
Cats smell.
Cats don't have any ability to learn.
Cats smell.
Cats would rather lick themselves than defend the home.
Cats smell.
 
Dogs are smarter than a cat will ever be, there is no argument for cats being smart because their owners are too stupid to realise they're being used.
 
Cats smell.

Well, if a house start to smell like Cat, it'd be time to clean up the litterbox.

Cats do learn, they are intelligent and strongwilled enough not to do stunts like a dog would (although there are exceptions).
A dog treats his owner as "boss", a cat treats you as equal in best case and as underling in all other cases.
The cats the ruler, the human's the subject.
And as Ruler, you don't defend home, you have minions that do that. 


ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR OF CATKIND!!! 

I don't think you've been around dogs either. Dogs treat you like "boss" as you put it only if you establish dominance over the animal (in pack terms), it's an essential part of training a dog. And even then, the dog will sometimes attempt to bump up it's own position in the family pack hierarchy. Dogs are, certifiably, more intelligent than cats. Intelligent enough to realise for the most part that it's best to cosy up to the hand that feeds.

I had a dog as teenager so i know a bit about them. The reason i don't have a Dog now, is that i don't have the time atm.
Once i move into a bigger flat, i'll consider to get a new Dog ( a french Bulldog ).
My girlfriend is more interrested in a Aquarium with fishies though. So are my cats.

[iamzack]

if you're gonna get a dog, why not just get a toddler? at least a toddler will eventually be able to use a toilet.

[General Battuta]

if you're gonna get a dog, why not just get a toddler? at least a toddler will eventually be able to use a toilet.

You have to pay for college eventually. Or bail.

[Scotty]

Why would she have to?  It's not really a parental obligation.  Neither of my parents are paying for my tuition.

[watsisname]

WHY CAT MORE CAT

1- Cat is so much adorable than dog.  Cat have fluffier technology.
2- Dog has annoying bark and slobber face.  Cat only mew and rumble.
3- Dog require constant maintenance like car.  Cat fender for himself.
4- Dog stupid and eat anything.  Cat smart, cat checks food for terrorist activities.
5- Dog bread to for slavery.  Cat enslave YOU.
6- Longcat is looooooooong.
7- Cat torture and kill enemies.  Dog only bark at them.
8- Throw dog on the wall, the wall will get hurt.  Throw cat on the ceiling, ceiling will velcro and happy.

[General Battuta]

WHY CAT MORE CAT

1- Cat is so much adorable than dog.  Cat have fluffier technology.
2- Dog has annoying bark and slobber face.  Cat only mew and rumble.
3- Dog require constant maintenance like car.  Cat fender for himself.
4- Dog stupid and eat anything.  Cat smart, cat checks food for terrorist activities.
5- Dog bread to for slavery.  Cat enslave YOU.
6- Longcat is looooooooong.
7- Cat torture and kill enemies.  Dog only bark at them.
8- Throw dog on the wall, the wall will get hurt.  Throw cat on the ceiling, ceiling will velcro and happy.

great post, would read again

[StarSlayer]

Cat require dog escort to avoid coyote chow outcome.  Mutual coexistence cause superior survivability result.

Srz Bznez thread

[Scotty]

Cat require dog escort to avoid coyote chow outcome.  Mutual coexistence cause superior survivability result.

Perhaps where you live.  Coyotes don't mess with our cats.  They've learned my dad will shoot at them if they do.

[General Battuta]

Coyotes ate the only cat I ever had. 

Poor Kat.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Around here the cats are chasing the coyotes out of the woods and into towns.  Of course a lot of that has to do with the cats eating up all the coyotes normal food and them being hungry. 

[StarSlayer]

It was pretty depressing for a while, I'd go jogging round town and there were a lot of missing cat posters before people stopped just letting them out.  There are not many outdoor cats round here anymore, and we're a Boston suburb to boot not out in the sticks. 

[Mars]

I had to leave my cat behind at my parent's house. I'm now living in a room of a house with a dog, and I've had dogs close to me for the majority of my life.

With dogs, you need to get them to think of you as some sort of leader. At the point they actually behave themselves, they're so submissive it's freakin annoying. Understand, I have dogs in my life I love, but I don't actually like living with them.

Cats, while not completely capable of fending for themselves in modern life, at least in practical terms; did for thousands of years, and still do in some rural areas. Cats are content with lying in the sun, eating, sleeping, and sometimes like to come and hang out. They amuse themselves rather than depending on people to survive doldrums (but will play with people too).

They're basically ideal roommates. Yeah you have to change the litter box, but it's much less disgusting than having to grab little baggies of poo. It's basically like having a roommate and being delegated clean the bathroom.

[Topgun]

Cats are useless

That is all

[swashmebuckle]

Cats are posers and sociopaths
Dogs are pathetic stooges
The Bunny is king

[Colonol Dekker]

Topgun.
I love you.
 
 
Other guy, Bunnies are just food.

[castor]

Cats, for their unpredictable and dynamic behaviour.

[swashmebuckle]

Other guy, Bunnies are just food.

Precisely.  They are cute, and then they are lunch.  Perfect animal.

[watsisname]

Other guy, Bunnies are just food.

Precisely.  They are cute, and then they are lunch.  Perfect animal.

I like the way this man thinks.