I prefer cats. Which is good because we have five of them.

I've never understood why people characterize dogs as super loving and friendly. They're just as manipulative as cats, and much more astute about how to irritate you into doing what they want.

I still love dogs (and love our dog), but I find cats way easier to actually live with. You can completely ignore them and they're fine, but they're available for pets when you feel like paying attention to them. That said, good luck finding a flat surface they can't knock stuff off of :P

There's always the Fox, nature's own cat-dog hybrid.

your cat looks pretty angry.

is it my imagination or are most dogs dopey and dumb (there are obvious exceptions...) and cats are smart and savvy?

I used to have a cat that would walk into walls for no apparent reason. He didn't have any vision problems and was otherwise a very healthy cat (lived for almost 15 years), he just seemed to randomly forget that walls are solid. He was also the only cat I've ever seen fall for the "fake throw" trick that practically every dog falls for when playing fetch. It was hilarious watching him run full speed, straight into a wall, to catch the catnip stuffed mouse I never actually threw in the first place.

I was a cruel teenager...

Anyone quote or [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_to_a_Dog]Byron yet?

"Gentlemen of the jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

Gentlemen of the jury: A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."

It all depends on preparation and seasoning.

Cat does tend to require more tenderisation or marinade.

When two cats meet: <sniff> What did you eat today?
When two dogs meet: <sniff> What did you eat yesterday?

Dogs are better friends.

I prefer pandas....... I guess a dog plus a cat also work......

How do you get a cat to sound like a dog? Douse it in gasoline and light up with a match. Woof!
How do you get a dog to sound like a cat? Put it in the freezer for a few days, then run it through a bandsaw. Meeeeoooow.

Well, they made the Internet ... or should I say : It is made of them.

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Dogs are "simple minded"... there I said it. They're the inferior race whenever a cat is around, they lick their own poop, and they shit everywhere (Mostly at night, it depends on how their owners have raised them). We have two cats that poop for themselves away from where we are and are essentially hidden, but the two dogs that lives next door have already shitted down our tiny grass area, every 40cm! Also, dogs are way more noisier.

Cat AND dog could work, but I would never only have just a dog. Sure they are great walking partners, but so are also our oldest cat. He's way more attentive and doesn't stray off whenever he sniff something, unlike most dogs I have walked with. Usually that is. Ever since that BBQ Grill down the street fed him kebab, he gets crazy whenever he smells kebab that has been thrown/slipped on the street. He gets so darn intense that even picking him up and carrying him away, makes him like a (hot)dog on rabies :-D. The little one is just a cute one that loves to jump for snacks.

Cats can also walk on you without worrying about crushing your body parts (!)

I think it goes without saying that dogs are for people who can't be alone, and cats are for people who can function being more alone. There's nothing wrong with either way.

Personally, I say cats ftw!

That probably had to do more with the camera flash than anything else.

Cats are the bee's knees.