Do you rename your pets? Or do they have multiple names?

[Neikea 245]

1 hour ago, George said:

Who the hell signed us up for cat facts. 

There is more bacteria in your mouth than a cat's mouth.

Maybe you don't lick yourself so you're ok.

[Neikea 245]

[CHIEF 5095]

2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Cats are wilder/less domesticated than dogs.  Dogs are pack animals, cats are solitary in the wild, except for mothers and children.  When dogs became domesticated, they left their pack and a lot of their survival mechanisms behind.  Cats mostly never did. 

The smaller cats are also both predator and prey, which makes for an usual instinctive behavior pattern that has not been domesticated out of them and that most dogs never exhibit.  Dogs will play at predation, but don't get serious until in the wild and in a pack.  Cats are straight up murderers, even fluffypants.

Cats are almost always bred for appearance, like foofoo dogs, and rarely for behavior.  What breeding there has been has only been for a couple of centuries.  Dogs have thousands of years of working characteristics bred into them.

Both fascinating animals and great, but different, pets.

You get into a cage with the largest cat and largest dog in the World. Which one do you think will view you as prey, and which one will die trying to save you from the other one.

CHIEF

[CHIEF 5095]

2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Cats are wilder/less domesticated than dogs.  Dogs are pack animals, cats are solitary in the wild, except for mothers and children.  When dogs became domesticated, they left their pack and a lot of their survival mechanisms behind.  Cats mostly never did. 

The smaller cats are also both predator and prey, which makes for an usual instinctive behavior pattern that has not been domesticated out of them and that most dogs never exhibit.  Dogs will play at predation, but don't get serious until in the wild and in a pack.  Cats are straight up murderers, even fluffypants.

Cats are almost always bred for appearance, like foofoo dogs, and rarely for behavior.  What breeding there has been has only been for a couple of centuries.  Dogs have thousands of years of working characteristics bred into them.

Both fascinating animals and great, but different, pets.

You get into a cage with the largest cat and largest dog in the World. Which one do you think will view you as prey, and which one will die trying to save you from the other one.

CHIEF

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13121]

8 hours ago, Neikea said:

Side note for the dog lovers--my mother's cat was killed by the neighbor's dog a few years ago.

Advantage, dog.

[52-80 19272]

10 hours ago, Neikea said:

Cats are kings of the jungle. They are predatory, deceptive, cunning, sly. They are independent, confident, and proud. When they kill something, they own it and keep it. It's theirs. They don't bring it to you like a dog. They're not servile beasts that can be trained. They have their own mind and live their own lives. They couldn't care less what anyone thinks. I respect that greatly.

you =

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

The universal dog attention getter... ya want something to eat ?  They all answer to that.

[Ths71 472]

We introduced a friends badass Siamese cat to a Squirrel monkey we had when I was a kid. Cat was completely humbled in five minutes.


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[Braff Zacklin 13668]

8 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

The universal dog attention getter... ya want something to eat ?  They all answer to that.

To be fair, I answer to that, as well.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Braff Zacklin said:

To be fair, I answer to that, as well.

Well it just adds more evidence to the theory that all men are dogs...

[Braff Zacklin 13668]

[Gooby 640]

Our Springer Spaniel is Archie.

He responds to Archie, Archimoe and Dorkface McGoon.

[Bevo 13606]

17 hours ago, George said:

Who the hell signed us up for cat facts. 

Your avatar seems to indicate that you are a cat lover.

[Underdog 28810]

39 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Well it just adds more evidence to the theory that all men are dogs...

'sup?

[MissingInAction 25227]

20 hours ago, Neikea said:

Cats are kings of the jungle. They are predatory, deceptive, cunning, sly. They are independent, confident, and proud. When they kill something, they own it and keep it. It's theirs. They don't bring it to you like a dog. They're not servile beasts that can be trained. They have their own mind and live their own lives. They couldn't care less what anyone thinks. I respect that greatly.

You came to the wrong neighborhood.

[dimyh 1874]

12 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

You came to the wrong neighborhood.

[SDG 3319]

18 hours ago, Underdog said:

2 adopted cats- Bootsie & Donut(found behind DD dumpster) they help fill the void of being empty nesters.   We're fully committed to them but we do miss the days when we could just jettison off to somewhere on a whim for a few days w/out any worries of pets.  

They’re cats.  Isn’t the the whole benefit of cats; they can care less if you’re there.