BS: Cats or dogs?

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 May 08 - 12:21 AM

Oh. Bruce, I thought you meant this Cat (an angle on the subject you don't see as often as from the front, but I suspect more than a few non-distaff Mudcat readers like this one at least as well).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Peace
Date: 15 May 08 - 09:36 PM

I used to have both a dog and a cat. Now there's only the cat left.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 May 08 - 09:10 PM

I did give the cats short shrift.

Mowgli, the senior citizen

Clementine, the dopey calico

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: GUEST,machendave
Date: 15 May 08 - 06:27 PM

Stilly, Great dogs.

My next door neighbour has two cats and one of them [Boris]
trapped my whippet behind the shed.

Boris will also come round on the scrounge if he smells chicken cooking.

dave

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Becca72
Date: 15 May 08 - 12:39 PM

Stilly, you have a couple of nice lookin' gals there!

I love most animals and have had both cats and dogs in the past, but my preference would be cats. I have 3 currently and they are a joy and a trial! The two 2 year olds are a handful and a half and my 10 year old Madmardigan is my soul mate in a tiny furry body.

I am the family dog-sitter for my sister's pugs (Max and Owen) and every so often I stay with Dad's lab, Seamus, so I do get my dog fix. I love weekend roadtrips and I work really weird hours, though so a dog is not a good fit in my house right now.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 May 08 - 12:14 PM

Here is a recent shot of my two pooches.

Both "rescue" dogs; the Am Staff Terrier (Cinnamon) wandered up the driveway injured; we advertised, but no one called to claim an injured dog. The catahoula (Poppy) came from the Humane Society a few months later to be a companion. She was a life-saver--the pit was desperate for company and they are inseparable.

They look rather neutrally dignified in this photo; they were doing what I'd asked them to do ("Down! Stay!") but they were calculating when I was next going to ask them to do something that would entail a food reward.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 15 May 08 - 11:58 AM

We only have cats. I like dogs well enough and have had them in the past, but our current lifestyle isn't conducive to dog ownership. We're away from home at art fairs about half the weekends of the year. It's easy to leave a few days' worth of dry food out for a couple of cats, but dogs would require arranging for someone to feed them while we're gone. That would be easy enough if our neighbors were great friends, but we seldom even see each other. A fair number of artists travel with small dogs like Yorkies and miniature dachshunds, but they travel in self-contained RVs. We only have a cargo van and I'm not leaving a dog in it all day long.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 May 08 - 11:41 AM

Dogs for dogs and cats for cats. They're kind enough to sort out which one I may be in the mood for at any given available moment; we have them in pairs so that they can occupy one another as necessary.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: *Laura*
Date: 15 May 08 - 11:31 AM

DOGS!!!
Come ON people. Dogs all the way!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: maire-aine
Date: 15 May 08 - 11:04 AM

Cats for me too. I'm down to one cat now. Little One just turned 19 years at the beginning of May. I had to have her sister/litter-mate Molly put to sleep last month-- she'd gotten very frail and sick.

Once this one's gone, I don't think I'll get any more animals. I hadn't expected it to be a lifetime commitment when I adopted these guys. I don't expect to have 20 more years left myself.

And besides, I have a lot of pent-up travelling to get out of my system before I consider any more pets.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: GUEST,machendave
Date: 15 May 08 - 10:49 AM

Kat, Ceryn is a doll but when she grows up to be 112lb + life can be fun if she wants a cuddle.+++BG+++
dave

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Bryn Pugh
Date: 15 May 08 - 05:25 AM

For my beloved and me, a house isn't a home without at least one cat. Currently we have two, who you'd think were litter-sisters, but they ain't.

Let me introduce Maisie, who is white and tortie, and Smutts, who is tortie and white. Our old cat, Shelley (a full tortoiseSHELL - geddit ?) died a week before her 20th birthday. We cried for a fortnight, and then went to the rescue to find our two present sussy cats.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 May 08 - 01:19 AM

Ceryn is a doll, Dave! What a cutie and goodonya for taking in the whippet and condolences on your loss. You are not alone. Many Mudcatters have started threads when one of their beloved companions journeyed to the Rainbow Bridge.

I was raised with both, but seem to have more of an affinity with cats. Love our McNab border collie who is getting long in the tooth/teeth(?). We have been sort of looking for a young one for him to bring up and to keep him company.

For the first time in my adult life I am down to two cats! I would have one more, but one of them is a bully, so it'll be the two of them until that changes. They are both lovely darlings and I couldn't live without cats. I'll post a link to pix later. They're calling me to bed, right now!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: GUEST
Date: 14 May 08 - 11:47 PM

Couldn't possibly choose. If it has fur and is willing to snuggle up to me, I'll happily feed and care for it. (Husband has taken to chasing stray cats all the way off the property in fear of Snowball having been just the first of a trend...cue Crazy Cat Lady music...)

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 May 08 - 11:34 PM

So that's what they mean when the talk about the hair of the dog that bit you. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Peace
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:44 PM

They taste equally good stir fried.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:43 PM

Cats

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:40 PM

Like cats. Love dogs.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: gnomad
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:31 PM

I think it may be to do with nurture, I was raised with cats, I know and like them, they make sense to me. I have been bitten, scratched, ignored and peed-upon by cats, but they are still OK. Hamsters are a different matter, though we had them as well.

Dogs, however, are (aparently) easy to read, loyal, friendly, and useful. Most that I have met have been eager to be nice, and none has done a thing to me even when I fell on it without warning...so how come that even a little one scares me shitless?

I know I shouldn't, but cats get my vote.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: GUEST,machendave
Date: 14 May 08 - 07:26 PM

I have had both cats and dogs and both are good in their own way, but for me dogs win.

I recently lost my Greyhound [a rescue] after she developed a bone tumor in her shoulder.

I had been talking to members of an animal charity in the village and the day after ending the poor dogs pain I was asked if I could foster a starved Whippet.

I did foster her and a poor starved, insecure,8 to 10 year old reject from a puppy mill came into my life. She had been found dumped on a South Wales mountain in a pitiful state, she was not house trained and seemed to have been kept in a shed.

With love and kindness she has been transformed.

I have just fostered a Rottie pup for 6 days that again was dumped in acardboard box near Cardiff that has just left for her new home today.

I urge anyone looking for an animal to contact the local animal charities and also to get your animals spayed or neutered to prevent unwanted pups, kittens, etc, it also helps protect against cancers.

Cats can fend for themselves easier than dogs

dave

Beauty

Ceryn

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 May 08 - 06:58 PM

I have two of each, and have to admit that when the old cats are gone I'm not planning to replace them. I like them, but I'm really tired of the daily barfing of fur balls (yes, we've tried many things and diets to prevent this) and the occasional dispute that ends up with someone peeing on things in corners and by the time the source of the smell is located it is too late to rescue whatever was peed on.

My dogs are outside dogs who come in rarely and briefly. That's fine for both of us--they love having the run of the yard and when the cats are gone (the dogs are much younger than the cats) they might spend more time in. But generally, I think this is the way I want it to play out. The dogs are a joy and are really glad to see me. Half of the time the cat's couldn't care less, unless they're hungry. The rest of the time they're sleeping.

Don't tell my kids I said this--they prefer the cats.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: topical tom
Date: 14 May 08 - 05:32 PM

Cat vote here. However, that being said, my daughter and son-in-law have a beautifully trained dog (Labrador and Greyhound combo)who obeys all commands.
   We have a huge (18-pound) cat who would not eat meat if you left it on the table or floor.She eats only dry cat food period.However, she does enjoy nibbling on plants of certain kinds (Spider plant, for example).She is very gentle and affectionate.
   The convenient thing about a cat is that they can be left at home alone with water, food, and access to the litter box, a dog, not so simple.Final word, they're both adorable.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: PoppaGator
Date: 14 May 08 - 04:19 PM

I've generally done better as a cat owner than a dog owner, because cats only require that you feed them. Dogs need training, and a lot more attention.

I have enought trouble giving enough attention to the human beings in my life; can't be too bothered with animals.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 14 May 08 - 02:40 PM

Cats for me, although I love all animals. We have a visiting cat who is a real fraud and has everybody on their toes. You have got to admire them.

After years of looking after a family including numerous pets I'm trying to take a leaf out of a cats' book now and be SELFISH.

Subject: RE: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: gnu
Date: 14 May 08 - 02:22 PM

One for the cats? Because they treat you like a servant? I've heard of that.

I like em both. Then again, the cats I had were trained properly. Almost as well as a dog.

Subject: BS: Cats or dogs?
From: Greengal
Date: 14 May 08 - 02:16 PM

A man adopts a dog. He feeds it, gives it shelter, takes care of it when it's sick, and gives it toys and love and care. The dog looks at the man and thinks:
" You feed me, care for me, give me shelter and toys and love- Wow -you must be God."


Man adopts a cat. He feeds it, gives it shelter, takes care of it when it's sick and gives it toys and love and care. Cat looks at the man and thinks:

"You feed me, care for me, give me shelter and toys and love - whew -
I must be God. "


SO who do you vote for? Cats or dogs?

score one for the cats for me ;-)